It's Poux To You: October 2010

I've had my hands full moving and unpacking over the last several days and even though I'm not done yet (blame the head cold I picked up in the mean time) I thought I'd give you an eye-full of the place in all it's naked glory. So here's the tour:

As you come in and look to the left, you will see my teeny, tiny kitchen. (Jane says it's more efficient this way...I hope she's right!) Like most apartments it's a galley kitchen, meaning, it has a narrow runway with a row of appliances/cabinets on both the left and right. The picture above is what you see on the left side of the kitchen. (Note the lack of microwave, tiny counter space, and sparse cabinets *sigh*).

The picture seen above here is the right side of the kitchen. On the left side of the photo, you are seeing a sliver of my washer and dryer. That's right: I have a washer and dryer in my unit. That's right: I have a washer and dryer in my kitchen. You may also notice that I have a dishwasher in my kitchen (YAY!! A DISHWASHER!!) And though you can't see it, there is also a disposal in that sink. Bliss!! (You may also have noticed that the washer and dryer look conspicuously like they're in the pantry. That's because they are and I have no pantry. Feel free to scroll back up at that previous picture and review just how little storage space I have. Yep, I'm becoming an efficiency queen.) As you can see, the kitchen sink also looks out into the living room.

This picture is obviously of my bathroom. It is directly across from my kitchen and is what you see if you immediately look to the right after walking into the apartment. (Let's review: kitchen on the left, bathroom on the right. Got it so far?) And no, you're not imagining things - that toilet is pretty low to the ground. I..don't...know. Whatev, it works.

This is the view of the kitchen from the living room - it's much cuter when viewed this way. I'm just sayin'.

So this funky door is what the entrance to both the bedrooms look like. That's right, one whole wall of each bedroom is comprised of floor-to-ceiling sliding fiberglass doors - crazy right? It's totally funky and reminds me of a geisha-house door. If I were sharing this space with someone, I don't think it would be very sound-preventative or private (um, hello? You can see right through the door, duh.) But since I'm not, I think it's totally neato! I mean, fun - right?

If you're standing next to the tiny counter over the sink (which for all intents and purposes is a "bar," but really...com'mon) and look toward the right, this is what you'd see. This is the door to the spare room (sewing room/bonus room) as well as the sliding glass door that leads out to my spacious balcony. (BALCONY!!)

If you're standing in the same spot I just mentioned and looking to the left, you'll see the rest of the living room. Lots of windows for light, eh? Oh and did I mention this is a corner apartment? This corner is also the corner of the building. (Not that that means anything, I just thought you might like to know. See - you can see houses out the window. No staring a brick walls or the underside of stairs for me!)

From here, if you were to take a few steps to the left, you'd see the door to the "master" (read: slightly bigger than my queen bed) room. It's door is exactly like the sewing room door: über-cool.

Both rooms have generous closets, but there are no other closets in the apartment. (For every pro, there's a con, eh?)

So far I have the kitchen unpacked, my bed set up and am currently tackling the bonus room. Still so much to be done, but between being sick and working I just haven't had the time. I'm hoping to be totally moved in (and sleeping there) by this weekend.

Once I have it all set up, I'll take you on a second tour. Stay tuned!