Friday, December 26, 2008

Our Living Room & Bedroom

I know it's been a while, but I never finished showing our apartment. There isn't really too much else to see, but here's the rest of it:

The living room:
Things to note:
-These Soviet apartments do not offer closet space, so we have two shkafs (a wardrobe). The big entertainment center in our living room doubles as a shkaf. We keep most of Addie's things in it, along with some of our coats, and our "stock" of hygiene products that we brought from the States.

-The couch is a pull out--it's not like the hide-a-bed we're used to in the U.S.--when you pull the bottom of the couch it pulls out like an accordion. You use the cushions for the mattress.

-Behind the big curtain is our patio.

The bedroom:
Check out our wardrobe. When you don't ship stuff to your location and you don't pay more for extra baggage (or extra weight for that matter) you pack light. For all you ladies out there, you are looking at all the clothes I brought for 10 months on the 3rd, 4th & 5th shelves on the left. In case you are wondering, that amounts to: 3 skirts, 2 pairs of jeans, 2 pairs of slacks, and roughly 8-10 shirts for each climate/temperature: warm and cold.

We have this big bed, which doubles as a couch! (Most beds here do) We have never actually had ours in couch form. We stuffed the unnecessary cushions in our shkaf and realized when we did some rearranging that the bed part doubles for a storage area. Anyone interested in some old magazines and books??

3 comments:

  1. Very interesting! Thank you for sharing.
    do you miss your extensive/personal wardrobe? I know you look lovely wearing the same things. People such as you with beauty in'n out do.
    love, mom

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  2. I am impressed that you are living on such a limited wardrobe. I think that's great, honestly, and only goes to show how much of the excesses in our lives we take for granted and how little we really could get by with.

    You sure are having some interesting experiences!

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  3. such interesting info! I'm so glad you finished sharing it with us.

    By the way, how do you do the pictures together like that?

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