our place! (constantia)

Ok, family. Here are the long-awaited pictures of our house! It's not fancy, and we do have a few more "settling-in" things to do, like properly pin up our Michigan flag, but it is starting to feel more home-y. We share a large house with six other people: three single teachers, and a teaching couple and their son. These pictures are just of our space; we'll take some of the yard and pool out back in a few weeks when we start using it!

We have two separate spaces at the house. This view is looking out our "bedroom" doors (in the main house) onto our little garden. We plan to put a table and chairs out here in the summer for evening happy hours.

Our chairs in the bedroom.

Our quartz tile from Istanbul! (the only souvenir we could fit!)

Our garden! The neighbors upstairs (a teaching couple and their son) don't have a key to the front gate yet, so they walk through here to leave the house. We're still working out a few things :)

Looking toward the road.

Looking back toward the rest of the house. The pool is around back. The landscaping is really lovely!

Jim in our bedroom. We were a little grossed out by the state of the futon mattress provided, and haven't found a replacement yet.

The main entrance to the house - very grand! No one really uses it. Our room is on the left, and one of our roommates' is on the right.

Our bathroom - much bigger than our last few in Minneapolis and Seattle! We love the counter space.

The very secure gate leading to our carport.

Where our car normally goes!

One adjustment has been the numerous keys we use! Most homes and schools have these large skeleton keys for all the locks - Jim carries around about 10.

Chairs on "the other side" - our kitchen and living room (and spare bedroom and bathroom).

The spare bedroom - we're working on a bed for it!

Our teeny, tiny kitchen! It is great to have our own space, and we actually have cooked here quite a lot.

Jim proudly displays our Michigan flag! We're still working on a nail to hold up the other side.