Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The apartment

Okay! Here are the promised pictures. Sorry there are so many! I'll try to give you a feel of where things are. When you first walk in, here is the living room, kind of to your left. This is all one big room, which includes the dining room, which is directly in front of you when you walk in the door. 
Through that little doorway is our bedroom and bathroom to the left, the guest bath straight ahead, and the guest room/office to the right. 
This one is a bit blurry, but shows the entry door. There is a HUGE sliding door and a porch on the other side of the entry door. 
And this is our cute little dining room. The kitchen is to the left and the sliding door to the right ... 
And our cute little kitchen. Matt painted it yellow, which I absolutely love. It's smallish (although bigger than Princeton) and the yellow makes it feel like a nice, open, cheery space. I really like it. 
And I love this built in shelf over the window in the kitchen. Super handy for storage. 
Another kitchen shot ... these were hard to shoot so this is the best photo I could get. 
Skipping forward, this is the master bedroom closet and bathroom. Matt took the doors off of all of them because in such a small space they were sort of cumbersome. I love having so much closet space. It is fabulous. And since this little area is only off of our bedroom, no visitors can see it. Also very nice. 
And our bedroom! We love it.  And our bed fits! We were very happy about that :). The dresser and chest we have are on the wall my back was pressed to in order to take this picture. Note also the dark brown wall to the left. I told Matt I really wanted a chocolate brown wall. And it looks so pretty here. 
Guest bathroom, in the hallway between the master bedroom and guest bedroom. All sinks and floors in the bathrooms are still to be replaced.
And the guest room/office/storage room. This is my new place to work ... 
We tried something new. Matt set our only television up in the guest room. It's so nice not to have it in our main living space. We also don't have cable ... so the tv isn't very important! We'll see how all that goes ... 
Another shot with the big pretty window. 
So there you go! I feel like this was a long work in progress - and I even missed the worst of it! Matthew and his mother worked their tales off painting, cleaning and unpacking the first week they were here. Since Matt and I have been here we have been organizing and doing misc. repairs and replacements around the house. We think it is really looking nice and are so happy here. Come visit! As you've seen, we have a guest room ;). 

5 comments:

Cari said...

ADORABLE!!! I love it! Everything looks so beautiful. You guys have done a wonderful job. We can't wait to come visit. Perhaps next year sometime...after litte Knappster is born and the holidays are over Matt and I can come and hang out for a while: )

The Roberts Family said...

Yeah! Okay, my thoughts, since I'm sure you are dying to hear them :) The living room looks so classy - gotta love what a grand piano does to a room! Great colors - way to go Mattie! Cute kitchen, and I'm sure you are loving the 'extra' space! We have those hanging pots too and I've come to LOVE not having to juggle balancing pots in a shelf. Love the blinds (wink wink). Can't wait to watch TV on our personal tv set in the guest room! You'll be too busy studying and hanging w/ friends to miss easy access to the tv. And to end my novel, is Henry at home with the place yet?? Congrats Kaemingks! It looks like Home Sweet Home!

The Gaarde Family said...

Ok, where and when did you get a grand piano. I am so jealous. I love everything!

Krista said...

This is so cool! Good for you guys and your tv resolutions! However, I have to say with election debates going on and the office starting, it is hard not to have cable!!! I am missing it right now. Love the paint colors, what a cute space!

Anonymous said...

So much cuteness! In some ways, it reminds me of K & K's condo--especially the walk-thru closet to the master bathroom. They took their doors off also.
Sorry about the car--we will be praying for you.