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Making our new place our home!

A couple months ago, David and I walked into a beautiful apartment with dark granite counter tops, new stainless steal appliances, and new cabinets that was much nicer than the apartment we remembered signing a lease for.
Truth is, this apartment, in reality, was much nicer.
By accident, our landlord reserved a renovated apartment for us when we had signed up for a non-renovated one. It turns out that there was a mistake with processing our order, and the landlord accidentally gave us a renovated apartment at the non-renovated price! Lucky part for us is, she told us that because there were no non-renovated apartments available that we could have the nicer, renovated apartment and continue paying the non-renovated price!
So now David and I are living in a beautiful place that's a pretty close commute from work.
Last summer when we first got married, we lived in a furnished apartment for a couple months, so we really didn't do any decorating. This has been our first time making big furniture and decorating decisions. We purchased a couch, ottoman, table, chairs, bookcase, desk, bed... and my parents gave us a dresser, bookshelf, a few light fixtures... Well, better to just see it. Here are some pictures of our place!
-Mr. D. and Mrs. M.

Living Area

Kitchen

Bedroom

Bathroom
Kitchen Table

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