our city living space
Monday, July 18, 2011 at 3:03PM Finally settling in here in our new apartment. It is hard to believe we have been here a month and a half already! I wanted to share some before and after shots with you!
Living room before and afters:
The heart picture collage was all my talented hubby. We had the collage up at the old house and it kind of almost looked like a heart we decided once. So I went to work one day and came home to Christian's masterpiece. Love it. Love him. All furniture seen here was stuff we had at the old place. I would like to eventually replace the dining table with something that expands so we can fit more guests. For now it works, though! We have this indent thing in the living room and the bedroom which makes centering things really weird if not impossible. We could have put the TV stand in there but then our couch chaiselong would be on the wrong side so we just decided to forget it and work with it the best we can.
Because we didn't move our old bookcases with us, we needed some storage system desperately. We had the TV stand already and decided to spring for the shelving unit here in the same series. Christian is worried it makes the room feel smaller, and it could be true but it works for now and we can always move pieces around. Now I just need to work on the organization within the shelves and of course the mess on top. :) However our ceilings are high so this piece and the one you'll see in the bedroom create instant storage which is good.
PS we get Jon Steward every day at 6:15 pm. :D
Bedroom before and afters:
Closets are not standard in Copenhagen apartments. So it is really no surprise that IKEAs most expensive furniture are their closet systems. Luckily we got this piece as a wedding present from Christian's dad and Ann. It fills out our bedroom divet quite nicely. To the right is the desk and to the left is my giant princess mirror. On the wall to the left is a pile of boxes and a work in progress. I hope to replace our tiny dresser there with this piece. I really want to do the bedroom in a chocolate brown and whites. The walls of the closet unit are a chocolate brown but you can't really see it. Slowly on the way.
Here we have the bed with a very wrinkly duvet thanks to our psycho dryer (more on that some other time). I am not in love with the piece in the corner but it it works for now. The bedroom window faces the courtyard and even the lowest of conversations echoes straight back into the room. Christian struggles with it more than I do during the night. I think I am just used to noises... or just sleep like a bear no matter what. Maybe I should get him some ear plugs... sexy... haha.
Kitchen before and after:
Just one small pic of the kitchen because it is not that exciting. We have zero counter space so we are trying to get creative about how to store things in the kitchen. The curtains cost $8 so it doesn't matter if I can't pull off the polka dots in there after all. I want to do rich blues in the kitchen but really at the moment there is nothing to decorate, haha. Hopefully more to come on that.
Where we live:
Thought it was important to give you a view of our street. The building across from us is really cool looking. It's not what the outside of our building looks like but its our view that matters more, right?
The street is relatively quiet. We are in a very young and diverse neighborhood but in a nicer part of it. It is a 15 minute bike ride into work each day and there are loads of shops within a 2-3 minute walk. We also live really close to friends which is great.
So, now all you need to do is come visit to experience it first hand! I know it took me forever to post this, or post in general. Life has a funny way of getting in the way of itself here and there. :)
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