We're Moving!

Okay, the big news is... We are moving! Yes, really! Now you don't have to listen to my woes about the hard time I'm having finding a flat to rent. You no longer have to listen to my 'poor me' sermons. We are moving on October 1st and I could not be happier. I am SO ready for this. Here is what we found!



This is one room, it may become the living room or the dining room or my office, not sure. It leads out to the wintergarten. The ceilings have all of these flowers carved in rows and some beams which are original details to the home. These photos were taken very quickly so they are not the best quality, sorry for that.


Same with this room, because of the layout this could be the living room, dining or my office. It has a nice ceiling to, just a bit different from the other.



And also the same goes with this room, could be the LR, DR or my office but I think it may be either the LR or the DR. Also the floors are original to the house, they are herringbone wood. In this photo they are sanded down and raw but a clear coat of varish will go on them to match the photo in the top of this post. It has a nice ceiling too.



This is one view of the kitchen with the little pantry.



This is another view of the kitchen walking in. Those are some of the doors connecting the rooms throughout the home, two rooms have french doors (these shown) and another room has pocket doors. In this kitchen there are 3 windows and a nice view of the big yard and beyond that is the forest so you can smell it when you open the windows and hear the birds. It's nice. The other 4 rooms and the hallway I have not photographed yet as it is still being renovated but in September I will post more as I can get the keys then and start designing the kitchen - I need to put cabinetry in there and appliances! We move in October 1 so I want the kitchen to be finished so that when we move in we can start living normally from day one. I remember having no cabinets and such for many weeks in the past and I don't want to repeat that if I can avoid it.


Our new apartment is 210 sq mtr which is 2,260 square feet of living space and though built 110+ years ago, it feels very new because it was just gut renovated, we will be the first to occupy it. It's very private and in a great neighborhood called List right near the forest, train, etc. We have a small balcony, two wintergarten (I guess you'd call them "sunrooms" in the US, one is off of the dining room or living room *I haven't decided yet* and the other is off of the bedroom). Then there is a guest bedroom, 2 offices (one for me and one for my husband) and a nursery but until that time comes, we will use it as a guest bedroom. Then we have a guest bathroom and a full bathroom for us.

The guest room, bathroom and kitchen are quite small though larger than what we have currently but at least the kitchen has a little area for me to put a small table and 2 chairs because I really like the idea of having breakfast in my kitchen each morning. The kitchen gets a lot of sun in the morning in the new place, which makes me even more excited to be in there enjoying that space. I cannot eat in my kitchen now, too small, so to have a table in there will be a luxury to me!

Next there is the kitchen with two speisekammer, which are normal in old houses and I am very excited to have them because they are two little rooms off of the kitchen -- you'd call them a pantry in the states. One is for the washer/dryer and food storage and the other is for trash/recycling/hot water heater/vacuum, brooms, etc. Then there is a very open hallway where you can put a breakfast table outside of the kitchen or create a reading nook or something and then the entryway which is quite large for putting coats and such. Then a living room and dining room. So the total rooms, not including the entry and hallway though we can use them as nooks too, would be 6 so it is a 4 bedroom apartment by American standards.

We are getting a larger place since my husband and I work from home full-time and because we want to have a child and hopefully, that can all come full circle now because I'm at the point in my life where I am ready to enjoy my home, decorate again, be creative, socialize at home and enjoy my house. I stopped really "enjoying" my space a few months ago because we feel so crammed in to this 500 square foot 2 room apartment and it really was hard for me to work in the living room and for my husband to work out of our bedroom. It's not good for romance, entertaining, nothing because both are always pressed up against one another and that is never a good thing for a marriage if both are working from home full-time. Lucky for us, we don't fight and get that upset over small things, but still, the cramped life is not for us.

So, yes - we are moving and I am so happy! The landlord said I can wallpaper which made me excited because there is a pattern I've been loving for over a year now that I want to put in our bedroom. I also feel happy that we will live in the same building as our lovely friends because I will miss living in the same building as my mother-in-law as I do now, I love her so much and she is really nice to us and brings over yummy homemade things but it's okay, we have to try something new now.

We just celebrated our anniversary on July 14 and in another week, we will celebrate another anniversary, one year of living in Germany together! So in between two special dates, our apartment has arrived. This is a very special day my friends.

TODAY IS REALLY SPECIAL TO ME. I have always dreamed of having a place like this, for over 10 years now since I first saw these old buildings when I dated my husband, so today was a dream come true because parts of my life have been a bit depressing at times without parents who are that involved in me and who I am as a person -- so having a home that I really love with my dear husband, and the idea of having a baby here (hopefully if all goes right)... it makes the sad things less so. That's all.

xo
Holly