This has been a crazy week. My week has consisted of packing, packing, saying bye to friends, packing, pool, packing, and more packing! I didn't realize how much stuff I actually have.
Rachel and I had lunch and talked about moving away. I'm going to miss her so much!
Our goodbye hug :(
Later that night my mom and I stayed up late packing what we could fit into my car, Nate's Suburban and my mom's Acadia. We still didn't get all of it!
The next morning:
Early that morning me, my mom, Nate and his friend Ryan packed a few last things. We got in the car and made the hour trip to Denton, Texas. I had both of my cats in my car and they did not like it! When we arrived my mom took my car to the grocery store to grab a few things and my brother and I checked in. They had a vendor fair here at our apartment complex out by the pool with some games set up and free food. We went to check out our apartment and noticed that the carpet was SOOOOO gross! I ran into a maintanence man and he said they would replace it sometime throughout the day. While my mom, Nate, Ryan, and Neil (Nate's best friend that just moved to Denton as well and is going to the same school as Nate) grabbed lunch I had to drive about 25 minutes to Frisco to my sisters and leave my cats at her house. I came back, ate real quick, then we started moving boxes in and putting them on the balcony and we unpacked what we could, like kitchen things.
The carpet guys finally showed up and replaced the carpet. My sister Stacey came over to help us unpack and brought us champagne to toast to our new place, she is the best! I'm so excited to live close to her again. For a few months I lived with her, then moved into an apartment in Frisco and was still only 10 minutes from her, and this last semester I stayed the night with her a lot since I was attending UNT. It's great to be so close to your best friend! Later, my mom left us for the night :(
Nate and I toasting to our new apartment
Stacey jumping in on the fun
Me, Stace, Nate, Ryan and Neil
Nate had Gabby (a friend from Rockwall) and her two friends over to see the place and they went swimming.
I went back to my sisters and got the cats, they were so happy to get out of my sisters house...she has 3 dogs. They were a little skiddish at first but then warmed up to the place and they love it!
The next day:
My mom and dad arrived with our big furniture (couch, chair, tv stand, end table and coffee table) and we got everything situated. Internet was connected today and I'm still working on getting an appointment for a tv guy to come out and hook up our cable.
Nate and Ryan worked out, swam and ran around while my mom and I went to Target to grab some last minute items and grocery shop, then to Hobby Lobby for a nightstand for my room, and Petsmart for a dog collar (will explain the dog collar later)....
Everything is finally coming together and it is looking way too cute! Nate and I are going to love it here I can already tell!
Nathan took Ryan back to Rockwall and grabbed a few more items we had left behind. He started having some car troubles so he had to stay the night there...second night here and I'm all alone :(
So here is what everyone has been waiting on...the before and after pictures:
My apartment is a mirror image of this floorplan though
Living Room:
BEFORE (it came furnished but the couches were really gross!)
AFTER
(Most of my furniture is from Eurway, all paintings were done by me)
(Wood pieces that I stained, and my beautiful tv..favorite thing in my apartment!!)
Balcony:
BEFORE
AFTER
(These are my favorite chairs ever!! They match my living room colors and of course it's my favorite color- teal)
Kitchen & Laundry Room:
BEFORE
AFTER
(The cabinets and door knobs are very modern, so we were excited about that! The appliances are all fairly new and black, so it matched our color scheme perfect!)
(IKEA has GREAT art..FYI)
Laundry Room:
BEFORE
AFTER- Some would call this OCD...I call it organization ;)
The area outside of Nate's room
Nate's Bedroom:
BEFORE
(The bedrooms come furnished with a bed, desk, dresser and chair)
AFTER
(His color scheme is black and white. Callie has found her new spot..she loves Nathan!)
(His window looks out to the front door so we will always know who is there)
Nate's Bathroom:
BEFORE
AFTER
My Bedroom:
BEFORE
(Dresser, bed, desk and chair provided)
AFTER
(My color scheme is baby blue and chocolate brown)
(I have always wanted a cross wall, I'm going to add more with time. My window looks out to the balcony..another reason this is my room.)
(more of my paintings)
(This is the leather dog collar that my mom and I "blinged" out)
(My desk area)
My Bathroom:
BEFORE
AFTER
This ends the tour of our new apartment..hope you like it as much as we do :)
