I started Grad school this week. I'll write about that later (maybe).
2 weeks ago today Justin and I moved into our new apartment!!! It's part of Rice Graduate Housing, which consists of 3 apartment complexes. One was built in the '90s, and is recommended for first year grad students, but married students are not allowed. That left Justin and me to choose between the brand new building in Rice Village, or the much older building across the street. Justin and I chose the old one- it's bigger, cheaper, and has more character than the new ones. We love it! After several trips to Ikea, we finally feel mostly settled in. I would like to he done "before" (boxes and junk all over th
e floor) and "after" (current decorated, organized state of the apartment) pictures, but my camera didn't surface until the end of the unpacking period. So here's a photo tour of our apartment as-is. In fact, it's a little bit messy, since these pictures were taken this morning and I didn't feel like cleaning up, so blog readers can get a feel for what our apartment is really like!
Living room, viewed from just inside the front door and looking left:
Justin's working at the computer.
And now facing the wall with the front door:
(notice our 32" TV, about which Titus said "Aunt Hannah, since you have such a cute little TV, how can we play Wii Mariokart with 4 players?")
And our small bathroom (no space wasted here!):
Dining Area, with our nice little Ikea kitchen cart, and wine glass rack:
Kitchen table, with this morning's leftover pancakes: (note the plants by the window- these normally go in the living room on shelves, but they're here for there occasional sun-feeding)
And now, the wood-panelled kitchen! (ignore the drying dished that wouldn't fit on our dish-drying rack).
I'm going for a Japanese theme in my kitchen; note the authentic Japanese panda oven mits and wall hanging (unfortunately not very visible, as it is behind me).
This picture looks pretty bad. It was difficult for me to get the right lighting, since it was right by a bright window, but I wantd to show the cute stuff on my sink-side shelves. On the middle shelves you'll see a Japanese tea set (mine, from Mari 'n' Chris) and a Japanese sake set (Justin's, from Mari 'n' Chris). On the bottom shelves I have some cool Japanese sushi / side dishes, and my cream and sugar dishes. And on the window sill are the rosemary and basil plants I'm trying to grow, as well as an unsightly dirty rag.
Justin and I hope you've enjoyed this photo tour of our apartment! If you want to see more, come and visit us!
