Feeling Settled

Slowly but surely, we are settling into our apartment. I (Joey) have included a few pictures below so that you can see the work in progress.

This is our dining room. The balcony looks out from the second floor onto the yard and playground for the building. Gas canisters are out on the balcony as well. We change out one of them about every 2-3 weeks. Our A/C unit can also be seen through the window. The pictures on the wall are a project I just finished with B&W photos of our family and lots of relatives. Turns out frames are super cheap in Taiwan.

This is a view into our kitchen, which is across from the B&W photos. It's very big, which is great, and we have a kiddo table in the middle. On the left of the photo is the hall to the front door. We just got a bench for that small hallway with shoe baskets for the kids. And the wall hanging is a present from Jamie from Uganda! (thanks, Jame)

This is the living room, which is directly across from the dining room. The balcony looks out onto the street. And yes, I took this photo right after the Cards won the World Series.

This is the back of the living room.

And this is down the hall. The study is the first door on the right, and the master bedroom is the second. The play room is the first on the left, followed by the girls' room, and the guest bathroom is at the end of the hall. And a Halloween paper chain is still hanging from the ceiling.

This is the girls' playroom. We finally have organizers for their millions of tiny toys! There is also a futon, not pictured, in this room.

Valence and window...

And a glorious puzzle floor, much welcome after walking on cement floors all day.

This is the study/sewing/music room. It's hard to tell, but the walls are actually light blue. I'm very proud of the wall hanging on the right. It's a cloth from the Hani people in Yunnan province that I bought when I was in middle school. It's mostly been an end-table cover for years, but now it's stretched over a homemade frame looking all old and cool. :) The smaller cloth is a present from some Navajo friends we met through church in Arizona.

This is the girls' room. We just got them the little reading chairs.

And I just put this shelf up, which was a huge pain because there was a design error. Hopefully it doesn't fall on Ellie's head in the night...

Come visit! We have a futon waiting for you! And maybe soon we'll have curtains, too! :)