A New Home

I haven't been super vocal about it, but I have a new home! Last weekend, together with Macky & Mel, I moved to a new apartment in Queens. While I am fond of our extremely large three bedroom apartment in the Bronx, it was just the right time for a change of neighborhood. So far, after having lived here for a grand total of five days, I can safely say I love the place, love the neighborhood and love my (much shorter) commute!

You don't realize how much stuff you've accumulated until you pack it all up.

Honestly, packing up was a revelation because we have so much stuff. To absolutely no one's surprise, majority of the stuff we packed into boxes were my beloved books. However, we did have a good amount of household items (like furniture, storage solutions, sheets + kitchen things) in the mix too, which is really nice.

Someone's pretty pleased with his new kitchen - and cleaned it up too!

Before we even moved, Macky and I headed over to the new apartment to clean up a little. We spent a couple of hours wiping down surfaces and organizing what little stuff we had already managed to move. It was pretty fun, even though it was a lot of work!

It was so rainy when we loaded and unloaded the truck, but cleared up when we got to IKEA.

Sunday was moving day! With the help of our friends Jaymee and Joel, we loaded up the truck pretty quickly and headed on over to Queens. Unloading in the rain was a bit difficult, but not impossible, and quicker than we expected, we were done. After a brief break, we headed on over to Ikea for a late lunch/early dinner and then did a little shopping! We returned home, put some furniture together and unpacked a few things (including my books).

So proud of how I managed to organize my closet with limited resources!

While I'm also very proud of the way the bookshelves look (and the overabundance of books stuffed in there is proof to me and my friend Pat who will be helping us design the interiors of our new place that we need more shelves), my biggest organizational triumph is the closet Macky and I share. We're trying to slowly but surely buy things to furnish the new place so we're on a budget. I utilized a bunch of things we already had (hangers, drawers, etc) to make it go from piles of chaos to this closet that makes me smile when I see it. 

So, even with the rain and subsequent exhaustion afterwards, our move was pretty smooth. I'm so grateful for the help of our friends and family, our common need for organized rooms and just the decent amount of space in this new place. I'm looking forward to decorating our apartment even more throughout the year, and can't wait to share more with all of you!