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by Laura on August 30th, 2009

Greetings from 25 miles south-west of Alexandria, VA! That is to say, Fairfax,VA is officially my new home! As I write this post, I am getting ready to spend my second night in my new space. And believe me, I am READY for bed! This weekend has been a doozy, no doubt — what with 10 hours of moving on Saturday (thanks go out to my friend Kati and my fantastic boyfriend for all their help!), locking my iPhone in the Uhaul rental after I dropped the keys in the drop box, and spending all day today (Sunday) cleaning, cleaning, cleaning the old apartment. Holy crap, I am dead. ;)

So here it comes — I LOVE MY NEW SPACE. :) The bedroom is a bit smaller, but it’s cozy; the kitchen opens up into the living space, which I love; and the bathroom — holy crap I took my first bath in ages and it’s going to be a normal occurrence! At my old space, my apartment faced a parking lot and a run-down apartment complex where loud, foreign music and screaming children were an all too normal, and annoying occurrence. Here, though I am literally steps from a major highway, my balcony faces a courtyard that is super peaceful. I’m excited, super, super excited. After I get settled a bit more, I’ll be taking some photos for ‘before’ reference and I will share a few with you all!

With this new apartment comes new projects — and my to do list is already piling up with more projects than I can take on in the next month. They include:

  • Pick paint colors and paint accent walls in living room and bedroom (attempt to put the free Glidden paint to use that I got a month or so ago in their free giveaway.)
  • Take an as-is Ikea Malm headboard (scored for only $8!) and attempt to upholster it with linen fabric and a nail head trim
  • Buy a desk (was considering the Bond desk from West Elm, but am thinking that in the spirit of saving, I may go with the Mikael from Ikea.)
  • Refinish coffee table from pine to an undecided color
  • Oh, and yanno — UNPACK!

So with that, I sign off and will be back in a few days, once I get settled a bit more. How was your weekend, any fun projects you are working on? I’d love to hear!

(Also, when you move into a new space — check for silly people who didn’t secure their internets for free wifi while you unpack — saves you from having to deal with internet install during the hustle and bustle of unpacking! ;) Silly people!)

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