I started this post along with the last one-- just to even things out.
We'd love to have our acre somewhere, but where we're at right now isn't anything to complain about. We like it alot!
And the more I've looked around at other places, browsing craigslist and real estate ads, the more I've come to realize how awesome our little place really is, however temporary it is... (hey, anywhere you live is temporary anyway, right?)
This is one view of our living room- when it isn't covered in trucks and blocks. It may be smallish by some standards. But it has a charming kind of character- which, combined with our awesome view of rock trucks and such, just makes us happy.
We moved to this 1 bedroom apartment where we now live with 3 kids, from a 3 bedroom place where we lived with 2 kids.... The math doesn't really seem to work out, but I like this place lots better.
The 3 bedroom place was oddly designed, with not very many closets to put anything in, and I felt really cluttered/disorganized the whole time.
Here, it's the most efficient use of space I've come across in any apartment I've seen. (check out that closet-- There's more storage above it! It's awesome- and all the closets are like that. And there's a big cabinet above the bathtub like that too- No wasted space I tell you.!)
And I feel the most organized I've ever been... because we Have to be, really.
It's taken a while to get past the cultural expectation we feel from people when they find out we're in a one bedroom apartment with 3 kids. That of course we need 3 or 4 bedrooms if we have 3 kids- and the feeling that people are thinking 'man, you guys must be insane...'
Sometimes though, you can have multiple bedrooms and they're just small anyway, and you feel claustrophobic in all of them. I prefer our one, large room with all the sunshine from our huge windows. Sure we all have to share a room, but we like each other I think.
What makes anyone think we need 1000 square feet each anyway? It really isn't necessary ya know? We're quite comfortable.
We've even had another family of 5 over to visit for a weekend. Because we also have awesome friends who are cool with staying in our living room, despite the lack of space. That is cool. We can't complain a bit.
As a side note, if you want to get very distracted from what you're supposed to be doing, just google small apartments, tiny living space, 50 square foot apartment, whatever-- you'll see that there are tons of Really small living spaces-- It's almost like a game with people taking the challenge to make the smallest space available into a place to live. It's pretty awesome how creative people can be-
Anyway. We love our apartment. Come visit. We'll be planting our 2nd bedroom soon- (that's what I've decided our Garden is going to be. We'll live in it half the time. Can't wait! :)
