Well the race is on! Our landlord contacted us and said it was fine if we moved in a touch early to our new place in order to avoid the holiday weekend busy-ness. So that brings our count down to 5 more days! 5. more. days. That is crazy. There are still a few projects that I need to finish before move in, and one of them is a doozy. Fortunately I have some time off of work to finish up some of these last minute projects.
As promised, Here are some before pictures of our apartment. I plan on taking better quality/quantity photos once we move in, but here are the pictures the land used to advertise the apartment online.
That’s what you see when you first walk inside. The balcony is going to be awesome to have during spring and summer.
Here’s the view from our balcony. I like that it’s spacious and fairly private. It’s going to be nice to sit out there with a glass of wine and relax at night.
Here’s the view if you’re standing with your back facing the balcony. I love that there’s room to style a little entry way. Not loving the carpet so much, but hey, it really could be worse. The kitchen isn’t the best, it’s not completely updated but it’s fine for us.
We have a dishwasher too that can’t be seen. Good amount of counter space. Can’t wait to cook up a storm 🙂 (as if I’m a good cook.. ha.)
That’s the second bedroom which we will use as an office. It is actually quite a bit bigger in person. It also has a pretty big closet that I’m sure will come in handy.
Here’s the master bedroom. I literally have this room planned out to a tee. The walls are being painted a light grey. We’re in the process of trying to find an area rug for this space… and a couple throughout the apartment. I’ve had the drapes bought for my bedroom, for when I finally move out, for about 3 years now. eeeeee 🙂
………..And here’s the closet!!!! Holy closet space Batman! Quite possibly my favorite part of the entire apartment.
Here’s another strange angle of the closet. Oh ya. It’s huge. I was all giddy when I saw it for the first time. It’s actually bigger than the one I’m currently living in. It leads off into a little bathroom which is pretty sweet.
Here’s a picture of the main bathroom. It has a full shower/bath which is pretty great. It’s a little on the dated side, but I’m hoping I’ll spruce it up with some awesome decor so that you won’t even notice.
So that’s pretty much it. There are some hallways and more closets in between aswell. The landlord promises to paint everything before we move in, and we’re happy with the colours that we discussed with him beforehand. We do plan to paint some fun accent walls though, but for the most part we won’t be doing any serious paint jobs. We’ll be just a short drive away from both sets of parents, and my older brother is very close to us aswell. We also have friends in the area that we can’t wait to invite over for dinner parties.
In conclusion, I am so excited to move in, I can’t even tell you. It’s going to be great — a decorating adventure. And a huge life changing step. I have a ton of ideas to make it a home and I’ll be documenting them along the way. Stay tunned!
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