Saturday, October 27, 2012

Korean Living: Our Pohang Apt

Sometimes, pictures just say it better. Here are some images of our apartment here in Pohang, South Korea.
This is the view from the hall of our apt. complex, looking into our apt.
Immediately to the right, is our 'living room.' Here you can see our futon and our kitchen table
Here is the other side of the living room. Our kitchen table doubles as our TV stand. Sweet wallpaper huh?
Through the sliding doors of our living room is our laundry room. We only have a washer, Koreans hang dry everything.
View of our kitchen from the futon. Our mini fridge-microwave-toaster oven combo.
Our kitchen. Sadly we don't have an oven or a dishwasher. Just a sink and two burners. 
Our tiny bathroom. Notice the odd placement of the shower head? Yup, between the sink and toilet with no curtain. When you shower in Korea, everything just gets wet and it drains under the sink.
Just to the right of the bathroom is our bedroom. We made those curtains out of felt. The sun was AWFUL before we became crafty! To the right is our "closet." It is really just a floor to ceiling rack. 
View of the other side of our bedroom. Closet on the left, and our "dresser" that we recovered from a school's trash pile. The unit above the dresser is the only air conditioning unit in the apt. There are no heating vents. In Korea, the heat comes through the floor. Notice how close we are to the kitchen? Convenient for a late night glass of water!

I hope this gives you a better indication to what apartment living in Korea is like. Super small compared to the United States, but we make due!

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