Somethings Got To Change

One of the things that I loved about this place was the layout of the open kitchen, living, and loft area. The six windows let a lot of natural light in, but apparently it all came at a cost. The first utility bill came in at double our highest ever utility bill from our old place. I brushed it off that we paid for the other place 1/3 of the month in July once we moved.

That was, until, the second utility bill came in. Althought it was a smidge better, it was still very high. Paying two thousand dollars a month for just rent and utilities is insane and quite frankly, not something either of us want to do. However, we're not going to keep the A/C on 85 like all of these other crazy Floridians. We're not from around these parts, y'all. We need some a/c.

We decided the best option we had was to go invest in curtains and tint for the windows. Total cost was about $150-200, but we now have everything in place. I'll let you know how much it makes a difference on our next bill. [We did tint on the two circular windows and curtains on the single and double windows.]

Here's a peek at our living room take with the iPhone. One of these days I'll finally take picturs of all of the rooms and share them with you.