The Grand Tour

 Back in October 2010 we moved from our then 725 sq ft one bedroom apartment to a 500 sq ft studio apartment. You may be wondering what on earth would possess us to be willing to live in such a small space, well the answer would be $$! Rent in the DC Metro area is expensive, especially if you want to be within a 10 min walk to the Metro. When we decided to take the teeny tiny apt I was worried how we would fit and if it would lead to the murder of one of us. But so far we have loved our new little space and have made a project of decorating and organizing it - the only draw back is when I'm mad and need to slam a door I have to hang out in the bathroom!

So here is how we live in 500 sq ft! Tell me what you think of our decorating.

 

living-room area

 other half of living-room area

bedroom

office

dinning area

the kitchen (which I love)

other half of kitchen

the view

We live in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington VA. 

The Great Compromise

LB insisted that we needed chandelier to anchor our dining space. I thought it was a waste of money plus there is no electric wiring in our concrete ceiling. So we compromised and hung a "disco ball" of sorts.

In With The New!

2010 was not my best year, not by a long shot! So in the hopes of making this next trip around the sun a more positive one I decided I needed a few New Year Resolutions and they are as follows:

#1 - Stop criticizing my husbands driving
#2 - Exercise regularly
#3 - Make healthy food & stop eating out so much
#4 - Work on improving my so called "hobbies" mainly sewing and photography
#5 - Find a direction for my life
#6 - Less TV more books
#7 - Get up, dress up, and show up

Resolution #7 Explanation: After spending a large chunk of last year in a very deep depression and struggling to even get myself out of bed let alone dressed I decided I need to make it a requirement that I get up, dress up and show up for life every day. I started this little edict this week and have made LB take pictures of me each day which are posted below. Now, please understand that I am not posting these pictures to show off new cloths or because I think I look oh so fabulous. I am posting them because clawing ones self out of depression is not an overnight process, I still have my bad days but I find that if I get up and make my self look decent I have a better day and a fighting chance. The pictures are merely a way to keep me committed.
(Also, on a side note I am not wearing the same pair of pants in nearly every picture as it appears, but rather 4 different pairs - promise!)

Sunday

Monday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

**As for Tuesday, well LB and I  both got one mean case of food poisoning - which is not something one photographs nor talks about in civilized society.