I have been meaning to post some pictures of my house for a long time however two things have held me back: 1) I hadn't taken any pictures of it yet and 2) I didn't think it was tidy enough to take pictures :-), so I finally got off my lazy butt and tidied up and took some pictures. This will be a VERY LONG post as I don't know how to do fancy things with pictures in my blog yet, so my apologies. Enjoy though!
A few things about my house - I live in a neighbourhood called the Statenkwartier and I am about a 10 minute walk from the North Sea so I am constantly listening to the gulls (and of course they crap all over my car and yard). From here it is about a 15 minute leisurely bike ride (aka flat) to work. My neighbourhood has one of the best shopping streets in The Hague (and I live right off of it) and there is not 1, not 2 but 3 wine stores within 2 minutes of my front door.
My house is approximately 2900 sq feet on 3 levels. In The Netherlands, the main floor is called 0 and what we would call the 2nd floor they call the 1st floor, etc. My house has 2 floors or as us Canadians know it, 3 floors. It has the equivalent of 6 bedrooms, although 2 of them are small and most families would probably use them as nurseries - me, one is my luggage room (I LOVE luggage) and the other, I use as a store room. The house has 2 water closets (rooms with the toliet), 1 bathroom and then in the laundry room, there is a closet with a shower in it - go figure!
The house was likely built in the early 1900s and this is the first time in my adult life that I have lived in a not new house - so it is taking some adjusting. The house has beautiful parquet flooring throughout the main floor and gorgeous ceilings and chandeliers. I had wanted what I consider a "typical Dutch house" - really, a house with a lot of character but I also wanted some modern conveniences as well - like a modern kitchen and this house seems to fit the bill. I am very happy in my house and all of my furniture fits! :-) Enjoy the tour of my house.
Oh - you will notice either an absence of art on the walls or painting sitting on the floor - that is b/c I have plaster walls and those 3M sticky hangers, they don't like plaster walls - pretty much everything has fallen and I will be replacing quite a few frames :-(
A few things about my house - I live in a neighbourhood called the Statenkwartier and I am about a 10 minute walk from the North Sea so I am constantly listening to the gulls (and of course they crap all over my car and yard). From here it is about a 15 minute leisurely bike ride (aka flat) to work. My neighbourhood has one of the best shopping streets in The Hague (and I live right off of it) and there is not 1, not 2 but 3 wine stores within 2 minutes of my front door.
My house is approximately 2900 sq feet on 3 levels. In The Netherlands, the main floor is called 0 and what we would call the 2nd floor they call the 1st floor, etc. My house has 2 floors or as us Canadians know it, 3 floors. It has the equivalent of 6 bedrooms, although 2 of them are small and most families would probably use them as nurseries - me, one is my luggage room (I LOVE luggage) and the other, I use as a store room. The house has 2 water closets (rooms with the toliet), 1 bathroom and then in the laundry room, there is a closet with a shower in it - go figure!
The house was likely built in the early 1900s and this is the first time in my adult life that I have lived in a not new house - so it is taking some adjusting. The house has beautiful parquet flooring throughout the main floor and gorgeous ceilings and chandeliers. I had wanted what I consider a "typical Dutch house" - really, a house with a lot of character but I also wanted some modern conveniences as well - like a modern kitchen and this house seems to fit the bill. I am very happy in my house and all of my furniture fits! :-) Enjoy the tour of my house.
Oh - you will notice either an absence of art on the walls or painting sitting on the floor - that is b/c I have plaster walls and those 3M sticky hangers, they don't like plaster walls - pretty much everything has fallen and I will be replacing quite a few frames :-(
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| Master bedroom |
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| One of the selling features of this house - a HUGE walk in closet! Most Dutch homes don't have closets and most people have Ikea wardrobes in their rooms but not me!!!! |
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| I can honestly say, I do need more shoes storage/space! |
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| 1st floor water closet |
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| Guest room on the 1st floor |
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| Authentic Dutch sink |
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| Main floor hall looking to the front |
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| Looking at the back of the house |
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| My backyard - just enough grass to make me happy :-) |
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| Dining room looking towards back |
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| Conservatory or where I like to drink my coffee in the morning and look into the back yard. |
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| Dining room from the conservatory |
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| Dining room looking towards the living room |
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| Sliding doors between dining room and living room |
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| A series of living room pictures from different angles |
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| The Dutch seem to LOVE red carpet (I saw a lot when looking at homes) and they LOVE steep stairs - mine aren't bad compared to others! |
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| Doors leading to front entry |
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| My house - Prins Mauritsplein 4 |
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| Audrey parked on the street |
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| WELCOME!!! |
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| Hall looking towards back of the house |
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| Kitchen - on the bottom right, the cupboard is actually my freezer, which by Dutch standards is fairly big! |
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| Thank you Ikea for making storage solutions! I still have my Canadian grocery shopping tendancies. |
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| Luggage room or nursery if so inclined (which I am not!) |
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| Sky light on the 2nd (3rd) floor |
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| More red carpet. . .looking down the stairs. The red shows EVERYTHING! |
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| 2nd floor hall looking towards the front |
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| Ironing & drying room or the lilac room - also has a balcony that looks down into the backyard. |
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| Backyard looking down from the balcony |
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| Looking from the balcony at the others |
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| Guest room #2 |
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| Doesn't everyone have sinks in their closets?! Both closets on the 2nd floor do yet there is no water closet up here! Go figure! |
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| Laundry room |
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| And a shower in a closet. . .normal . . .right?! |
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| My street |
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| My street |
