Tag: apartment living

  • Apartment Gardening {Giveaway}

    Apartment Gardening {Giveaway}

    This post is sponsored by LTD Commodities. All opinions are my own. 
    Spring is here, and although we had snow in our forecast this weekend, it never actually snowed – hurrah! I do love the snow, but in it’s correct season, ya know? Plus I just got some fun gardening items, and the kids are ready to ride bikes everywhere. So, the snow can just stay away now. 
    LTD Commodities wants to help you get your garden ready to bloom. When you live in an apartment though, having a large garden is not always a possibility. One of the first questions I ask before renting an apartment is whether there is a garden area, or if I can make one. Our current home has a garden area, but the last renters never used it, so the owners covered it in gravel. I decided rather then trying to grow outside, I’d find other ways to have a garden while renting. 

    Grow Indoors

    I was so excited to find this cute greenhouse from LTD. It’s perfect for growing herbs indoors, while protecting the plants from exuberant children (or pets). You can also place it outside to get more sun, but still protect the plants from any harsh weather spring may throw on us (like random snow storms). 
    I also found these fun herbs in a can to grow. They fit 3 perfectly inside the greenhouse grower. I can’t wait for the herbs to start sprouting!

    Find a community Garden

    Often if you live in a city you can find a community garden to join. These are areas you pay a little fee, then can grow in your specific plot. It’s a great way to get out of the apartment, get to know others in your neighborhood, and well – grow your own food!

    Vertical Gardens

    A garden I don’t see too often, but is a great space and time saver are these vertical gardens. You can hang them on a fence or out on a balcony to get enough sun. Add some water, and then let them grow. An added benefit to vertical gardens is the lack of weeds, making them less time consuming than a traditional garden would be. I got these ones to send to my mom. She doesn’t live in an apartment, but she has become increasing more busy these days and I thought they would help her out. LTD has a couple different selections of these fun plants to choose from. 

    Garden decor

    So you don’t have the space to garden, the time, or maybe you don’t have that proverbial green thumb, you can still make it look like you do with some gardening accents. I found these adorable children with solar powered fireflies caught in a jar. It’s the perfect accent to any garden or garden like space. Plop one of these by your front door, and your friends will feel like they’re a child again hanging outside catching the little glow bugs – it’s an instant garden feel!  

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  • Downsizing: 2600 sq feet to 1300 sq feet

    Downsizing: 2600 sq feet to 1300 sq feet

    It is finally official. Mark has a new job working for a Tire Store in Provo. Which means we’re moving. Since Mark only has Sunday and Monday’s off, we decided to hire a moving company. In case you’ve never used a moving company, what happens is they come and load all your stuff in the truck, drive the truck, and then unload it all in your new home. They are coming this Friday. I now have 3 days with 4 kids, to pack our house.
    Here is the kicker though. We are moving from a nice and spacious 2600 square foot home to a 1300 square foot basement condominium. That means some serious downsizing. I’ve already sold some of our furniture and given some away, but there is still more that can’t come with us.

    When this plan first became a reality, we thought we would just store what we couldn’t take with us, in our garage. It is after all still our home. We haven’t sold it yet. That plan has now been dashed because today I got a lovely family interested in renting our home. Talk about a financial burden being lifted (and I thank my Heavenly Father for this blessing!).  Now we just have to figure out in 3 days what to do with all our stuff.
    So while I’m off being very very busy, check out our new flat.

    Welcome and Enter the house we will call home for the next year or so.

    Let me cook you up some treats in probably the nicest apartment kitchen I’ve ever had.

    Take a walk down my hallway with me.

    Hello Princess. Playing nice I hope.

    I love red to an extent. Our yellow ducks seem to give this bathroom the right touch of fun yet elegance. 

    Not very large, but we’ll see how many of our linens and games we can fit in this closet.

    Due to room sizing, Princess V is going to be sharing a room with Prince L. How do you think a loft bed would work over a crib?

    And at the end of the hall, our Master suite. Not quite comparable to our recent remodeling, but it will work. The recessed lighting is such a nice touch.

    Tucked in the corner is a toilet and shower, with the sink outside across from our 

    walk-in closet. I’ll give this space to Mark.

    Off the Master is a little outdoor patio. Perfect for my recovered Chairs and table.

    Thanks for stopping by! We hope you enjoyed this home tour.