Mi Casa

Many have requested pictures of the wonderful palace where I currently live. I have to admit, it certainly isn't completely set up and decorated yet, and many walls are still barren. Without further babbling, here is a little tour of where I live in Tucson:

This is the view as you enter the apartment, into the living room. You can see my balcony off the living room, through the patio door. There were supposed to be two 7 ft black bookshelves behind the sofa, but they were destroyed on the drive from St Louis to Tucson, and I have yet to replace them. Once in place, there will be about a 2.5-3 ft clearance between the shelves and the sofa.

Looking back at the front door. Boring, barren walls...I envision some type of flat, long, black shelves hanging on the wall to the right of the door. We'll see...

So when you come into the apartment, directly to the right is the kitchen, somewhat open to the living room. I love the black appliances and the floor looks like wood paneling, but it's actually linoleum. If you can see, there is a door to the left of the fridge that opens to the mini laundry room.

Now it's hard to tell, but this is between the sofa and the kitchen counter, leading to the bedroom. On the right is a little coat closet. Just enough space to hold all my winter coats that I won't be able to wear here in the desert. Oh well, at least I can hide other things in there, like my scarves, hats and mittens. The open door leads to the bedroom.

Here is my lovely bedroom. Directly to the right is the bathroom, and the closet is also to the right, but further into the room.

Here is the other side of the room, where I have placed my desk. This is where the magic of blogging and emailing occurs. :)

Note: That corner by the ceiling is where I first encountered my ex-roommate. Almost every time I enter my bedroom, I glance up there to see if any other spider has dared enter the premises.

(please excuse the skirts on my bed; I didn't quite take the time to put these away this morning after getting ready for work)

The following picture gives a little better view of the layout of my bathroom and closet from the bedroom (desk is behind me and to the right, bed to the left). The closet is pretty awesome-walk in with plenty of space for all my clothes. It's extremely cluttered right now, as I threw a bunch of stuff in there so the rest of the apartment wouldn't look so messy.

And the bathroom. It was difficult to really capture what it looks like-so hopefully the fact that I'm using the mirror to aid in this effort was worth it. Not really much to say about this space, except it's at least twice as large as my last bathroom. I love it.

Last but not least, the view from my balcony. There is a tall, beautiful pine tree that towers over the balcony, providing my apartment with plenty of shade. It's as if the man who planted that tree knew that one day, there would be a Midwestern girl that would live in this unit, and would need the shade to protect her from the heat of the desert. Isn't it wonderful how this sort of stuff works out?