Pics of the new apartment

At long last, I’ve quit being so lazy and taken some photos of our new apartment.  Well, actually…I’ve just been enjoying living here so much that it’s not quite laziness as it is absent-mindedness.  At any rate, here are some pics of the new digs here in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

This is the reading nook in the dining room…looking into the “living room” and bedroom.  (I put “Living Room” in quotes b/c it’s super small and really more of a tv watching spot and nothing else.  Oh well, we don’t usually invite people over for tv anyways!

This is our “office” zone in the dining room.

This is our “music & books” zone in the dining room.  I thought I’d taken a photo of the kitchen too, but I suppose I forgot to upload it from the camera…and now I don’t have much time to fiddle with more.  We’re off to PA today to spend a little time with MOM!   Have fun everyone!  Hats off to SUMMER!!!

Brooklyn Apartment Tour

This is our friend Amy’s apartment.  It’s delightful, no?  She’s quite a talented prop stylist.  And Nick took these lovely photos of her place today.  I couldn’t help but share them with you.

Lovely.  Sigh.

Apartment Update

Things are finally coming together around here…

You can see (below) which bare-bulb light fixture that we ended up going with.  It’s the “Defiance” fixture from Schoolhouse Electric.  I can’t even tell you how much we love it too by the way.   It’s black enamel, and looks great with an oblong edison light bulb.

Here’s our dining space.  It’s part of the main living/dining combo.  I must say that I’m really starting to LOVE the apartment by the way.  We are now becoming converts to “living small.”  There was no reason for us to have a 4 bedroom house before.  It was absolutely crazy and way too much to clean and take care of.  But now, this is completely manageable.  Possibly our only complaint would have to be about the size of the kitchen.  (But that’s probably more Nick’s complaint than mine at this point since I don’t have time to cook very often.)

A sneak peak into our bedroom.

Apartment Kitchen Update

The difference between living in your own house and living in an apartment is pretty big.   For example, what I would choose to upgrade my kitchen with vs. what the landlord chooses to use is vastly different.  Neither of us are fans of granite countertops…however, never one to look a gift-horse in the mouth, we’re grateful for our new dishwasher, granite counter, and single-head sprayer faucet.  I feel as if “The Jefferson’s Theme Song” has been running through my head all day. We almost didn’t even get the sprayer faucet, but I mentioned that since the new sink is shallower than the old one due to the under-sink dishwasher, it would be next to impossible to fill our coffee pot if we kept the old faucet.  He agreed.  (Whew!)  One lesson learned today…it never hurts to ask!

Our next plan is to paint the cabinets black.  It’s going to make a huge improvement on the overall aesthetics of this little 5′ x 5′ space.  (Mainly because the fridge and stove are white….so it needs a single color scheme to keep it in check.)  Also, I’ll be getting rid of all the brass cabinet pulls.  Little details will make a big improvement.   (P.S. Our counterspace is hilariously small.   Can you tell from this photo?  Yes, that’s IT!  But we have a solution for that too thanks to Ikea.  More details to come soon.)