Back In Action!

Finally, finally back on the blog. We finally had our move-in inspection yesterday (we've been in the apartment for 5 weeks), and we celebrated by putting things up on our walls. What a difference it makes! There are many things to share, but we'll start with a tour of the new abode... The first picture is the boy busy in the kitchen cooking dinner for us. You can see the new kitchen table and stools. (No wall adornments for this photo.)
Dear family, please note the kitchen is pretty tiny... there's no space for any more things. No more hand me downs. Please direct the rest of your used kitchen goods to Kendal.
I love this sun from Baja California. It's found its way under my favorite light in the house - the above the sink light. My parents and older sister always leave a light on in the kitchen, and now I do too (but not overnight). I know it's not the most environmentally friendly thing (and someone is on my case for it rather frequently), but it is very comforting nonetheless. On to the other rooms...

























The bedroom isn't very interesting right now... This is the only room we cannot reach a consensus about. We did find a pretty sweet dresser on craigslist.org.
The "spare oom" almost has me convinced that green, red, and black go together. The backside of the bedspread I got in Turkey last summer makes it seem possible. That's the breaker box in the corner that we're not allowed to cover up. Delightfully tacky yet unrefined... you'd better believe it.
Last, but not least - the living room! Our couch was another great craigslist find (it's from IKEA originally). We're (okay, I'm) planning some sort of green/grey/brown bamboo-feeling decor happening in here... but we'll see. All in all the apartment is very bright (critical for the Denver to Portland transition) and we're enjoying learning how to live together.

More from updates from PDX soon...