One week ago we moved into our new home. I guess it's time for a little house tour, even though everything is not quite done yet - but as I'm going to let Christmas explode, I thought I'd take a few photos before that!
There are still cables that need to be hidden, and certain other things that need to find a home. At least furniture is all mounted, all curtains are up, and most of the picture frames and decorations as well. Some other things we need to get a "feel" for before we can decide where they go.
But here we go, this is what you see when you enter the door. The hallway still needs a rug, but I'm on a lookout for a second hand one to try save some money at least in this move...
To the right we have the living area, with both the TV area and the dining area in one big room.
We have a large balcony running along the whole room, where we are planning to get some sofas or comfy armchairs. We bought new blinds for these windows, but they came in the wrong design so waiting for them to fix it and bring back the right colour.
We want to be able to sit out on this balcony in the good weather season and enjoy a coffee in the morning, or a drink late in the afternoon. We would have afternoon sun in the left corner where we are planning to place some furniture, so that's quite good.
The kitchen is fairly small, but there is a large storage room just to the left of it, so it works. We store a lot of things in there.
The biggest issue with the kitchen is the lack of bench and work space really. But I like that it's open plan, and it's light and bright thanks to it being connected to the big room with the big windows.
In the storage we have the drinks fridge, the ice machine, some pantry items, all the bulky kitchen appliances, the washing machine, cleaning supplies and more.
If you walk left from the entrance there is another small storage room (which is in fact supposed to be the maids room), where we keep more shoes, our sports equipment and other things. Next to that is the guest toilet.
Then on the right in the next photo there is a full bathroom, which we are not going to use as such as it belongs to the downstairs bedroom, which we have made into an office.
Both Nathan and I have our desks down here, together with a reading chair, and all my lovely art books! This room also has a balcony, but I don't think we will furnish that one. At least not as a first priority.
On the second floor we have three bedrooms. Linnea's room, the guest room, and the master bedroom; with another balcony. Although I can't really see us using this balcony at all.
The master bedroom has a huge bathroom with two sinks, and a super sized bath tub. The toilet and the shower are in separate spaces.
The master also has a dressing room! I never knew how much I wanted a dressing room! Oh, it's lovely! Makes it easier to get dressed in the morning without disturbing the other person if still asleep.
The middle bedroom is going to be the guest room, which I will not show you just yet, as that's where all the mess that is not unpacked is currently hidden away, ha ha. Work in progress. Lucas - I promise it will be all done for when you get here..!
Then there is Linnea's room, which is only about half the size of her previous room. So she had to scale down on furniture as not much fits here, now she only has her bed, her desk and a bookshelf. But she loves it because both her wardrobes and her bathroom is much bigger than her old one. And - she has the best view, straight onto the sea view.
Finally there is also a big landing area on the 2nd floor, which we are making into a combined training area and hang out place. Yes, there is a gym in our building, so this will mostly be for Nathan and his bike setup. This too is still very much under construction, so stand by for more photos once it's sorted.
That's it for now!
