the wine cellar

we now live in a two bedroom apartment - our new room is done! here it is, before and after (sorry this took so long, kat!):

this is looking in through the doorway, from the hall. we now have ALL our books out of storage thanks to these books shelves.

and we finally have a place to showcase joe's sailboats

my DIL built the bookcase :)

no room for lamps in this space, so my dad put in the fancy recessed lighting

here's from the opposite corner of the room, looking out the door into the hallway. i can't get the whole room in the viewfinder. but you can see where we stash our vaccuum. :) though we weren't sure we'd like it, we painted the concrete floor. it keeps things nice a cool in there, just like a wine cellar.

view through the window. it's small but it lets in the light and fresh air.

we also got a few new items for the living room, courtesy of ikea (the chair, rug, and ottomans). my goal with our house this year has been to simplify and declutter. so, although we now have more furniture, it's made the space more usable. i just got rid of all the knicknacks and things around. I'm getting pretty practical in my old age. :)