We've been doing a lot of rearranging and adding things to our apartment to make it more conducive to having a baby and also to make it more homelike. This is our 3rd apartment, and it seems like with every move each place feels more and more like home. It maybe be because we have been slowly finding nicer places to live, or because we have slightly more and nicer things at each place, or because we now have a child and there are things that a child brings into your life that just make a place feel very homey. Most likely it's a combination of all of these factors.
Eric and I would love to be able to move into a house, and when we do we want a place that we can stay at for the rest of our lives. We don't want a starter home, we want a forever home. Especially with all of the moves we've had in the past few years. 3 apartments in 4 years isn't terrible, especially with transitioning from undergrad to grad school to new jobs and a baby, but moving is a pain and it's hard to consider a place truly home unless you know you don't have to move, or at least if you can't forsee moving for a good long while. Plus, we want to have a stable, permanent home for Charlotte and any other kids we might have. So the next time we move will be our last move. What that means, however, is that we have to wait a little longer to be ready to purchase a house. There are a lot of factors to consider (lease length, saving enough to purchase the house and furnish it, location, etc) and we just won't be able to buy a house for probably at least a year.
It's a little disappointing not to be able to buy a house sooner, but we've accepted it and are trying to make our current living situation as home-like as possible for ourselves and Charlotte. So we rearranged our bedroom and living room recently to make them more conducive to living. Our living room is now more divided into a living room and an office area, and it's very comfortable and cozy and has a good feel to it. Also, our bedroom is set up to take more advantage of the amount of space and I set up a table for scrapbooking so hopefully I'll have the time and motivation to work on that. We also rearranged Charlotte's room to have a better space for playing. Right now her closet is pretty much where we stick everything that we don't know where to put it, and that is the next goal, but overall her room is really great for her needs right now. Today we bought a small chest freezer and rearranged our dining room area to make room for that, and we put down a rug that we've had in storage, and it's added a nice touch to the room. It's fun doing little "projects" like this since we don't have a house where we can do bigger projects, and it really does make it feel more home-like. It definitely suits our needs for the time being, and hopefully by the time Charlotte is bigger and really needs more space we'll be in a house and a permanent home.
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