Thursday, November 11, 2010

Emptiness

We have been in Australia for over a month and in our new apartment for three weeks. The big adjustment of moving is made even harder when you are living out of your suitcases. Here we are in our new apartment and all we have inside is an air mattress (that for some unknown reason keeps deflating), a few fold-out chairs, two beautiful vintage arm chairs that Kate’s Mom and Dad have given to us, some clothes and our iPod docking station/stereo- which for some reason we lugged from New York (we can’t live without music).

We have to adjust to living without some of the basics. For example, we don’t have a clock.  It would really help to know what time of the day it is (and would probably help get us more in sync). The other day I needed to cut something and realized we don’t have any scissors or tape or a stapler.  Since we moved in, we have been basically eating and hanging out on the floor. Last week we bought some bean bags as a temporary measure; it helps but after about 15 minutes my lower body starts to go numb.

We have made some big purchases which will hopefully fill up the space a bit until our NYC shipment arrives. We have a new couch (awaiting arrival), outdoor furniture (which is a real treat for a New Yorker) and a nice size dining room table.

I am very much looking forward to hosting our first outdoor/indoor event. I can use the fresh herbs growing on the patio and food grilled on the new bbq to serve people at our new 8-seat dining room table. We love to host and have never had space for a real dining room table to seat our guests. We always ended up with dozens of people sitting around our table for four, eating off their laps. Not anymore...

Anyhow, I wanted to give you a look inside our new APT (the way that architects like you to see it; empty): 

Kitchen, Dining, Living room
A bit empty at the moment. Mechanical louvers allow us to open up the space to the coy pond and lap pool or completely shut it off for privacy. It even helps to naturally cool the space on a hot day (so they say). All that at the press of a button…
Outdoor Patio 
What can I say? It’s nice to be able to sit outside and write these entries, and have a cocktail after work while watching the sunset beyond the city. It’s priceless…
Mezzanine/Den
Another empty room. The bean bags are temporary seating. This will soon be a hybrid den/guest room. Start planning those visits!
Bathroom/Laundry
Another life changing addition to the family- a washer and dryer…
Bedroom
The infamous air mattress... The room is desperately awaiting the NYC shipments arrival.
The View
Very different from our last view but the competition is high. The soothing sound of the ripples on the coy pond is a change from the constant hum of sirens and honking cabs.
Miss you NYC...

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