Machen dieses Haus wird einfach sein!

And once you see the following pics and video tour, I think you'll agree:  Making this "home" will be easy!  We received a nice little treat for Halloween this morning -- a brand-new washer/dryer set, a fridge, and loaner furniture to get us by until our sorely missed comforts from our NC home arrive here next week.

A view of the Esszimmer (dining room) -- big enough for our gigantor dinner table! -- from the Wohnzimmer (living room)

Liam high-tailing it through der Küche -- check out the awesome cabinets and appliances!

Spare Badezimmer across from the kitchen

Don't worry, Liam's very careful with these stairs!

Killer view from the second floor

Liam's Schlafzimmer -- slightly smaller than ours, but not by much

One more floor to go...

Third-floor loft room, which will serve as a study and guest room for all our visitors hint hint

The video is a bit long, but that's because this house is just plain ridiculous.  The finished space is 160 sq.m. (more than 1700 sq.ft., and the master BR is around 15x15!), not including the basement apt. being rented out by another woman.  We have yet to cross paths actually with this housemate, and there's a good chance that we never will even in 3 years.  As my former (supercool fabulous wonderful) roommate Val and I know well, you can share a building with people for 3 years and never have to carry on a conversation with them  ;)  I have a feeling she'll be worth knowing, though; she has a PUTTING GREEN instead of a backyard.  If she turns out to be a cool Frau who lets Zeke work on his short game, teaches me German and feeds Liam cookies, we're totally game.


Our home is fairly typical for newer developments in this area -- the German folks place importance on good-quality materials, efficient use of space, and especially bathroom space and functionality.  They treat granite like concrete and I think "carpet" is a dirty word.  As you'll see in the video (and I ramble a bit about it as well), there are rarely (if ever) closets in bedrooms.  Instead you'll find die Kleiderschrank (wardrobes or wall lockers).  It just dawned on me how much more functional and efficient this change in style is.  Instead of losing 2 feet of depth along one side of an entire room just for a closet cubby and door, folks here bring in a 2-foot-deep piece of furniture that just takes up a bit of wall/floor space.


Enough from me, you'll get an ear- and eyeful in the video.  Enjoy!

Scoping out his 'hood