All Moved In

One week later and Grant and I are all moved in. Not too bad, right? We actually got everything unpacked, besides decorations and books, by last Monday and then didn't get around to pulling out the decorations and sorting through our boxes of books until last Thursday. But now our apartment is completely unpacked and set up and it feels like home, which is such a great feeling. I love the area we live in, I love our ward, and I love our apartment complex. The gym is really nice (and so close to our apartment) and the pool, even though I'm pretty sure we won't be going for a while, is beautiful. Everyone we've met here has been really helpful and nice. So far so good.

I made some attempt to clean up tonight and take pictures of everything. The pictures never come out right, but you'll get the general idea.

Bedroom:

Bathroom:

Dining Room:

Living Room:

Desk Nook (off the kitchen):

Kitchen:

That's our laundry room through that door. I would have taken pictures but let's be honest, it's not that interesting. I might post more pictures of our kitchen in a couple of weeks because we're getting all of the appliances switched out. Instead of white, we're going to have a new stainless steel fridge, microwave, stove, and dishwasher. They're also going to replace all the gold knobs for brass. I'm pretty excited--it should look really nice when it's all finished.

And did you notice my new pillows? I made those when I was home in Connecticut in December. I'm so happy with how they turned out and they look so much better than the old ones.

From this

 To this.

Quite an improvement, right? They fit my style and my furniture much better I think. And they were my first pillows I've ever made, so it just feels good to complete that kind of a project. Grant likes them too. Bonus! I had plans to recover my chair (the one that used to be in the same fabric as the red striped pillows) in the gold/brown/grey fabric you see on the pillows now, but apparently I got this fabric for a steal. When I saw it in Connecticut it was only $3.00 a yard. Everywhere else it's $40.00 a yard...so that's probably not going to happen. I'm watching to see if it ever goes on sale again.

My next project is making a coffee table for our living room. I saw something on Pinterest that gave me the idea and Grant and I started it last night. It'll probably take a few days, but I'm very excited about it! I'll post pictures as soon as it's all done. Wish me luck!