12.4.13 - Curtains up on our new home

What a difference a day makes. One day on from the boxes arriving and breathing life into the flat, all of our stuff is unpacked and set up.

As part of the ‘keeping people informed with what’s actually happening in our lives’ drive, I thought today’s picture should show what the flat looks like. Won’t be entertainment central today on the blog – think of me as the BBC, and today’s post is a public broadcasting informative piece.

This is the front room. It’s five metres long, and about 3 metres wide, so an odd shape for a living space. We have heard so much criticism of how crappy HK TV is that we’ve decided not to bother getting one. The upshot is the room is not centred around the TV for a change, so we can use this strange-shaped space better, orienting it out onto the terrace.

It’s a perfect blend of the familiar and the new. In the new camp, big, comfy sofa (huge improvement on our Brixton one), high stools for a breakfast bar, colourful new curtains we had made from scratch at a local shop and the ever-present aircon unit. On the familiar side, we have our lovely books+book case, our coffee table (made in India, bought by my aunt in Southampton, then given to us and now out here – a very well-travelled table), big lamp, rug, wedding photos and the super-comfy wingback chair.

 It feels like we have been here for ages, suddenly. It feels like home.