Thought I'd post some pics of the new place...mostly so my mom can see. Since Topeka is a whole hour farther up the road from Manhattan, some people (my dad) have a hard time planning a trip to see us! So I will let you see our new home virtually! ;)
The living room. I just got some new throw pillows. It's a little "God Bless America"-ish with the red, blue & tan...but we like it. Matt says it's okay because we've got American pride.
I never could get these shelves to look right at our last place but I'm quite pleased with the set up here. They are loaded with pictures...Matt's a little nervous to sit on the couch underneath the shelves.
This will be my new "corner of despair" where I do my homework. (See earlier post). This townhouse is bigger than our last apartment so there's actually a place for our kitchen table. I've turned part of it into my study corner with the computer and a place for my school books so I can study in the same room while Matt's watching TV.
This is our little hallway kitchen. It's little, but I really like it. Actually plenty of cabinet space and some drawers this time! (Last kitchen had 1 and a 1/2 drawers). The appliances are nicer too. I'm getting good at finding the positives to living here!
This is my favorite view. Our kitchen is khaki, red, green and navy. I'll upload a pic of my new prized possession--the kitchen rug--soon. It wouldn't let me add any more pics to this blog.
I'm actually starting to like living in Topeka. I'm finding my way around and we actually met some people today at church. Tonight there was a pep rally thing for Washburn University and Matt got introduced as a new assistant coach. School starts tomorrow, therefore my commuting starts tomorrow. Bring it on, the sooner it starts the sooner it ends!
My new mat from K-Mart. Not to speak poorly of our neighbors...but I do check every morning to see if the rug got stolen or not.
While we're on the subject of rugs, here's the new kitchen rug that I searched high and low for. It had to be just the right shade of red to match the canisters and spoon rest. Finally, my pride and joy, the perfect shaped and perfect color rug for the hallway kitchen.
Now Matt's pride and joy...the 2nd bathroom. I never knew how much he hated sharing a bathroom with me! I can't say that I blame him though. His new bathroom is red and black (you know, GB panther colors) and it's off the living room. The black and white pictures are shots from our trip to Seattle to see Jason and Stephanie this summer. It's our tribute to the city!
In the upstairs bathroom (which is green and purple) I hung these trivets on the wall that Mom and I made at a ceramic place right before I got married. Trivets in the bathroom may be weird, but they went with the color scheme and kept me from having to buy something new. And I like the reminder of the GPhi Mom's Weekend when we made them.
Here's a shot of our bedroom. Believe it or not our bedding is a bed-in-a-bag thing that was on sale for $20! We've had it for 2 years and I still really like it. The master bedroom has a nice walk-in closet that I am loving!
