We're done moving and now I will give you a tour of our new place. It's still pretty bare but we already have a bed frame and a futon for our living room. It still needs decors but its not that important now. We can do that little by little.
Let me first tell how different the place is. Its so peaceful at night. I can go out for a walk by myself. There are trees everywhere. And the best thing about our new place is its just walking distance from groceries/Mercado, malls and dozens of restaurants. Mexican, American, Asian, Mediterranean etc...
Its a Latino area unlike our old place. I feel safer here. I think I have to learn how to speak in Spanish again!
Now, lets start the tour!
I already gave you a sneak peek of our patio a few weeks ago. It still looks the same. No lamps or other stuff there yet. I'm planning to plant potted herbs though. I will surely blog about it since I have no idea how to do it! I'm still researching about gardening.
Next is the Living room.
During our first week in the new place we bought extra large toss/throw pillows from BIG Lots which are 75% off. I'm big on SALE items. If I see a CLEARANCE or any % sign, I go running towards that shelf. We don't have enough budget for our sofa during that time since we had to give a big deposit for our new place.
We ordered a futon from Walmart last week. It was scheduled to be delivered yesterday but it arrived Tuesday morning which was two days early! YEY!!! I didn't tell my DH that they already delivered it. I wanted to surprise him so I assembled it by myself. It wasn't hard because its not heavy! It only took me 10 minutes to assemble it. By the way, HE got really surprised! When he opened the door he didn't noticed it. He even asked me " So whats your surprise?". I told him "What? Can't you see it?". It was so funny. We laughed all night!
I know the pillows are huge but we will get smaller ones soon.You have to try sitting here with those pillows! Its so comfy!
Now the bedroom:
We bought the mattress the day after I arrived here in the United States but since we were planning to move out of Vallejo, we didn't buy those big furnitures so we wont have a hard time moving them.
We got this really cute bed frame from IKEA. We had a budget so this one is perfect.(and so girlie! :))
We still need another night stand. BTW, we got that Oak night stand from Craigslist FREE!!! :)
Next, the office.
Its messy as always. A lot of papers and computer stuff. Again, there are a lot of stuff we need buy. For this room I think we need drawers for our documents and office supplies. We have a tiny book shelf but it looks weird and is wiggly so we have to find a replacement for that too.
The left side is HIS and the right is MINE! :)
The last thing is the bathroom/laundry room.
I love the idea that the washer and dryer is inside the bathroom. You can put your dirty/used clothes straight to the laundry bin right before you take a bath! I also love the big vanity counter and nice lighting.
I have a lot of make up brushes so I used my brush belt to organize and hang it.
I don't have a picture of the kitchen coz I'll do that on a separate blog as an introduction to my RECIPE blogs :)
So, that's our place. I'll update you of any changes that we will be doing in the future!
Thanks for reading!
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