condo phase 1
Here is our condo after phase 1 of cleaning, redoing, and
furnishing.
one of the two places we
can steal wifi until ours is activated
our bathroom
the royal blue toilet
seat has been replaced by zebra bamboo
sitting tub, still with
some stains after a good scrub
our new faucet
isn't it pretty?
new shower head
IKEA anti-slip stepstool
for ridiculously high tub sides
school-bus-yellow
bathroom wall (and paint samples to decide what to
cover it with)
ugly mirrored medicine
cabinet
Lidja needs to number
one
bathroom door handle,
which gives me bruises when I walk into it
for some reason, we are
covering the hideous floor when we paint
our new hamper fits so
nicely in this foyer corner (which won't stay
white)
what we call the hall
closet
from foyer to living
room (the door had been removed but we put it
back)
foyer electrical
closet
inside the electrical
closet
where I throw things I
don't know what to do with yet
from foyer to
bathroom
elegant foyer lighting
(to be replaced)
from "hall" to
kitchen
Tycho wants in the
kitchen too
kitchen floor (to be
covered by marmoleum)
fold-down table in the
kitchen
kitchen
kitchen, angle 2
more kitchen
we aren't starving
the other place we get
wifi
the cabinet with no
door
oven, heater, and more
doorless storage
still kitchen
yet more kitchen
living room, where we
were sleeping
more living room
living room windows and
balcony door
still the living
room
mattress on floor in
living room
balcony, after rolling
the ugly, dirty mat up
the window sill my
mother-in-law loses sleep over
from living room to
bedroom
bedroom (storage dump at
this stage)
there are a coffee table
and a bed in those boxes, waiting to be put
together
more bedroom
2/3 of the closet
space
my "walk-in" closet
more of my closet
the stuff I don't have
hangers for yet
more stuff waiting for
hangers
more storage
bedroom ceiling
front door, from the
inside
from the outside
we're right next to a
handy garbage chute
mail slot in our
door
snail mail spam filter
(it says basically, "no ads, please")
our makeshift nameplate
until the nice one we ordered arrives
our doorbell
stairwell (we're on the
third floor, which the Danes call the second
floor)
befuddling washing
machine
befuddling dial
close-up