Having a great start to the new year.
It’s funny that I think of the Chinese New Year as a new start to the year as well as when the calendar says Jan 1. Well having two of these can’t be worse than having just one. If I haven’t done so already - I hope you’ve had a positive start to yours and may you have a happy prosperous year of the tiger ahead!
(Please no Tiger Woods jokes :P)
Over the weekend I have been preoccupied with redecorating my new apartment. I’ve never been accustomed to living in small spaces having grew up in a house, but after living abroad in NZ and then here it’s amazing how much I am liking small apartments. I guess it means there is less cleaning up to do and less chances you forget where you leave things. No wonder people who often have big mansions also often have maids.
Living in a small space (the new digs are approx 400sqf) has also forced me to use space creatively. Up until now still have no microwave, proper TV (in fact the only reason why I have a small TV from a friend is because my parents came to visit and it has now been given to me because my friend has bought a 42″ plasma TV), heating/air conditioning, dining table, home telephone and broadband. These were things I had back when I was living in KL and have taken for granted, but after 18 months without them I’ve come to realise that I don’t really need all of that.
So instead I’ve decided to spend some money on a refrigerator and probably give this place a few new coats of paint. The living room needs a divider and I’ve been looking at some curtains to hang down the middle of it. One of these weekends I will make a trip to Ikea and buy another bookcase. I have no room for my giant stack of shoe racks, but thankfully Ikea Hacker has some ideas on what to do with them..
By the way, if anyone’s interested I found a really cool site via Apartment Therapy - This is a link to all the finalists for Room & Board’s 2009 Small Cool Contest and there are some really clever ideas for small spaces!
I wonder if I have enough ang pau money to buy a George Nelson coconut chair..