Well, we've been in our new duplex for a month now, so I guess it's about time I post some pictures!
We got most of the unpacking done pretty fast, but the last bits (mostly the pictures we had on the walls) took forever to get up. Our walls are plaster, so it's harder to hang stuff on them. Also, I just couldn't decide how to decorate and where to put stuff. It also took me a while to acquire the needed furniture. We left our dresser and dining table/chairs for our subletter (to sweeten the deal), plus we have a lot more space now than we used to and needed a couple of extra pieces.I scoured craigslist for a while, and scored the following:
A glider rocker for $20
dresser for $10
dining table and 4 chairs $50 (these are MUCH nicer than our old ones!!)
tv $25 (I bought a small one to put downstairs in the basement to use for aerobics videos so I
can exercise down there).
piano $100 (yay! We own a piano!)
(I also bought a bookcase for $19 at Walmart.)
I was pretty proud of myself for finding some pretty sweet deals on the furniture. (I did end up buying an area rug at Target for full price, though...but it's a lot harder to get a rug you like for a good deal...)
I also had to buy new curtains for
several windows. I bought some on
clearance, some on ebay, and I actually sewed the kitchen curtains myself
out of an old tablecloth. And I ALSO sewed some new covers for the couch cushions so they matched the new curtains in
the living room.
Aren't I domestic? Wow, I
impress myself. ( I won't tell you how long it took me to thread the sewing machine I borrowed from a friend.)
So, without further ado, enjoy the pictures of our new place!
Above is the living room and the kitchen. Here is the bedroom:
And here is the office
(sorry, it's still pretty messy!)
And here is my wonderful unfinished basement, with the laundry area, the exercise area, and the storage and art area.
We feel so blessed to have so much space! We're really really enjoying it so far. SO definitely worth it, even though the move was a lot of work! How could we ever go back to an apartment again?
3 comments:
Wow, Mindy! You do a GREAT job decorating! I love all the curtains and all your color combos. I'm am super impressed with all your domestic skills. Your new place looks super cute and I can totally relate that having more space is AWESOME!! I didn't have the worry about where to put pictures because our house already had nails everywhere--I'm just using those for now. Anyhow, YEAH for moving, more space, and cute decorations.
COME DECORATE MY HOUSE! I need help. I have a sewing machine you can use to sew me new kitchen curtains (mine are lame-o). Your place looks so cute! I may be back to copy some ideas. :-)
I am SUPER-DUPER IMPRESSED. Especially with your mad Craigslist skills -- those are some AWESOME deals! Your furniture all looks so nice (though partially that's due to your awesome homemaking skills again) and you paid next to nothing for all of it. I need to find a $50 table that looks like that (ours was $100 and is in terrible shape). And I thought I did really good getting a $300 piano, but yours looks better and is a third the price. Niiiiiice!
I'm so glad you are in a duplex now with so much more space! YAY!
You're so grown-up now, Mindy. Moving up in the world with this great new place and all your travels!
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