The transforming apartment

So we have a bigger apartment than some (and much smaller than others) - 1300 sqf, but that includes window sills etc cause we like to perch on them occasionally!!! So apparently if we take out all those handy window sills and shared entrance way we are left with about 1060 sqf to work with. Now imagine a white space, white floors, white walls, white roof, thats our place!!! And then just for fun imagine these lovely dangling crystal bits of glass that hang from the roof in the bathrooms, that my friend is our decorative feature, the point of difference in this apartment. There are no wardrobes, very few cupboards, and the few we have in the kitchen like to fit one bottle of oil that is about as tall as Noah - real handy for food that is of a normal stature - oh and did I mention they are all about ceiling height, and while I applaud them for their use of space, I mean most places don't utilise that ceiling area very well, it does make it difficult for a person of my height to get things in and out of them!

So here we have a white canvas on which to begin creating. I took some photos to show the bleakness of our condition, suitcases, ugly free mats Paul got. I missed out the bed rolls that we slept on for the first week waiting for Ikea to deliver.

KIDS BEDROOM


KIDS PLAYROOM

Because we are kiwis and frugal as a nation we opted to build our own furniture - of course Paul and I saw this as a great bonding experience - he built and I navigated the instructions and sorted nails, nuts and bolts. Quite a good set up for me! I did give my opinion and technical advice more than once which sometimes was received, and sometimes just ignored. We were in good spirits until we almost finished the bed and Paul declared they had sent the wrong one - well all the air went out of us as we contemplated another night on the couch/bed roll. We decided to plough ahead and sleep on it anyway (the mattress was correct) and deal with it in the morning.

Noah got in on the action the next day, helping dad make up his bunk bed. Took all day but Paul can put up one of those in his sleep now as he had to take it apart twice to correct colours and ladder placement :) gotta love the wives like me who are definite in their thinking on these matters.

Old Indi Pindi is still in her broken porta cot (didn't used to be broken but I think Noah jumping in it might have made it age faster than it intended) - just can't face the thought of her moving into a bed of her own - she already takes an hour to go to sleep and thats in a cot!!!

So we are half way there - still the wrong bed for us, the right one is at least a month away so our room still looks like some half way house. The kids sleeping room is looking better - just working on storage - the playroom looks bereft - still waiting on our 21 boxes from NZ - I actually shudder when I think about fitting all that stuff in - I might have to take back my sarcastic comments about windowsills and actually start storing things on them!!

ONE PART OF THE PLACE THAT IS SORT OF FINISHED