Welcome to my new place in Newport Beach!

Friends and family,

Being that many of you have asked me to send pictures of my new place in Newport Beach, I decided to reach the masses by creating a quick little blog entry complete with photos and a virtual tour of sorts.

My new town house is amazing. It's located along the Santa Ana river less than 2 miles from the beach. A bike path runs along side the river making beach access a mere ten minute ride (and not having to worry about parking makes it completely worth it!). I am within walking/biking distance to all my favorite amenities including Trader Joe's, Chipotle, Togo's, CVS, a really cool place called Detroit Bar, and even a movie theater. And of course I am very close to the wonders of the tiny and beautiful city that is Newport Beach. I am about a 5 minute drive to the peninsula and less than 10 minutes from the little downtown Newport village area.

At last we begin our tour...

I should note that based on the location of our single car garage and carport, we enter our house through the back patio and sliding glass doors. It is here we begin our adventure:

Walking in the back gate from the rear of our carport ...


To the right of the gate we have some plants as well as the door into our single car garage...


To the left of the gate we have our wonderful little beachy adirondack furniture set...



Then, directly in front of the gate is the sliding glass door into the small hardwood dining area...


Walking into the door you can start to see the living room ahead of you and the kitchen is to the immediate right...


and the lovely kitchen...


Here is what is to the left when you walk in the sliding glass doors...we will eventually have a small dining set here to finish our little dining nook...


This is what you see when you turn back around and view the sliding glass doors from the living room...



And on to the living room! (Ignore the TV sitting on the ground...it's our old one and will be moved at some point...)


Quick side note before we continue with the living room: once into the room we have a little shoot off to a downstairs half bath which is right next to our large washer/dryer closet...



Ok, back to the living room, our comfy couch...


Another angle...



My pride and joy flat screen TV :)



And just to the right of the TV we have an awesome little lightswitch-operated fireplace! Don't know how handy that will be in Southern Cali but it's cozy nonetheless...


And for my FAVORITE feature of the house, our lighted built in book shelves (Jo, you'll love these)...



And now we head for the stairs, on the way we will pass our front door (which we never use, not even the UPS guy uses it)...


Here is our narrow little staircase, so narrow, in fact, that I had a heck of a time trying to get my full size box spring around the corner into the stairwell...we had to get creative...and take a little paint off the wall in the process, oops...


Once at the top of the stairs turn around to view our ugly hanging light fixture and our super awesome full length windows...



One more sharp turn and you have arrived in our upstairs hallway! My bedroom is the first door on the left...but we will come back to that tidbit later...


Down at the end of the hall you will find our first full bath that my roommate Autumn and I share...


It's all in the details...


Once inside, a sharp turn to the right takes you into the "shower room" with it's own door (making sharing a bathroom easier in the mornings...)



Ok, back to that tidbit from earlier...and on to the piece de resistance...MY ROOM! Into the doorway you are greeted by some of my paintings to the left...


And to the immediate right is my bookshelf, desk, etc...It's cozy but I made it all fit...


My window...


And keep rotating left to see my bed and another one of my paintings...



A bit more to the left and there is my dresser with the closet to the left a little further...


From the corner of the room near my bed back towards the door...


And at last we have begun where we started...at the entrance to my room!



I hope you have all enjoyed the tour...all you missed was an empty bedroom that looks exactly like mine that awaits the arrival of my roommate Autumn in a week and the master bedroom with it's own full bath that my roommate Ashley lives in.

I look forward to each and every one of you visiting soon...I will keep an extra bike handy for those short rides to the long beach days this summer!

Cheers!

Elana