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By: Penny Patten

Penny Patten — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:24:35 +0000

Fall is so beautiful! House hunting can be daunting, but I’m sure you’ll find a lovely space! I love those plates, I have some just like them (But just a few-I got them from a neighbor). I would love to find a full set some day!!
Penny Patten´s last blog ..Decorating For The Holidays

By: decor8

decor8 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:26:26 +0000

Holly I’m not sure – I got these from a home fair in Germany and they are not marked on the bottom. :(

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:46:02 +0000

I love the picture of the white candle holder house. Where could I purchase one??

By: diana strinati baur

diana strinati baur — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:29:57 +0000

Just one more thing, Holly, with the Jungendstil aparments, is to make sure that there is enough radiator in the rooms to actually heat comfortably. Those really high ceilings require a lot of heat which always rises. If the apt. is on the top floor, you might get some cumulative heat from below. Just something else to check!
diana strinati baur´s last blog ..Studio Ceramics: Making Mosaics

By: diana strinati baur

diana strinati baur — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:26:51 +0000

ps: my mother in law has the same dishes! I think they are definitely a German thing (plus she has a closet full of pre-war Meisner Onion Pattern Porcelain for good occasions… that stuff is gorgeous)!!
diana strinati baur´s last blog ..Studio Ceramics: Making Mosaics

By: diana strinati baur

diana strinati baur — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:22:58 +0000

The Jugendstilwohnung Survival Kit starts at the front door: A basket full of bulky wool socks for visitors:) Most apartments of this type are “hellhoerig” (light hearing — meaning that you can hear impact from above — not necessarily voices and music and such, but steps. Step noise and music/voice noise have two different acoustical causes in construction). Hence the socks and no shoes are standard fare, even by formal dinner parties — also to save hardwood floors that have made it thru two world wars.

Bathrooms in Germany and indeed in Europe are always a challenge because of the stone on stone construction. The rooms do not breathe at all, so there must be some form of ventilation, or else you will have mould build up. “Luftung” – airing out — is critical. We used to just open the window every day and close the door if it was not an internal bathroom. BTW it is building code in Germany that if the window in the bathroom does not open, there MUST be a ventilator fan. If this is not the case, the construction is not to code.

THe fact that the windows are new (hopefully either double or triple pane) is great.

That is all that comes to mind right now— For me in Germany it always came down to a choice: Jungendstil, where all of your aesthetic wishes can be met, or Neubau — new construction — where you have more or less a clean slate to start. Both have pluses and minuses, since Neubau apartments in Germany can also be pretty darn nice!!
diana strinati baur´s last blog ..Studio Ceramics: Making Mosaics

By: Iva

Iva — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:59:25 +0000

I’m sorry I didn’t read this post earlier, but I hope my comment would still be of some help :)
Well, first, the place sounds lovely – definitely one I would love to live in! It is so hard to find a beautiful building with great surroundings and even if you do it is often way too expensive, at least over here. I think that having elderly people live in your building is not necessarily a bad thing – I personally am not too fond of not being able to sleep until 4 in the morning, because my downstairs neighbors are having a huge party. At least if you guys have kids one day you’d know that there won’t be someone disturbing their sleep.
As for the noise you are afraid you’d be making, even mentioning that shows that you guys are just not this kind of people. I am sure that if you talk with your neighbors you will find a way to figure it out (carpets!!), plus they would probably be happy to have a young couple lighten up the place:)

Now, about the bathroom:) I’ve been studying architecture for 4 years now and the thing that they teach us is to always put bathrooms, closets and hallways in the darkest area. Which means most of the apartments (including my last three apartments) don’t have any natural light or ventilation. It does suck, definitely, but what we do over here is that we have a riser (not sure if that’s the right word in English, but it’s something like a chimney) and we put a small ventilator over there. After having a shower it usually takes half an hour to have a completely dry bathroom.

Good luck! xo
Iva´s last blog ..Visiting… Aedes Studio

By: Isabelle

Isabelle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:44:25 +0000

Here in Chichester to find a bungalow in the most popular area is the same – they go very quickly!

We began to think that we would never find ours, but one day we were chatting to someone in the street we loved, as a joke we asked her if she knew anywhere for sale and to our amazement she said her neighbour!

The lady had been in a residential home for a year and her son had persuaded her to keep her bungalow until she was sure she liked where she was.

So, get chatting, you may come upon what you want before anyone else even knows it is available.

ps – we are moving in on the 30th November – yoohoo!!!!

By: Shanon

Shanon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:57:19 +0000

I just know you’ll find the right place. And in the meantime, take solace in the fact that you don’t have to pack up again! Also, one more holiday season in your sweet little “first” place can be something to enjoy and will be quite romantic…

I don’t think those houses are “country” at all. They are darling, and perfect in their whiteness. They are borderline minimal, and completely fun.
Shanon´s last blog ..It’s my booth, baby!

By: decor8

decor8 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:59:02 +0000

Nichole – I found them at a German home fair and they’re not marked on the bottom so I have no clue who makes them but I’m pretty sure it’s a German company. Let me do some research and I’ll circle back with you honey. xo