In this part of the world, construction crews work around the clock to build massive apartment buildings in record time. But getting an apartment furnished happens at a completely different pace. It’s been almost two months since we moved in and we’re finally done getting our house in order. Here are some photos of the completed project, starting in the living room:
The dining room:
And the shoe cabinet in our entrance way (essential in every Chinese home):
Our master bedroom and bathroom:
Most of our furniture came from our local “Fakea” store (a copycat of the famous Swedish furniture store). Some other items came from the local used furniture market, including most of the things in our study:
We also have a guest room (feel free to visit!), complete with an open-air closet:
The guest bathroom now has its own cabinet (such extravagances aren’t included in a basic apartment):
We have a fairly small kitchen, but Susan seems to make it work:
We picked up a small “pantry” from the used furniture market, putting it on the front porch across from our clothes washer:
Our apartment has a fourth “bedroom” (about the size of a large closet) which serves well for overflow storage.
To top it off, we even have a furnished back porch with a convenient “clothes dryer” and a great view of our neighboring apartment buildings:
We are very thankful for our new home!
This actually looks quite nice! The living room particularly… clean and simple, I like it!
I think it looks great too, but that kitchen…no counter space! That would make it very difficult to prep anything!
Nice. I hope I can come see it soon. Need to keep on top of the frequent visitor list. Is that the “American guest bed” in your master bedroom? I hope so because I seem to think it is more comfortable than any of your other options. It also seems that you splurged on a stool for the shoe cabinet. Sweet!
You furnished your home beautifully with simple, functional pieces. Thank you for giving us an online walk-through of your home! We too are thankful that you are feeling more settled and have the move behind you!
Beautiful place—-love the clean lines and classic look! I got a kick out of the funky shower curtain, too, “go fish”. So happy for y’all that you have some nice space and some breathing room as well. Thanks for sharing as we can now picture y’all lots better over there.
The shower curtain surprised us when we opened the bag (it did not match the photo on the package). But it is a nice reminder of the Carolina seashore when you’re living in the mountains of China!
Our “oven” takes up a lot of the available counter space. Unlike most people here, we don’t cook everything in a wok…