This is probably of little interest to anyone, but I'm posting some before and after photos of our apartment, because we worked so hard to clean the place up, and I think we did a pretty a-ok job.

The Living room: Before.
The walls were dirty white with this obnoxious blue trim. The place was also in shambles because we couldn't fully unpack due to copious amounts of crap left by the previous tenant.




The Living room: After, minus curtains.
I will probably edit this post once the new curtains are sewn (today's project), but for now, here's how it looks.


And note these lovely lions, procured from Uncle Billy's "far shed":


The Bathroom: Before.
The walls were a disgusting pink color that made me shudder every time I went in there.


The Bathroom: After.
It took two coats (three in some places), but we covered it in a nice ice blue color, with gray trim:



Once I re-grout the shower, I'll probably post those befores and afters, because I know you all care so much!

I'm sure these home-related posts are boring, but what can I say? I am almost ready to post before/after pictures of the new place, but not quite yet! However here are some photos I have taken.

The first is of our fireplace with Christmas decorations hanging around it. Not how I would have put them up, mind you, but I think they look pretty funny:


Then a photo of our street. It's so freaking Irish, this neighborhood. When I first moved to Dublin and I saw these kinds of neighborhoods, I thought they looked like where little people came to live:


I wish these streets had trees, but there's no room, sadly. I wish we could plant a tree in the back patio, but then there'd be only shade since it's so small!

Here's the view from our front door. When I took this, it was a very misty night and I thought it looked spooky: