Home in Germany is a remodeled 1,900 sqft apartment in a building from the late 1800s, one the second floor. Now, to Americans, it means exactly the second floor but to Europeans, it means the first floor. In European terms, we live on the first floor because the ground floor is considered floor zero. Don’t ask me about the logic, I just live here. The floors system here always throws me off when I am on an elevator. “Uh, which button do I push? Three. Darn it, I meant two.” Then, I apologetically look around and wave my hand in the air like a white “surrender” flag. The building is being remodeled as the tenants leave. Unlike America, leases here are indefinite and most tenants rent for their whole lives. The past summer, I nearly lost my mind with all the construction and banging noise going on two floors above us. It sounded like they were building a new city up there. Sure am glad that’s over. Thankfully, that is the last apartment that needed remodeling.
Going back to the apartment, it is located on a quiet street and in my opinion the most beautiful street in Wiesbaden. The charming touches throughout the apartment are perfect for a girl who seeks out a classic look. The floors, the plaster, the coziness, and my favorite part, the lighting, are all stunning. Most of the year, the sunlight comes through every window at some point in the day. Charlie and Lucy normally sunbathe in the kitchen or the closet room, which you can see below.
It’s been two years since moved into this lovely place and it definitely looks different from the day we moved in. Check out the apartment unfurnished, here. With all of our things in it, it feels more like home. Below are pictures of our decorated apartment.
ENTRYWAY
The apartment flows to the right of the entry. From the front door, you can see straight into the guest bedroom, the best lit room in the house, and into the hallway that leads to all the living areas.
HALLWAY
A view from the living room looking into the main and only hallway. A functional bench below yet another wall collage. Apparently, I like wall collages, a lot. It offers a great view of the living room and the big windows.
LIVINGROOM
The living room is the biggest room in the apartment. Perfect to have friends over and entertain. I’ve decorated the wall behind the couch with a “meaningful things” collage. The cow painting was done by my sister, Selene. She is incredibly talented and has done several paintings around my house, like some of the paintings on the “Charlie wall” below. (If you’d like her to do a painting for you send me an email.) The couch covers are off-white and washable, which I love. Now, all I need is a bigger washer and dryer, because European size is barely big enough. The vintage coffee table has been with us for many years. A carpenter made it from old barn wood. Many comfy movie nights have happened in this room, that’s for sure.
GUEST BEDROOM
Spacious, this guest bedroom has the best natural light in the apartment. We’ve welcomed many guests already and still adding to the list.
MASTER BEDROOM
The master bedroom is the same set up as our last house. Not much changed here except the mirror above the bed and the switch of the rugs. If you’d like to see our Master bedroom makeover from our second house, you can check it out here.
The Jewelry wall and dresser are the results of spending hours on Pinterest. If only my house looked the way it does on my Pinterest dreams.
CLOSET
Closets in Europe are non-existent. Now I understand why Ikea is such a big deal here. But going back to the main topic, we turned one of the bedrooms into a closet because I have a lot of clothes and one side of the wall in our master was not going to cut it for this big space. Mainly, I didn’t want our master to be cluttered. Separated from the master, the closet was a great idea and I love how spacious it turned out to be. I am spoiled with this space and I am not sure how I am going to adjust when it is time to go back.
BATHROOMS
The guest bathroom is tiny. The sink is adorable though because it’s so small. I never knew sinks were made in that size. Our master is bathroom is small but has two sinks so I am not complaining.
Thank you for touring our apartment in Germany. It looks much nicer decorated (Check out how it looks empty here or you can tour out first and second houses below.