Hi. Taking  break from grading. We’re sleeping in the middle of boxes and plastic carpet covers. I can’t wait for the day when we are settled in our own place. It probably will be several years from now, but man, moving is so stressful. I sent BJ a link from Apartment Therapy this week about decluttering books (We had 30+ boxes), but he wasn’t convinced, haha.
Here are some shots of our place right now. It’s going to be a lot of work getting it to where we want, but I’m having fun learning how to fix things up.
The pros:
- it has a lot of character and orginal fixtures
- the park, gardens, zoos, and museums are within walking distance
- we have a designated office space
- BJ could walk to work = we can still share a car
- some of the gaudy fixtures are so bad, they’re awesome
- natural lighting everywhere
- our friends live right below!
- New Orleans style balconies
The cons (many that are fixable):
- lots and lots of painting and spackling
- bad carpet
- longer commute for me
- windows are painted shut
- fluorescent lighting in a few rooms
- smaller kitchen & no hood