And we're in

But not quite living there yet. Turns out the building had a little permit issue so I'm living out of a suitcase until they give us the all clear to start sleeping there and getting used to our new digs.

First adventure: tackle the noisiness of warehouse living:

My couch is coming tomorrow (which will hopefully absorb a lot of the noise of being in a voluminous warehouse abode) and early next week, my Flor tiles for my living room rug will be arriving! That's right, it's 8' x 7' and designed with tiles on sale by yours truly. This 20-squared rug surely will abate most echos and yodels. (If this doesn't work, I'll climb up to the HVAC unit myself and shove blankets inside to quell the clattering.)

Straight off of Flor's room designing website, my 8' x 7' on a 17' x 11' cement-colored background! 

Hot tip: if you like assembling things yourself, like they style that modular design offers, embrace loud colors, and don't mind the element of surprise of ordering colored carpet squares online, then order modular carpet! I paid about half of what a decent standard rug of a tad smaller size would have cost me. And that's a big deal when I'm trying to keep my decorating costs under $2,000 (sans couch).

There you have it--almost. moved. in!