Monday, September 20, 2010

Home Details

The past few days have been an absolute whirlwind.  Moving, running all over town to furnish our new apartment, and then packing up for a week of training in LA for my new job.  I went from having all the time in the world to not enough hours in the day.  But I'm thankful--SO, SO thankful.

A bit about our new place...

Our apartment has zero storage space.  NONE.  It's a fabulous apartment, but is not functional.  It's an old historical building--there are NO electrical outlets in the bathroom, NO counter space in the kitchen, a shower meant for an 85 pound person, and a gorgeous 100 year old Italian chandelier that an electrician has tried to hang for the past 3 days because the wiring is so old.   These are the sort of things you figure out after you've moved in of course.  But, it's a home--hallelujah it's a home!

Thank the good Lord my husband is a super handy man.  He built our bed frame from cabinets and plywood we found at a thrift store and painted them.  So now we have storage and a cool bed.
Don't mind the stuff around the bed....but don't those cabinets look awesome?

P.S.  I haven't had the time to catch up on your blogs...but I will as soon as I can.  Thanks for sticking around and leaving your comments.  

12 comments:

  1. He BUILT that? It's gorgeous! Hope you are happy in your new place! My husband and I are now (by choice) unemployed and we don't know where we will live or what we will do, going along for the ride :D

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  2. aww! congratulations on your apartment! it must feel good to be settling in. :)

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  3. yaye ruthie! there's no place like HOME!

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  4. Enjoy nesting!!! Take your time! I still haven't hung a picture yet! lol

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  5. Hooray for handy husbands!!

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  6. Thank God for husbands that know their way around a tool box!

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  7. that is so awesome! wow! he is so handy!

    it must be so awesome to have a place to call home now!

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  8. delightful!! I LOVE that you are living in a historic place...such quirky personality in those places!

    we, on the other hand, are living in an apartment building that resembles a 1950's dorm building.

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  9. Congratulations on your new place and choosing Washington as your home! The West Coast is a beautiful place to live.

    Your husband is very talented!

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  11. Hi, very interesting post, greetings from Greece!

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