thursday we were searching for an apartment and stumbled upon a little brick building with beautiful overgrown vines stretching up the sides, and funky old windows opening up to a miniature lookout to the city. it was something you would picture on the streets of paris or in madeline. on the side of the building there was a little sign that said for rent so we decided to peek inside. the stairs of the hallways were covered in antique colored turquoise tiles and at the ends of them were giant vintage armoires. all the doors had vintage knockers and crystal chandeliers hung from the ceilings. it just so happened that one of the apartments was available to see and i suddenly got nervous that the units themselves would not be so full of character as the rest of the building seemed to be. as soon as that door opened i was relieved, more than relieved, i was shocked and overjoyed. the entire apartment was covered wall to wall with wood floors and top to bottom with old moldings and white walls. the rooms were oversized and the quirky windows were even more charming on the inside. in the dinning room, yes it had its own separate dinning room, hung the coolest antique crystal chandelier and had more of those fun little windows surrounding letting in plenty of light. the place was magnificent in size and loveliness. the only downsides was the lack of air-conditioning and the slightly outdated and smaller kitchen, but honestly i didn’t care, i was in love. oh and did i mention, this entire apartment, that is at minimum 1400 square feet, came with the pretty little price of $950.00 per month? seriously it is perfect. here comes the difficult part though. we need to move out of our current space by the end of this month, and a unit won’t be available in the little french chateau, hidden in the middle of the city, until probably the end of october. what we will do? i don’t know. all i do know is that this space is perfect and one way or another our little family is destined to live there and i’m determined to make it happen. fingers and toes crossed everybody!