When Mer and I found our last place, we thought we had died and gone to heaven. And to be fair, there are a lot of great things about where we used to live. We were super close to everything awesome on Capitol Hill, and just two blocks away from a great Metro stop. We had free, abundant parking, big windows and tall ceilings. And the place was super cute! New floors, stainless appliances, an adorable back patio... but the honeymoon phase started wearing off the first time I saw something scamper across our floor...
I don't know why after two years of DC living my basement-dwelling friends didn't warn me about the dangers of living below ground. I wish I could tell you how many pill bugs, spiders, and THESE THINGS I've had in my bedroom, but I'll spare you. Then... the cockroaches. Oh, the roaches. They invaded the old place too. Finally, I discovered termites. At a certain point, you just can't take one more thing crawling across your ceiling.
There were other problems too: leaks, robberies, and dealing with all the noise from upstairs. So, it was with mixed feelings that Meredith and I decided to go our separate ways and leave Capitol Hill all together, for the wide world of Northwest DC. This past weekend I moved to my very own studio apartment in Cleveland Park, and so far it's the best choice I've ever made. Now I'll be much closer to Georgetown, the Kennedy Center, the Zoo, and the nightlife.
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| The "before" shot |
Below are pictures of my new place, which thanks to a lot of help and design sense from my mom, is the "big-girl" apartment look I've been craving for years. I know I've seemed like an insane person moving each year for the last 7 years, but I'm hoping that this one will finally be a place I can settle for a little while. Besides the lovely layout of my new studio, the building also has a gym, steam room, sauna, and jacuzzi, dry cleaners, parking, and in-house masseuse. It's across the street from the metro and a million restaurants and a movie theater, so cross your fingers that I'm not in for a lemon part two!
Pics of new place:
