two years ago, I moved to another state for university. the apartment I was living in for those two years was rented, and while the apartment itself was nice, the outside of the building was way too dilapidated for the condo fees we1 were paying there. so earlier this year my parents and I decided to check out this brand-new building to see if buying a flat there was worth it, I went like “please can I have an apartment”, and they decided to buy it. and now I've just moved in!

very important to say that my mom helped me a lot with this “moving” thing — she's still here actually, and she's probably going home on Tuesday or Wednesday. I would not have been able to even know all the little things the apartment needs2 (and even if I did, my sheer laziness or executive dysfunction or whatever new medical-sounding word we have for this would have my apartment more barebones than the stereotypical room on r/malelivingspace), so I'm grateful for the help. in fact multiple times I was like “mom you're doing literally everything do you want me to do these things instead” but she was like “nah Matias I'm fine don't worry” and I was like, “okay”. she had to reassure me that I didn't have to feel bad for it, even.

anyway I had a lot of editorial say on what the new flat looks like! if you know me even just a little you know how I hate that every single living space nowadays is colorless and drab and white and and and... well I just Don't Like That so my kitchen is blue.

blue kitchen cabinet with white granite countertop

very organized but not as #instagrammable as it could look. but look. it is Blue

here's some more pictures:

light gray couch with two pink ottomans next to it and a Miffy cushion on it

I bought the Miffy cushion today. #malelivingspace #mencanbemoetoo

here's one of the bedrooms. the apartment has two, a large one with a double bed and a smaller one with a single bed. I ended up using the smaller one as my default bedroom because of the shelves and the desk, plus I'm just one person and don't need that much more space:

the small bedroom. from this angle you can see the bed, the shelf, a chair, and part of the table, which has my laptop on it.

just looks cute doesn't it. ignore that we haven't bought a chair for this room and I'm just using one of the living room's chairs here.