Graceful! Paris Mansion & NY APARTMENT along the railroad tracks in Tokyo

I walked towards Meguro Station along the railroad tracks from my condo. There was a reason for that. Before the move, I was exploring the further area from my future living place on Google Street View. I found foreign fascinating buildings and wanted to see them with my own eyes. It's about 20-minute walk from my place, I guess?

Here it is!

See?  It is a graceful building, isn't it?

Not just classy, but like...it has been gradually becoming more polished over time. 

It's located along the railroad tracks and about 2-minute walk from Meguro Station. This house is used for a photographic studio, "STUDIO EASE".  I want to see inside!

Can you see that it says "Paris Mansion"? The name of this house is Paris Mansion. Wow!

Paris Mansion 3-1-2 Nishigotanda Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0031 

And just a little walk further to the right, another classy building named "NY APARTMENT". 

NY APARTMENT 3-1-1 Nishigotanda Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0031 

This house is used for furniture rental service, "EASE NEW YORK".

When I first started looking for my new place to live, I hoped to live near Meguro Station, however, the room I found timely was one station away. I thought of it this way. I don't live near Meguro Station, but I can enjoy the atmosphere whenever I walk to the area. And I've been doing great!

Then, I walked to the Ebisu Station. I bought a piece of carrot cake at DEAN & DELUCA in the station building. It was a day I walked a lot. Phew, I walked my legs off. It is all right, after a nice long stroll, a pleasant tea break with my carrot cake is waiting when I eventually get home. 

☆R ethical☆ inspirational rings designed in New York, crafted in Tokyo

I have 3 rings of "R ethical" https://r-jewels.com that is a jewelry brand designed for a feminine, yet dignified beautiful woman. 

R ethical jewelry are mainly made from fair-minded 18 yellow gold with gemstones, collaborated with non-profit organizations in order to contribute to a sustainable world.

Ruby                         Color Sapphire          Morganite

I am lucky to meet these lovely rings I pictured to myself from dropping by Matsuya Ginza (the department store) after work. R ethical set up a booth there during last Christmas season. 

I've been working from home since this pandemic. I don't have a chance to wear them very much. 

Color Sapphire is one of the popular products and is not resized because of its elaborate design, so it is called "Cinderella Ring." I purchased it in December 2020, but one day in March 2021, I found the gold rim surrounding Blue Sapphire cracked. I seemed to have been careless when I removed the ring. In April 2021, my Color Sapphire was repaired. It cost me pretty much, so I will have to handle my delicate jewelry carefully.  

R ethical is designed in New York, crafted in Tokyo, and ships worldwide. ---> R ethical Instagram

Maybe we can wear jewelry during this pandemic? We must be encouraged by the ancient power.

                   

Let's dress with a hope❤︎  Rose

another new style of curtains and the pink moment

As I mentioned in the last post, I am with same curtains as before. It was pretty tough to adjust each length by myself to my new home, but I am so happy to be together with them again.

This is my another room. To make them longer, I unstitched a seam of race curtains which were used for my previous bay window. And then, I sewed the hem of them. I love that it's like an elegant flared skirt! I would be glad if you check out my last blog to see what these race curtains looked like before.

I washed them once at my new home, but lines are still remaining. Even heart warming for me... In this room, race curtains are short, and drapes are long. It is the opposite from the next room. 

I also sewed the hem of these blue & green drapes to make them a little bit shorter, and yet, so that just above the floor. The drapes are really helpful in blocking a glare coming from the afternoon sun.

As you can see, race curtains & a drape are like this way in my next room. :)  Though the afternoon sun is too bright, there's a beautiful pink moment after that. 

I am amazed at the beauty, and the look of the sky is different every day. 

Can I upload my pink moment at times? Even when I'm in the middle of doing something at my condominium, I can't help getting stunned by the beauty of the scene. 

Rose

Altered curtains became my own style at my new home.

 I brought my curtains from the previous apartment. I had an idea and I wanted to use them again.

A sofa was covered with a stole given to me by Collie a few years ago. I decorated a coffee table with charming lace I bought at Canterbury Village when I visited Michigan.

My heart is thumping... I hung my lace curtains over a window. They are a little too long for the window here. （・・;）

Though flowers are expensive in the big city, I found a nice place which sells "service flowers" on Tuesday and Wednesday. Each flower is being sold for only 100yen. So I picked up my favorite miniature roses. Can you believe it? I could get them for only 300yen!!! How lovely❤︎ I am so happy.

This is the view from the window. I live on the 10th floor now. (By the way, it's not Tokyo Tower. )

Ten days later, I sewed by hand to shorten the length of lace curtains! See? It's successfully almost touching the floor. :)

My idea was combining a short drape and long curtains. It's possible because the bottom half of the window is frosted glass. Being surrounded by familiar stuff to me brings a comfort.   

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There was a bay window at the place where I've lived for a long time. A short drape was for it. 

I really loved the space and decorated it with small items... From the 3rd floor, I could see the roof of the house across the street from me. I liked to see that view. While I was packing up my things for moving out, I took some photos.

A left view from the bay window at night. 

A right view from the bay window at night.

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I miss my previous apartment I can't go back to anymore. It's filled with many, many memories. Thank you... I moved out from you, but I will never forget you. I will live on in my new environment, but my memories with you will always have a special place in my heart.

Hi I am Rose, again.

Dear People,

I just moved here last month. It was April 19th, 2021 and it will be a memorable day. Since the day in March I wrote about recently, I'd been overwhelmed with a lot of procedures and documents I should handle for buying and moving to my home. Plus, I cleaned, polished, painted my room at the previous apartment, also, pasted peeled wallpapers with glue. The wall of a corner of my room was getting black because of damp. Removing mold from the wall was pretty tough, but I wiped it again and again with cloth using natural soap, then water and finally, it got almost white! I got fatigued and thought I was going to die before moving out. But now, I am here at my new home and started writing my blog. Hello again! 

At the and of April, a previous real estate agency called me and asked why my room was too clean in spite that I'd lived there for many years. He was like, have you renovated it? I explained I tried to restore it as much as possible by myself. That was my gratitude and love for my room where I lived for a very long time. The picture was taken at my previous apartment, which I liked the interior very much. I felt sad about leaving...  

Cheer up! Now my present home is decorated with goods from Michigan as it's always been💖

I am enjoying walking around my place. I tried local groceries and and getting to know, like, which is good for milk and eggs, which is good for 20% off, which is good for affordable vegetables, and I happened to find a small greengrocer too while walking in a quiet residential area. It looks like I've established my own shopping style already. Also, I found a honest bakery's bread made from natural ingredients sold at the supermarket. 

I will show you where I enjoy taking a walk later in this blog. Until then, have a good one. :)

Rose

I saw double cherry blossoms in my new city! It was a pleasant surprise.

On Apr.9th, after I registered my change of address at the new city office, I walked to the condominium I'd move into soon.

What a pleasant surprise!!! Double cherry blossoms were in full bloom. It's a kind I love among cherry blossoms. I didn't know those lovely ones are near my place to live in!

The considerate guy at the real estate agency told me after we had a private view, that I could walk along the river to the station. Until then, I only knew one route to go back and forth between the condo and the station. Always walking on a main street full of people is somewhat restless, although it's safe at night. I was happy to know there is such a restful street alongside the river.

Sweet...!  What a beautiful sight it is!

Meguro River. It is one of the rivers which flow through Tokyo, 7.82km length and extends across Setagaya, Meguro, and Shinagawa City. The kinds of cherry blossoms must vary in each area. 

My thoughts go to Detroit, so it will be my Detroit River. I know the scale is different and Meguro River water color is dark... 

Thank you for being there. Several times, I had imagined...if I lived at a house in U.S.A., I might think about having double cherry blossoms in the yard. Must be a smaller tree, though. ww

Now in my new city, I can see spectacular lines of double-flowered cherry trees on the far-reaching river side.  One hope came true in this way.

God had loved us before we loved God.  God is immeasurable in his wisdom.

Sorry for my absence. Now I write about the day that changed my life.

March 16th, 2021. That was a day which changed my life. Although I repeated trial and error talking about finding a new place. I could connect the dots looking backwards. However, every important thing happened quickly on the very day.

I happened to see a conscientious real estate agent through the open house advertisement. One night, I couldn't sleep because I continued to quest for the way to see a certain property privately. The building I'd love to live in didn't have an available room proper for me, but a more spacious room for sale. I couldn't bring myself to ask any real estate agents to show me the room I couldn't afford. I thought "open room" was a chance to see the room without annoying business persons. Even if it's not a room for me, I could know whether I like another affordable room from seeing the different room in the same building for real. I found one open house advertisement for the property. I took a day off from work nest day to go there.

I was excited! Today, I can see the room I've seen pictures of many times on the net! I reached the condominium. However, there was not a standing signboard that said "open room". I called the real estate agency, and the guy in charge told me that the open room was reservation-only. I explained him the reason I came here and said to him, "I don't intend to buy the present property for sale. Still, can I see the inside?"

He showed up in 30 minuets. A local-based agency is advantageous to both like this. When I saw him for the first time, I got a good impression. Finally, I saw the room privately. It was like a dream. In the room, I talked about the image of my desirable living place. Amazingly, he'd brought print outs of many properties he prepared from my explanation on the phone. I was trying to wait until the affordable room in the same building got vacant, however, I could give it up because I knew some parts of the ceiling was actually low and I can't eliminate a feeling of oppression. It doesn't feel real in the photo nor video. 

He offered to show me possible properties in the afternoon. He drove me to the real estate office so I could have a lunch nearby and then, visit the office again and he could tell me the knowledge of home buying on the screen. When he picked up some suitable properties for me, I also mentioned one place I had been interested in. 

The room I mentioned was just like a cozy one I missed a chance to buy in the building where I saw the different more spacious room with him today. I said to him, a designer must be a same person. He kindly printed out both properties so I could compare each other. "It's a same seller as you can see the name here.", he said. The reason I became to think about buying a property - not for rent - is, I was attracted by the interior of the room, which got sold when I nearly sent a request. He said, "Let's go to see the room you're interested in from now." I was like, it's like a dream to be able to see that room today! 

We went into the room. Not bad! Our impression matched perfectly. So, I needed to make a decision before it's bought by somebody else. Once I had given up on the property because my previous real estate agency didn't recommend it to me as an asset. On the other hand, this young guy told me a new perspective, how to activate my asset in this day and age, and happiness given by living at a desired home. We went back to the office for the next step. As night fell, I went home on the train. 

Everything proceeded speedily in one day. Looking back, the dots connected in this day. It was 4 months since I started to find a new place for myself. 

There were early-bloom cherry blossoms in from of the office building. Since then, I visited the real estate agency several times for a lot of documents & contracts. His partner in business is also a very likable young guy. I kept in touch with both of them.

On the day I signed the sales agreement with partial payment, I took a supper at LONCAFE near the agency. Ah..buying a home is hard... How many times I sighed the documents!

It got dark, raining hard all day. I was very hungry. In cerebration of my home contract, I should do something! Cheers in a storm✨  I like that this cafe offers reasonable Australian CHANDON BRUT.

More and more a lot to do until I move out to a new place. My condo. I still can't realize I will be an owner.

On the first day, he said "Never 100% in property".  It impressed me and I think it's right. 

I won't forget he kindly printed the page of the room designed by a same woman. The room was the start. That was why I started to think about buying my home. 

In clear plastic file folders, I put the print out next to the print out of my home. I live in the next town from the town originally planned to live in, nevertheless, my room is tied to the original one.

Rose