New Apartment

We've been living in the new place since last Thursday and we're now more or less settled. There's still a lot to do but most of it we have to wait on until 1. we have the supplies and 2. we have the money. So for now things are still a bit in limbo but it's ok, it's a good limbo.

On Thursday I got the keys to the new place! I excitedly navigated my way to the apartment caretakers office and got the keys (all in Swedish). I wasn't able to enter the apartment right away because it was still being cleaned so I took my sandwich with me down to the beach (a seven minute walk!) and sat on a pier, staring out into the sea. Despite the fact that it was one of the coldest days ever it was gorgeous outside. The sky was blue, blue, blue and the sun was shining. After an hour I made my way back home(!!!) and entered our apartment for the first time since we viewed it. Here are the photos.

This was my view during lunch. Pretty amazing.

This is our entry way! To the right is a slightly awkward curved wall followed
by a walk-in closet. The wall paper is coral colored and reminds me a lot of
the 90s (when the building was built). We'll painting this area white.

The bathroom! It is by far my favorite room in the apartment. Everything is done to a really high standard and it's a HUGE space (although you can't really tell by the photo). Since it has a window it has a ton of natural light. It also has a ton of mirrors. The downside: the shower door was only built halfway out so when you shower water goes everywhere. It's being fixed. Another downside: even though the window is made of frosted glass you can still see A LOT from the outside. We didn't realize this until last night (because why would you put a huge window in the bathroom that others can see through and you have to stand right in front of when you shower?). We're on the first floor. I have no idea how many of our neighbors have seen more than they probably ever wanted to see of their new neighbors but we're really embarrassed. We're heading to IKEA today to figure out some sort of water resistant window treatment. Eeek.

Here is the main room. It serves as a bedroom and a living room.  We have hard wood floors!

This is our in-glassed patio. It's not heated but I think it'll be really cozy in the summer. 

Here is the kitchen. It's lovely and has a dishwasher! G hates the wood color, it reminds him of Swedish government offices and schools so we'll have it painted white. Where I'm standing to take the picture is our dining nook.

And our utility room! It has a ton of storage and our very own washer and dryer!

We moved over our bed, kitchen supplies, and bathroom necessities Thursday night. On Friday we did the all the rest. A few friends helped out (thank you) and I stayed at the new place unpacking everything so we'd be kind of set up that evening. It was a good plan and the day went by fast. Saturday we ran a bunch of errands to get all the things we would need to help make the new place more livable for us.

This is the chaos mid move. It was an obstacle course.

And this is where we're at now. On the wall to the left we'll build full wall shelves which will hold our TV and  all of the stuff from the boxes sitting in the corner. On the wall to the right, between the couch and the bed, we'll build a temporary wall that goes halfway out (about the length of the bed). Unfortunately, we won't be able to do these things until next month and they're the things that will make it really feel like a home- having the boxes unpacked, privacy of a bedroom, etc. I have a list a mile-long of the things we'll need to really finish this place.
 Even though we feel a bit unsettled, we've both agreed that we feel so much calmer here. I'm sleeping better than I did at the old place. It's so quiet here. Everyone is really nice too.  So despite still having a lot to do and accidentally giving our new neighbors a peep show, I think we're going to like it here.