Oma's Pages #37

Oma’s Pages #37

Once we had made all the legal arrangements to get the apartment then we had the massive job of finishing it. Yes I said finishing it. In the Netherlands when you rent a place most of the time what you get to rent is an empty shell. We were so lucky that this place did have a bathroom that was finished and it had a stove and very small refrigerator.

This is the master bedroom looking out of the window

This is the master bedroom looking from the window to the door

This will eventually be our laundry room

The sink is straight across from the shower

To the far left is the toilet, then the shower stall... yep, no shower door or curtain at this point, and the tub is a bonus since hardly any homes in the Netherlands have tubs... It is an American thing. The edge of the tub shows on the right side of the picture.

What looks like a small cupboard that Opa is putting things into is actually the total size of the refrigerator, including the freezer. It is three tiny shelves and a freezer that is four inches high

Our new adventure was in finding flooring and light fixtures that did not cost a lot of money but were still good quality. It was a lot of work. All of the other Senior couples who were here on missions came to help us. I was so glad that Opa was a builder all of his life so that he could tell us what to do and how to do it. And he could tell whether things we were doing and buying were good or not.