Friday, August 25, 2006

Welcome Home Sweet Home

 

Well, we finally did it - we went down and signed the lease on our NEW HOME IN BALLARD!!! We love it. We're actually kind of in shock about the whole thing - filled with relief, and happy with our choice. But also kinda weirded-out with the whole idea of swapping in our lives for a whole new kind of life. Everything will be new and different now. Not just where we live, but where we buy groceries, the coffee stand we go to, what job/school we go off to everyday, where we spend our time on the weekends, what we do for fun, who we do fun things with, all of it. And we're both excited and nervous about the change. At least we got a good place to come home to, that's step number one. And it has a good feeling, it's light and airy and nice and....well, see for yourselves. I took pictures, only I'm kinda stupid and half the pictures I took I forgot to SAVE (dork). But you'll get the idea, anyway.



This is looking from the living room, through the kitchen to the dining room. There is a back deck that wraps around the two walls you can see that will be great for barbecues.


The kitchen. It has a dishwasher, which I'm thrilled about since I've been without one for the past 6 years. And a garbage disposal which will be great because Andy is not real big on using the sink strainer...this will save on drain-o.


This will be our bedroom. (and that would be Andy's butt). I didn't get a great shot of it, but the ceiling slants down on one side and then to Andy's left is a built in bookshelf and closet. The house has lots of neat little built-in shelves and nick-nack spaces that is kind of fun. And lots of light.

This picture came out dark and shadowy, but it's because it's the lightest place in the house - all windows. This area is in the living room and will be our music space. Andy's recording desk and computer and my keyboard and our guitars and stuff will live here.

This is the downstairs bathroom. It's tiny but very cute, and right by the front door for those "emergencies" after a long commute.

This is the second bedroom. We haven't exactly decided what to do with it yet. If Andy gets a Roland V-Drum set (electronic drums you can play through headphones and not wake the neighbors, or bother your studying girlfriend) he will put them in here. We'd also like to use it as a guest room, but once we get our stuff in we'll see what works best.

This is the only crappy picture I came away with of the living room. It's nice and big and has a good feeling. No, none of this furniture is ours - the place was previously rented furnished, but they are moving all of this stuff out before we move in. Our official occupancy date is 9/9/06 (Andy and my 8 year anniversary!!!) Wanna help us move?

And finally, the tiny back yard. That's fine, I don't see myself using it that much since we have such a big back porch. It's very private, though. The bushes go way up high and lend a lot of privacy to the deck too.

And that's it! I'm bummed that the picture I took of the front of the place didn't get saved. And the upstairs bathroom - it's really big and funky, the bathtub is partially enclosed in glass brick, there's a large shelving unit right in the middle for all your bathroom needs, and it has TWO SINKS! (one of my favorite parts of the whole house - since Andy and I are so tired of doing the do-si-do at the mirror in the morning.) And I didn't take a picture in the basement, but there's a washer/dryer, storage space, and a workshop area for Andy. You'll just have to use your imagination for that. OR you'll have to come and visit!

posted by Krizzer 10:23 AM