05__Our Town... I f***ing love that play!

In the ever-so-poetic words of one of my architecture school colleagues, here's some photos of our place. We'll start with my favorite part: the view!! Capitol Hill is to the right of the picture
and Downtown is just beyond the tree line. At the top of the block, you can see the entire skyline.



Here's another glance before the sunset:



Moving inside, our apartment is the top floor of a house. Not one room like before. Take a look at where all our stuff was supposed to fit... at 9' x 10'. Also eye those hardwood floors I helped put in.



We really did luck out with the location of our new apartment. It's an easy drive that takes less than 10 minutes door-to-door for me in the early mornings, at a whopping 3 miles. Even better it's a block away from one of the only bus lines that does not force you to go downtown to get anywhere. Nicole can easily bus to work in less than a half hour - incredible for public transit.

An additional benefit is we're only 10 blocks from the nightlife center of town. The central district doesn't boast an impressive list of amenities within (it's all residences) but the proximity to everything else is perfect. Plus there's a moment when you cross 18th Ave when you're at the crest of the hill. In one direction you see the Seattle skyline, then turn around and to view a gorgeous mountain range. It's quite surreal.

So for the interior of the apartment, there's the kitchen (with skylights)



Plus hardwood floors and tile countertops, which I'd never really considered before but love the look of.



Move to the other side of the stairway and you'll see the living room. These two spaces are relatively open to each other, with half walls between them and the stairs. Check out the coat rack I finished today (in the foreground).



Then to the left of the photo above is the bedroom. We recently found an incredible fabric shop in Capitol Hill. It's inspired me to reupholster chairs for our dining set as well as fabricate an inexpensive and alluring wall covering.



It's hard to see in this image, but it is back lit (with my usual x-mas lights of course - the $2 lighting solution) - providing an ambient glow to relax by. Now if we could finally clean the place up a bit... In time?

Come visit! A nice couch is waiting for you.