Summer and Owen's Apartment

For the past year, Owen and I have been living in a dinky apartment that I love to complain about. The shower is too short, the oven is too small, the front left burner always goes out, the windows are too small, the heater makes scary noises, and worst of all... we have cinderblock walls that drip.


Yet, we have nested, and made it home... I've grown oddly attached to our little place.
Here are some of the highlights!!

This is the outside of our apartment complex. The railings are all extremely rusted, and the cement walkways creak, a lot, so that I'm afraid that they are going to fall out from underneath me!


Notice the swing pictured here. The only person I've seen on it is a middle-aged man, who rocks gently as it squeaks loud enough to hear in my own apartment. It's a sad decrepit playground.

To the right, you can see our tiny oven and kitchen cabinets. On our one month anniversary, Owen and I celebrated with a trip to the mall. We found a kitchen cabinet advertisement, which used our very cabinets as the "before" sample. 


Also, Lydia should recognize the red decoration above the oven... she gave it to Owen after her summer in China!

This is our washing machine!!!! The basket is one cubic foot, so basically we can wash a pair of jeans and two towels at a time.


You can also see that our wine habit continues on strong here in Iowa, where you can actually buy hard liquor in the grocery stores.

My little sister (who will officially be attending St. Olaf College in the fall!!!) sewed us our lovely quilt. Our bed was initially against the wall where the dresser is, but when that wall became moldy, I determined that I didn't want my bed near it anymore.... Oi, the things we deal with in this little place! We ended up having to purchase a dehumidifier, and we've basically run it to the ground.

Our new television and X-box... Also the table that we picked up from Goodwill for $4. 

And finally, the vocal point of our apartment-- the dinner table/desk. As we only have one table, it serves all purposes. We are constantly trading out dishes for schoolwork. 


For some reason though, the table has become my favorite part of the apartment. I feel that it gives our space a homey feel. Especially the place mats-- my grandma has place mats! We're so grown up.








That's the official tour!! But still, you should all come see it in person.