I promise not to do this too often, but this post has absolutely nothing to do with running (other than to provide a reason as to why I haven't been on a run in the past week). I absolutely hate getting off track with my running schedule and ordering take-out, but I skipped a few runs and ditched my healthy cooking in order to accomodate Moving Day! (which when you do mostly by yourself turns into Moving Week).
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| Yumm. Thanks, Grace! |
Feb. 1st was my switch from a Capitol Hill rowhouse with 2 roommates to a Logan Circle Basement apartment. My roommate Grace made me an awesome "goodbye cake" which I promptly ate for breakfast on moving day.
I moved into literally the smallest efficiency apartment you've ever seen. I dare you to find a smaller one...seriously. From my estimates I think it's about 130 square feet, and that's being generous.
The first task on move-in day was cleaning and painting. I would like to take this moment to say that I absolutely DESPISE flat paint. Thank God for my friend Amy or I would have been there for days painting coat after coat after coat...it was literally disappearing into the walls. We painted the white walls a khaki color. In the kitchen we used Behr's paint and primer in one (shade: urban mist) to cover up the terrible color we dubbed "Kraft Mac N Cheese" orange.
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| Painting and Booze...only way to go. I look absoltely terrible. HaHa! |
I spent hours cleaning before and after move-in because I am in fact, a germ-a-phob.
Major Thanks/Shout Outs To:
Amy - Beer, tension rod, painting, and teaching me how to navigate Ikea
Grandma - Driving me to Home Depot and the grocery store
Boss/New Neighbor - Lending me painting supplies
Uncle Butch - Helping me move my furniture and wall-mounting my tv.
Here are the before pictures:
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| Kitchen - Before |
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| True Life Contents of my Fridge: Gatorade, Beer, and Paint Rollers |
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| Bathroom and Closet - Before |
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| Bedroom/Living Area - Before |
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| The entire 130 square feet I call home :) |
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| Bye-Bye ugly/broken pastic shade. Hello cheap/cute target curtain. |
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| View from the corner of my bed. Thank goodness Ikea makes foldable chairs and tables. |
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| Yeah I know, my OCD for organization is an illness, but isn't it cute?!? |
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| Simple and Chic. Channeling my inner Martha Stewart (the designer side, not the insider trading side). |
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| Gotta love Target. |
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| NO space is unused in this apartment. |
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| What a difference some paint can make...looks like a whole new kitchen! |
It might be a box, but it's my box. I really love having my own place, being closer to shops and restaurants, and walking 15 minutes to work instead of riding 40 minutes on a bus.
8 comments:
Hi Sam,
Its lovely. Good job. Hope you are happy there, I am sure you will be.
Love from all here in UK,
Angie xxxx
Sam!
It's so cute (: I can't wait to see it in person!
Love and miss you girly,
Hannah Mowery!
You have made the most adorable home!! I cannot wait to see it in person.
xxoo LD
You did such a great job! I love it!
Sam, you could turn a shoebox into home! I love it!!... Though, I must admit, I liked the Mac N Cheese orange... :)
Tampa misses you!!!
-jfo
ps
when i'm a real person in the real world, we need to do the warrior dash. it's no marathon, but it looks really fun!!!
Sam your apartment is super cute!!! I love it and I'll have to come visit and see it in person!
Sam, great work! Send me an address so I can send some old fashioned snail mail your way. Next time I'm down we'll schedule a visit, I'll bring my own folding chair!
Hey, I remember seeing this now! It is seriously so tiny! I can't believe you can get a workout goin' in there! Awesome.
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