Thursday Thirteen #5 - Apartment Needs
13 Things I Still Need For My Apartment
It’s been 5 months since I’ve relocated from New York to Dubai (7 months for my husband) and there are still major pieces of furniture and other house stuff that we don’t have either because we haven’t gotten around to buying it or we haven’t found anything remotely decent. Things such as:
1. Bed. We are still sleeping in the guest bedroom as we can’t seem to find any master bedroom furniture that we both like. Furniture stores in Dubai are crap. I miss Pottery Barn.
2. Full-length mirror. We have a small mirror in the bathrooms but I have to jump up and down to see if my shoes go with my outfit.
3. Dining table and chairs. Same reason as #1 - furniture stores in Dubai are crap. We eat on the couch or on the floor. I miss Crate and Barrel.
4. Blender. Been missing my margaritas… Will be sure to pick one up before the next girls’ night-in.
5. Matching stemware. We don’t even have 2 wine glasses that match. I’ve broken them all.
6. Dishwasher. Sadly, this is one thing that we will not be getting as there is no room for it in the kitchen. But I’d still like to have one.
7. Garbage can for the kitchen. Right now, I just hang shopping bags on a doorknob as a makeshift trash bin. I know, I’m a lazy butt.
8. Bathroom cabinet. There is absolutely no linen closet or medicine cabinet in either of our bathrooms. We have all our toiletries sprawled out on the (very) small counter space. Ikea has been no help. I miss Target and Bed Bath & Beyond.
9. Lamp shades. We have bare bulbs hanging from our ceilings. We finally bought some shades for the living room but are still missing nice shades for the bedrooms.
10. Broom. I’ve got a Swifter but it’s not very useful when I’m a klutz and break glassware on a weekly basis. Can never seem to remember to pick one up at the store.
11. Mouse pad. Sad to say, we haven’t had a mouse pad in years. We use scraps of paper or the Ikea catalog. I think the reason for not owning one goes along the lines of #10 - never remembering to pick one up at the store.
12. HDMI cable for the TV. I’m not shelling out 200 dirhams ($60!) on a cable that costs me $10 in the States! I’ll wait ’til the next visitor comes and brings me one. I miss Best Buy.
13. Welcome mat. Because every house should have one.
So that’s it! Hopefully the apartment will be complete before the next visitor gets here. Otherwise, I’ll have to add airbed to the list of things we’ll need!
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Can you order any of that stuff on line and have it sent to you? Might be cheaper even with the shipping charges. Good luck to you.
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Ugh, I feel your pain. We just moved 2 months ago and we still need most of this stuff too. Hope you find some things on your list soon
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We have no full length mirror too and I use the glass windows to see a “rough” reflection of myself!
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I have a blender that we got for our wedding shower and I’ve never taken it out of the box!! It’s all yours!
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