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Okay, so I swear that I can spell at least on the same level, if not above that of a fourth grader. But on to happier things, yes, this beautiful place is what John and I will call home. Google maps didn't go far enough along the road to show our place but it's up that alley way. The tan stucco place that you can see on the right side is called the Spencer Apartments and since working for the Utah Heritage Foundation I've wanted to live there. John and I looked at an available apartment there and everything was in disrepair except for the nice patio that you can see. The manager of the property tried to sell us the apartment upon the premise that there was a neat little ironing board that unfolded out of the wall in the kitchen (that happened to open out on top of the current tenants dining table). We may have been turned off to the idea of renting the place because of the overestimated price for the poor quality, but I think what did it for me was knowing who was living there before me. There were three or so young men from the Ukraine living there, which is obviously not what is wrong. It was the messily torn-out photos of unproportionally enlarged and plasticy women posing on the inside of their bathroom door. The place just wasn't clean in general, and it had no charm except for the exteriors. The place next door though is just the opposite. It may possibly be the plainest of all the homes on the street but inside it is very charming, although quaint. There is a sun room as you first enter, then a living room as you turn right and another sun room to the left that we will be using as a dinning room, a kitchen, a cool bathroom, and one bedroom. It's small but just right.
We've slowly been accumulating furniture over the past few months. My parents have been so kind to give us a couch of theirs, and two really cool chairs that I'm excited to have. We've just purchased a love seat for the entry-way sun room at the DI that we are going to have reupholstered (you may view a slightly similar couch at johnya.blogspot.com). John's parents have given us some nice dining room chairs that are in the same style as our entryway love seat that require seating cushions. The only thing that I am sad about is that the owner won't allow us to remove the cheap/tacky wallpaper from the walls and repaint (I just found out only a second ago). There is also some really brown linoleum in the kitchen, which was meant to be brown but is still really ugly. Everything else looks in good condition, the new carpeting (which I would tear out if I could since it sounds like they have a hard-wood floor underneath), an awesome bathtub, and is clean. I'm excited. Send me a line and come stay at our place (Michelle . . .ahem. . . ).