And We're Off...

We are on the road today, Austin-bound! In case you forgot, here's what we packed, among a few other essentials:

Illustration by Oliver Paradis

We spent most of last week and all weekend packing up, then cleaning the apartment. We actually moved our stuff into the truck on Monday afternoon and took it out to New Jersey for safe keeping in the driveway of my parents' cabin, where we've been sleeping since Friday, then we were back in NYC yesterday because we both had last-minute things to take care of. We slept in New Jersey again last night and my parents joined us for a final goodbye. We're on the road now and I can't BELIEVE it.

The transformation of our apartment has been pretty stupendous!
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Hall before:

Hall after:


Kitchen before:

Kitchen after:


Living Room before:

Living Room and Office after:


Bedroom before:

Bedroom after:


Bathroom before:

Bathroom after:


So much went into making this apartment not just livable, but one we loved and are sad to leave, from making our own headboard to, transforming the bathroom with stripes, carving out the office space and sewing up a storm in an attempt to cover unsightly things, like supplies and pillows to creating a pot rack and coming up with a worthy solution for our spices.

This is what the place looked like on Sunday night:



Pretty scary!

By Monday afternoon, it was empty and clean. Luckily for us, the new tenants wanted to keep the stripes we painted, as well as some of the things we added (the office desk and shelves, blinds, pot rack, etc.), which made our lives a whole lot easier! We hope the apartment treats them as well as it treated us.

I will not have regular access to a computer for about five days, but I've scheduled posts for the upcoming week, so as not to leave my dear loyal readers hanging in my absence! We will be taking pictures on the road, so I should have lots to share with you when we've landed. I look forward to reconnecting with you on the flip side! xoxo