Piece by piece

La porta

Today we began the process of furnishing the new apartment. The appliance store delivered the refrigerator and the washing machine.

Also this morning, we learned that unfortunately we will not be able to turn on the power or gas until after we close the sale, so for now these items will just sit around looking rather forlorn.

An hour later Ikea arrived with a love seat, a chair, a sofa bed, a little table, and a mini-kitchen that consists of a sink, counter, and hotplate. This, we hope, will tide us over while we wrestle with all the decisions involved in putting together a real kitchen, a project we'll deal with when we come back sometime in the spring. (Once that's in place, the mini-kitchen will be recycled into a kind of cabinet containing the washer the laundry room/bathroom). 

Il pavimento

There's no point in showing photos because almost all the stuff is still in boxes. But here's a photo of the living-room floor, which I think is gorgeous.

Le sedie

Next Romano and Danny went to one of the used furniture stores we've patronized this week and picked up six dining-room chairs. Here they are in what was the erstwhile kitchen, which I think we're going to convert back into a dining room, putting the kitchen into the room behind it that used to be the kitchen. 

We have some more things coming soon from a consignment store, including a dining table, a couple of beds, an armoire, a bookcase, a dresser, and two bedside tables. The beginnings of a home.