Life in an Apartment

Yes, it is sad, yet true. We have been married 2 whole years and are still living the lowly life as apartment renters. Don't get me wrong, we're planning on becoming homeowners very soon, but our current circumstances will not allow it just now...*sigh*.

Anyway...we moved in to the lovely Holladay Villa apartments in April 2006. While it is true that we didn't get married until the beginning of May, all of our lovely wedding presents lived here, while we mooched off of our parents for a few weeks more. It isn't a huge apartment by any means, but it works quite well for us now.

When we moved in, we were in serious need of some furniture. Sean's dad had some extra furniture lying around that we were lucky enough to have, and I had a few things that were labeled as my very own and I could take with me. But between the 2 of us, there was no couch to be had. So, we took it upon ourselves to find a couch that we could afford and afford at that very minute. We found a couch that we really liked in the good ol' thrifties, but that was sold out from under us. Then we found another couch that we liked and even better - it came with 2 free (hideous) lamps! When we went to meet the seller of this couch, we also met his extra friendly dog, Bear. This has bearing on the story due to the fact that after we removed the couch from the seller's home, Bear was everywhere!! We cleaned the couches with our own steam cleaner and with all the hair that we found, we could have made another, larger, Bear! On top of that, the couch smelled...different. Anyway, we were going to do another cleaning of these lovely couches after we had moved in, so I lumped all of the couch cushions together in a corner. One day, we were doing our Saturday clean and I picked up the cushions that had been lumped together and they were heavier. And wetter. And smellier. Yep, you got it right, during a storm or due to the water faucet outside our window, the foundation of our apartment building sprung a leak and watered our Bear cushions. They weren't salvageable, so we went to RC Willey and found some great couches that we absolutely adore.

Moving on. So, needless to say, our couches were ruined and our carpet was ruined, but anytime we complained to the managers, they basically ignored us or waited until the carpet dried to come over and see what the problem was. Due to their laziness, they never saw the problem and we lived with it for another year and a half. During that year and a half, these managers moved out and we were lucky enough to get some wonderful new managers that were SO great. We told them about what was happening in our apartment and they were able to get the wheels moving so that the apartment could be livable.

In the past few months, we have had a foundation guy come and tear out a section of dry-wall right underneath our window and repair the foundation. But, no dry-wall guys wanted to take care of the missing 5 1/2 feet of dry-wall so we sat with an exposed DUSTY wall for about 2 months. Finally, the managers were able to get a guy to come out and replace the dry-wall and paint. On top of that, we get new carpet!!! The previous managers had had a company come and replace the carpet in the bedroom and the itsy bitsy hallway, but neglected the front room. But, ladies and gentlemen, bright and early tomorrow morning, we are getting new carpet in our front room!!! This however has created a storage problem. We have moved all of our living room stuff into our bedroom and kitchen, thus leaving barely any room for us. Take a look:

This is our kitchen in its current state. We have no access to the following: sink, stove, fridge, microwave, dishwasher, dishes (plates, utensils, glasses), popcorn, munchies. I think you get the idea...

This, my friends, is the carpet. These are either stains from the finish from the feet of our couches (crossing fingers that this is the case) or mold. I mean, it's cool that it might be mold, but at the same time, that cannot be healthy.

Anyhoo, this has been a marathon post. Thanks for keeping up with us!! I'll give you a follow up once the new carpet has been installed and our kitchen is again accessible!