Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Photos of our apartment

Some people have been asking what the rest of our apartment looks like after seeing the photos of our crazy bathroom. So after things were tidied up a bit the other night, I took some photos. Here it is...

This is a shot looking into Gracie's room. It was supposed to come later in the order of photos, but I didn't get it there. This is another angle looking into our room.
This picture is when you first walk in the door. To the right is the shoe rack, as it is the custom to remove your shoes at the door and put on some slippers. Straight ahead is the kitchen table (which will be replaced soon, as one leg falls off). Our cooking area is pretty small, not much counter space, so I do alot of preparations on the table. As you walk in the door, if you look directly to your left, you will see this. It is our living room. The shelves are very nice, and the chairs aren't so bad either. But the couch is an eye-sore, which is why it has a blanket on it. But even with the blanket, it's still an eyesore.
If you walk toward the kitchen, there are two doors on the right. The first one goes into Gracie's room. This is looking straight into her room. She has the nicest bedspread of everyone. It was here when we got here. We are still looking for some for the rest of us.
I had another angle of her room, but I didn't get it on. oops.
The next photo is looking straight into our room. Our door is at the edge of the couch, if you look back at the living room.

A little bedside table. I had to buy a table lamp so that I had something to read with. There are no other lamps in the whole place. I would go out and buy more, but don't want to spend the money. But it would be nice to have one in the kids rooms, and on the desk...

This is looking into Peyton's room. He also doesn't have a bedspread yet. It is really hard to find bedding like what we are used to here. Most bedding is very feminine, and it's very hard to find real sheet sets and plain blankets. Don't know why???
This is another view of his room. The green thing is felt. Someone was using it as a "blind" to make the room darker. It works I guess. The tall thing is a wardrobe. We each have one and all are that same color of green. Popular color here. :) At least in this apartment.

The floors all look like hardwood, but they are really linoleum type of stuff. The floor underneath is concrete. It looks nice.



3 comments:

Matthew and Beth-Anne said...

The color of your furniture is the color of our kitchen. Maybe it is a popular color to give the foreign teachers here in Korea! =) Looking forward to seeing all of you next weekend!

Matthew Celestine said...

The Korean custom of removing shoes is great. I wish more people in the UK would adopt it.

I have an whole blog about removing shoes in homes: Shoes Off at the Door, Please You might want to take a look.

maria reyes said...

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