Our furniture arrived last Wednesday, and I was swept up by the busyness of unpacking and organizing. (Which still isn't done, oh well). I want to show you where we live now, and to compare it to our house in Seattle.
Here's Seattle: a 100-year-old house with lots of color inside and out, a minivan and a big, green backyard. Plus fantastic views of the Cascade Mountains and Lake Washington.
Our Tokyo house is a few years old and triangle-shaped, with beige stucco on the outside and oatmeal-colored wallpaper and beige wall-to-wall carpet on the inside - totally bland, which is standard for expat rentals. The only bright color in the picture is our red mailbox.
And here's our Tokyo living room and kitchen - which look more like our apartment in New York.
We are relieved to have our rugs and paintings to brighten up the house and soften the expensive, insane-asylum decor.
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