Sunday, 8 November 2009

Have I told you lately

So, it's been a little while.  It wasn't supposed to be, I had this great blog post all planned, had taken all the pictures and uploaded them.  I was going to show you my beautiful house.

Then I opened a letter from my landlord telling me that he would be moving back into it, and therefore I couldn't renew my lease in February, but if I wanted to move out sooner than that, I could (I sensed an undercurrent of, we'd love it if you moved out sooner, then we could move back in sooner).

Then there didn't seem a lot of point in showing off my beautiful house to you, since it had suddenly been impressed upon me how very much it wasn't mine!

Good news is, I think I have found somewhere else, not nearly as beautiful, but a lot more sensible, and dare I say it, slightly bigger. So expect a blog post in a few weeks along the same lines. For now, I will post the pictures, since it does show you what can be accomplished with a relatively small space.

This is my main living area. Why yes, everything is from Ikea, why do you ask?













My seating area, right by the conservatory, which makes it a little cold, but great on a warmer or even just sunshiny day, because the sun streams in through the conservatory roof.












My uber-small kitchen. One thing about my new flat is that it has a much bigger kitchen, and I can't wait!

The fridge magnets were largely all collected on various trips to Boston, Cape Cod, Charlottesville and D.C.





I'll definitely miss this room :( At least my tool box and fan can find a better home in my bigger flat. 
Hopefully soon I'll be able to show off my new flat, which is nowhere near as nice, but is bigger (separate kitchen, something I've never had in my own place, and two bedrooms). Although I'll be giving up my garden, I will be near to town, and have a library and grocery shops on my doorstep. I am slightly worried however about the fact that I will be living inordinately close to a yarn shop. good thing I'm banned from starting any new projects until the Christmas knitting is done...