Our new apartment is turning into a functioning home. We just got the last unpacked box out of here this weekend and that feels very good. Our dining table is still covered in yet to be dealt with items and there are frames laying on the floor when they belong on the wall, but it's coming along!
The number one priority for us was getting the kitchen ready to actually be used. Tiny kitchen or not, we like to cook dinner at home 4-5 nights each week and fitting everything in has been a big challenge. We already had a good pot/pan set up at our old place which we were able to hang on the wall here. We also had an old kitchen cart from college that really needed to go. It was still in fine shape, but doesn't fit the space, and Sean hates it as one comes to hate the kitchen cart they bought at Meijers in a moment of desperation 4 years ago. We did a lot of measuring to figure out what would fit (surprise, not a lot fits) and finally settled on a small prep counter from West Elm which would give us two shelves and triple our counter space. Lucky for us, West Elm is close by and we were able to put the box in a cab rather than pay for delivery. Unlucky for Sean, it was extremely difficult to assemble.
Also very unlucky for us, the size of our apartment has been pretty limiting of what pieces of furniture we can actually buy. We don't want to buy things we don't love just because they work in the space, knowing that we are not going to live here forever. So we try to buy furniture we love that can serve multiple functions over time. This means the cheapest option isn't always doable. Last weekend we also found ourselves hemming and hawing over a new TV stand (the old one also being a college relic that was just too big to fit well). We finally bit the bullet AND paid for delivery and now that it is here, we love it. But as someone with limited furniture buying experience and a limited budget, getting past that initial purchase is still really difficult for me.
Goals for this weekend include finally hanging up a lot of stuff on these blank walls. Our wine rack, new reading lights, photos and art, a double towel rack in the bathroom...etc. There seems to never be a good time to move, Sean and I have both been so busy this month that we have been stalled at getting everything in it's place. Someday soon, I hope to have some very nice photos to share!
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