Our Home- Part 2

Here's a picture of the rest of our place. Our home came furnished so now we're trying to work with what they gave us. My goal is to get the living room furniture recovered... most likely when I'm no longer taking classes in January. We are also planning on getting the whole apartment painted. The walls are pretty awful right now with lots of pen & crayon marks from the previous tenants>
The landlord didn"t want to repaint but reluctantly gave us the go ahead to do it ourselves.
Here is a shot of our living room with the zebra print sofa and chairs. The glass doors lead out to our balcony which looks over the courtyard.




Finally here's a shot of the girl's room. We painted in a light green and added a butterfly border to the wall. We don't have anything hung on the walls but we'll get there soon. We moved in the dressers that we had in our previous city and added the landlord's bunk bed to the room. The girls are great roommates- though at time lacking on sleep. :) (They love to talk to each other when settling in for a good night sleep... so cute).

At present Miriam is taking naps on the top bunk and sleeping at night on the bottom bunk- she's a little nervous about permanently moving to the top bunk. Eliza is using the pack and play till Miriam is ready for the top bunk on a permanent basis.




























Folks are usually pretty curious as to what a squatty potty looks like. Well, here you go. Against the far wall is a utility sink. The shower head drains to the floor right at the window which is pretty typical for shower's in China. The squatty is the white ceramic piece on the floor.

At present our squatty potty bathroom (the shower section at least) is full of our storage trunks full of holiday decorations and seasonal clothes. We do use the squatty itself but we primarily use the western restroom that is connected to our master bedroom.