We moved into Saint Germain on the 3rd June - which means we've been living here 6 months as of the 3rd December - time for a bit of a recap and reflect!
Our all time favourite feature of our apartment would have to be the view from the wall of glass windows facing north towards Mt Ainslie. In late winter - early Spring it looked like this......
but now in very early summer it looks like this..........
We both like opening the door to our apartment and seeing this view too .................. it feels like home.
We are also happy with the way our old bits and pieces seem to work for us here in their new space .............
And we LOVE our bedroom - still a work in progress and very minimal, but calm and spacious - and this is a great view to wake up to (and always lots of bird sounds).
Still need to hang that beautiful John Forrester-Clack work too!
Our TV set up in the living room was always a work in progress from day 1......
And this is where we are up to so far (see below)... a new "The Frame" TV but still unfinished. We have a friend (furniture maker) working on a cupboard that will go below that shelf to house all the video & audio. Then it will need a rug and..................
But then there is always that view!!! We had a super moon last night on our 6 month anniversary (just for us)........
...... and a military fly past over the War Memorial at the base of Mt Ainslie this morning - never a dull moment!
It's taken our builders a full 6 months to rectify all our building defects (all superficial but a lot of them). We still have one thing left to do on our list but that is booked in for completion with a carpet laying company next week. That was one of the big surprises when we moved in - that there were so many little things still left unfinished. However the builders have been very diligent (if a bit slow) about doing the right thing and we're all looking forward to the end of this phase and we can start to call the building our own.
We'll have to do another recap again in June next year!
We'll have to do another recap again in June next year!
1 comment:
what a gorgeous place to live Jude. You have made a beautifully decorated and comfortable, serene home. xx
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