Love Living Next to Central Park

It's been really wonderful living next to Central Park. It's so nice to go out for walks after work, and for easy chill weekend days relaxing in the park.
This is our area of the park that we hang out in.

Belvedere Castle

Turtle Pond!

Our spot

View of the El Dorado, our building is right next to it

Blocks away from the Natural History Museum, our fav

Deep Blue Sea Bedroom

Have to remember this paint color. Deep Blue Sea
Wanted a dark, sleepy bedroom, loved this shade of dark blue.
Took a few coats, so we slept in the living room the first few nights we moved in.
Totally worth it to get it out of the way without any furniture in it. D is the best painter.

D taking a moving nap.

Painting into the night

Trying to make things feel homey out in the living room

Bedroom painted!

Finished product. Dreamy and sleepy :)

Roof View

Fifth floor = top floor = access to the roof

View from the roof

Looking downtown

View of Central Park

Looking at the El Dorado - gorgeous building

D and Mom on the roof

View of the backyards

Moving is such a good look for us

Moving Day

Moving into our apartment on March 17, 2012

Moving in - "How did we fit all this stuff in the studio!?"

Organizing step 1

Slept in the living room the first few days so we could paint the bedroom

TV setup - had our internet connected the first day

So many boxes and nowhere to go

Woo - D got the bedroom taped and started painting the first night!

Painting makes it feel like a home.

Apartment - The Beginning

Outside views of the building and other beginning shots.

Beautiful brownstone

Day we signed the lease!

Tall ceilings - love it

View from the fifth floor

Our view of the park

Central Park

Woo faux fireplace

Apartment Hunting - Love At First Sight

March 2012 - Apartment Hunting

Had our eye on the Upper West Side. Ideally next to Central Park.
Coming from a very teeny studio for the past 18 months together, we were ready for a 1 bedroom.
We were getting married in 2 months, but our lease was up so we decided to go for it.

This is the first apartment we saw. Totally fell in love with it.

Positives: Right next to the park, brownstone, close to the subway we both take to work, old building (1920s), exposed brick, 2 closets, bathtub
Negatives: No dishwasher, five floor walk up*, totally no cabinet space
*exercise positive

Here it is as we first saw it:

The living room - larger than our first apartment

Exposed brick, giant windows, view of the park

Coming from a studio, this is a huge bedroom

Tiny kitchen, no storage

View of the park