I know I promised to blog about our CURRENT living situation...

Heck, I'll even take the cheaper Ikea versions:

LEFT BOTTOM:

Four poster bed: HEMNES $299.00

Bench: NORDEN $69.99 + Upholstery Fabric, Staple Gun and Paint

Vase: OVATION Free, I already own it

Throw: UNNI VIRKA $29.99

Bed Spread: FORSYTIA $29.99

TOP MIDDLE:

Dresser: HEMNES $179.00 + contact paper (for stencils) and paint

BOTTOM MIDDLE:

Chairs: LILLBERG $149.00 + Black Paint

Rug: GEDSER $39.99

Assorted Frames: The RIBBA collection $7.99 and up

TOP RIGHT:

The real thing is cheap enough: Spectrum Chandelier $36.00

MIDDLE RIGHT:

Um, some blank White Bedspread and fabric ink: priceless

BOTTOM RIGHT:

Porch Swing: Delahey $109.00 + paint

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We're moving...

and I'm surprisingly a little sad. I wasn't a first, the day I realized the apartment was dark, dirty, and old, I found five spiders, and a mouse hopped across the floor. Then I started thinking about all the things I'll miss: Alta, the light fixtures, the garden, the dripping radiator, the skinny stove, the cupboards. 

We have a lot of history here, it has been the place for the first two-and-a-half years of "us." My mother was probably conceived here*.

I'm going to attempt to catalogue some of the things I like, as soon as I can find my camera. 

However, deep in our old photos I did find a picture of our previous fridge. Some things I loved about this fridge: 

-it was as old as my parents

-it opened from the left and since our kitchen is so tiny, you had to stand against the left wall and the open it, trapping yourself and making impossible for anyone else to be in the kitchen.

-When we got a new fridge, it had half the size foot print, and double the storage inside

-deicing

-the sweet handles

-the lazy susan style shelves

-like moldy food? you'd love this fridge, it doesn't keep anything cool enough

*More about my personal family history involving this house in future posts.

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When I'm a man in the 1970's I look like Jemaine.

In the 1980's I can actually gain weight (as a boy or girl).

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