LaDawn

I have finally found an apartment!! WOOOOOOO.

I will be living at LaDawn (hahaha) at 8739 Osler St!!! It is in Marpole area which isn't per se the hippest area but it's homey and I can walk to the things I need to and bus to the places I'd like to visit. It was a hard decision because today we saw another bachelor apartment. It was a lot smaller than the Osler place but it was in such a happening neighbourhood. It was hard to decide what was most important. I kind of like, though, that this place is kind of removed from the bustle. Also, this place is a lot closer to the family and community services I will want to volunteer, work, or study with.

WOO!!!

Anyway, feast your eyes on my lovely apartment. Some less favourable pictures of the other apartments are soon to follow.

LaDawn in all her glory.

Granted, the outside (if you can tell) looks kind of tacky and very 80's. 

See also my apartment from the outside:

It is the top floor of three floors, so it is that top balcony! It's lovely because it's not fully covered which will be nice in the sun, though not great in the rain. But still awesome. It also faces North so it'll never have too much or too little sun :).  

These inner pictures will be a replica of my future apartment. Unfortunately I couldn't see my actual apartment but this is exactly the same. I also love how the resident of this one decorated hers. She was wicked and she'll be my underneath neighbour. I will also be living right beside the caretaker so I'll be nice and secluded with no noisy neighbours beside or above me. 

When you first enter the apartment, this closet, one of TWO big closets, is on the left (I think) and the bathroom is on the right. The bathroom isn't huge, but there is such amazing closet space and everything in the bathroom (including in my actual apartment) is new!  

After the closet is the kitchen. This kitchen is quite big compared to others we saw. I also appreciated that it is contained so that the heat from the stove won't make the apartment too hot. Everything in there, of course, is also new :)

Then you enter the living area, looking back at the kitchen area looks like this. Notice the awesome decorating. To the right there is where the tenant put her desk/eating table area. She had a really big table so it could be multipurpose but she also managed to have decoration around it. 

Then you turn to the right and see where she had her living room area. It's really nice that she could fit a couch and a television in that corner. I'm thinking about having a futon as a couch for visitors.

Sorry, the size is necessary. First of all, notice how she used those tower shelves to separate the different "rooms". Also, it's just really nice in here. Everything fits so nicely even though she had pretty big furniture. PS. Just as a side note, cable and internet is expensive. Cheapest cable/internet bundles are about $70! I keep trying to convince myself that I don't need cable, but it's not working.

Turning further right is the wall-to-wall window and door out to the huge balcony. No picture could do it justice, so I won't bother. Then you turn further right to the bedroom type area:

First of all, I love her decorations. Secondly, I LOVE how she can fit a double/queen bed in there. I am SO set on a big bed. I also love how the bedroom can feel a bit separated without needing walls. As you can see to the right of the bed is ANOTHER huge closet:

I like how it's huge and that it already has some organization in there! Including a SHOE RACK!! It's very very exciting how much awesome storage this place has :D. 

So that is my NEW FREAKING APARTMENT!!! To conclude, this is the view down my sidewalk:

Thank you for reading :).