Building a life, and a house
Yesterday Suzanne and I had the pleasure of visiting Bram en Greetje at their new pad, in downtown Utrecht. Like true friends the invited us in, gave us coffee and put us to work. I got a sander and Suzanne went vacuuming.
Now, I'm writing this like we did all this against our will, but the truth is quite the opposite. We were happy to help, even if it was just a little. Bram and Greetje have bought themselves one of the most charming and cosy apartments I've ever seen.
It's probably built in the 1930's, and it has many original features. Painted glass windows, en suite doors, a real nice kitchen.. it's really.. sweet and cosy. You know how a house can be cosy right? And you know when you like a house when you start thinking about how you yourself would decorate the place. This is a real Bram and Greetje house, it suits them perfectly. So, you guys, congratulations. It's awesome!
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Thanks again for your help guys! Because this week is really full of home improvement, we had to improvise by combining quality time (social talk) with the ongoing process of renovation. Glad you were ready to help out! By now, the floors you helped sanding, have their first layer of (transparent) paint. The second will follow today.
The house was built in 1923, and despite the ceilings and the opened kitchen, most of the original elements are still inside: tainted glass sliding doors, and glass luxaflex panels in the top windows for example. We can see our house coming out of the dusty workplace that it was for two weeks. It's really amazing to see the effect of all the work. Still, five more busy days to go!
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