Friday, August 26, 2011

New Apartment

We've been here for almost two months now and are still enjoying the new place.  We're more or less moved in, aside from a few odds and ends that are mostly waiting for new bookshelves.

I'm in the midst of repainting the downstairs bathroom (yes, we have two!) and will be posting about that when it's done.  I'm pleased with the way it's turning out so far. 

First, the photos:


The living room, with a shot of the kitchen beyond.  I like the wood floors and trim throughout the apartment. The living room conveniently matches our furniture and accessories, so we plan to leave that as it is.   Not seen from this view is two windows facing the side yard.  They're not particularly exciting.


Kitchen.  I adore this kitchen.  The cabinets are huge - tall and deep - and there's tons of counter space.  I can actually cook a meal and not feel like I'm tripping over myself the whole time. 
The walls are a light grey color. Again, I don't have a problem with this, and have no plans to repaint.


Upstairs bathroom. For the most part, I like this bathroom.  The only drawback is there is no bathtub.  Most of the time, I don't mind, but after derby practice, I like a good hot bath.  I know I'm really going to miss it come winter, but I'm sure I'll get over it.


The study is the one room that still is in quite a disarray.  Partly because we haven't quite found the best way to share the space and partly because we need at least one more bookshelf.  Previously, all The Boy™'s work-related books and files were in his office at Penn State.  He doesn't really have his own office at the new job, so they've all come back home again.  Archiving is not one of The Boy™'s best skills, so those books and files are sitting in boxes until he figures out a way to store them.  I'm trying to be patient about it.


The Bedroom I like. We just got the new platform bed (having given away the boxspring before we moved. It's a long story.)  There's not quite enough closet space (not shown) but we have a new dresser coming in a few weeks.  
My conundrum for the bedroom: the walls (in case you can't tell from the photo) have already been painted a plum color by the previous tenants.  I don't have a problem with the color, but I'm nto sure it matches the quilt (which my grandmother and cousin Suzie made for me; it's not really an option - we will be having the quilt on the bed.)   Here's a close-up of the quilt:

The plum sort of matches, but I'm not sure it matches enough. Not shown is a sort of forest green trim on the bottom.  The wood of all the furniture is cherry - brown with a hint of red. 

What do you think, Dear Readers?  Leave it plum, or repaint?








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