Apartment!

We signed a lease! The lease doesn't actually start until August because a few complications (the current tenant subleased it until August instead of only until June and the paperwork wasn't turned in until the morning we looked at apartments, thus not seen by the guy showing us around until we were at the office to sign a lease). But, the apartment is connected to the back of a five-bedroom house and it may just work out that we can rent "a room" in said house for June and July, have the whole house to ourselves, and only have to move from there to the back.... We're praying. :-)

So, on to the pictures of the place where we'll be from August until next June....

Here's the "bedroom" which may look strangely like a loft to some of you, but really, it's a bedroom, just without any interior walls.... It's only five feet tall at the peak, but look at all the light from the window and from the skylight!



Moving on down from the loft, here is the kitchen. Quite a few cabinets for its size, a skylight overhead (not the same one you saw in the picture of the loft), a nice fridge/freezer, an apartment-sized oven, and a teeny bit of counter space (but more than some of the ones we looked at!).

Now, down to the first level, ground level. This is the front door, and more windows! On the left, you will see the doors to the one closet in the entire place. The ceiling is the same as the floor of the loft. On the right is room for some bookcases and maybe a desk.

This is the other side of the same room; it's rather a long room, you see. In this picture you can also see how they connect a bit. A few steps up to the kitchen, and a ladder up to the loft. There is a rail connected to the ladder. (Becky is glad there is a rail, for she hates stairs!)

Here is a closer few of the connection between the three levels, and the doorway to the bathroom (I figured you didn't really need pictures of it....). The strange person in the red jacket is none other than my dear fiance.

Here is another picture of one of the skylights. It's the one you saw in the first picture and is directly above the couch (seen in another one of the pictures). We can hang things from the beams!!! Like plants and drying herbs and stuff!!!

Here is a picture of the doors to the back porch/deck! It's huge. There's space for a table, chairs, and a grill, plus more space for pots and the like! They even said I could plant things in the backyard if I wanted to. Yay! This door is located to the right of the couch, if one were sitting in it. Ooooo, and do you notice that the floor of this level is wood? Yay for dancing and the like!

There you go! I hope you enjoyed the tour. :-)