Cromwell Basement Apartment

Already Jake and I have moved waaay too much for my liking haha. First we lived in this closet apartment in Rexburg. Then we lived in the beyond amazing and perfect townhouse in Idaho Falls. And now, to be able to save our money, we moved into the Cromwell's basement. We've lived here since like February 7-ish. We feel very lucky because we have the basement to ourselves, our room is nice, we have two separate closets, a kitchenette, and a pantry. They have a kitchenette in their basement and it needed some repairs but Dad Cromwell worked like crazy and it's so nice now! The Cromwell's even cleaned out a locker for me (they have a big room by their garage door and back door that is like a mud room, and each wall is just a row of floor to ceiling lockers for all their riding stuff, sports stuff, winter activities stuff, etc. Growing up, each kid had one.), which made my day!

I can't wait until I'm done with school, Jake has a career, and we are settled in our own home with Lia in our own backyard. Oh, and I have lots of adorable babies. Have you seen the Cromwell grandkids?? The odds are in our favor for cute kiddos! :)

We miss our primary kiddos (as I'm SURE they miss us! ;) ) but this is a nice ward, too. On the Sunday that they welcomed us into the ward they called us Jake and RACHELLE Cromwell. As if my name is spelled weird... It's spelled the bible way. R.A.C.H.E.L. Oh well, just funny. :)

So here are some pictures of where we're living!

Our room (we have the footboard on our bed now! I love it, a lot!!)

My favorite pictures still hung up in my favorite order

That big mirror is finally where it belongs, on our dresser!

My closet

Jake's closet

The desk between the two closets

Closet in the extra bedroom where we put our coats

Hall closet that was cleaned out for our use... but right now we don't use it.

The bathroom

I love these shelves in the shower... SO MUCH.

The infamous bathroom intercom ;)

These shelves/nooks in the laundry are pretty genius, too


TV room. There are so many couches. Plus the big blue bean bag. It's pretty much awesome for movies with the family.

Yes this came with us, love it!

Kitchen. Notice where they (Dad C.) is putting a pull out drawer thing for our sponges. I'm excited!

Our table is between the fireplace (I. LOVE. THE. FIREPLACE.) and racquetball court

See the secret door?

It holds all the firewood! Cool! That bucket holds fire starters.

They make building fires fun and easy! They are cut up egg boxes filled with dust and wood pieces from Dad C's shop and then covered in wax. Genius!

Pantry. It's huge we just use a tiny bit of it. The light automatically turns on/off when you open/close the door. Again, GENIUS!

My locker

P.S. Jake ADORES his job. I'm so glad. He loves what he does all day, loves his boss, his co-workers, feels like it's fair pay, everything. Phew!