Home away from home

So, where do we live?  Funny I should ask.  We are living an a tenement building from the 1860s on the third floor (probably second floor to people in the UK) which involves stairs, so we are getting our workout!  You could say the building is worn, but really what would you expect after that passage of time.  Our street is fairly quiet, but we don't face onto the street, so we are on the quieter side, overlooking the shared garden space that is more space than garden, but Dougal enjoys it.  Parking is a sport in itself.  Fortunately, our car is small, so it allows us more opportunities for parking spots.

Rather than trying to explain everything with 1000 words, how about some photos!!

Our car, and its evil twin.  Even both number plates start with SK (yay Saskatchewan!).

This is the front of our building.  The doorway is partially hidden by the giant butterfly bush that has since been pruned a bit.

When you get in through the security door, this is the stairway to heaven...err... the upper floors.  It would appear that bike parking space is as precious as on street parking.

Our living/dining room combo.  We added the throw rug to brighten up the space - thank you IKEA.  If you look carefully, you can see our jumbo-tron television.  The dining table does double duty as Rick's office at the moment.

The compact kitchen that contains our washer as well.  We now have a microwave, which is a necessity in our book.  Despite the size, we have found it quite functional, even to the point of both of us being able to work in it.

The second bedroom, or as we like to think of it, our tumble dryer!  Our washer doesn't dry (some do over here), so this room is often filled with racks of drying clothes.  Dougal likes to stand on the box under the window and keep and eye on his kingdom.

The bathroom, part 1.  Small, functional, and fully carpeted!  Actually, it is a bit more functional with some additions we have made

The bathroom part 2.  Ah yes, the toilet, or more to the point, the clear toilet seat with suspended fish.  It does, as you might expect, what it was born to do, but it does give you impression that the toilet is open, which makes us feel that we might drop something into it.  That said, I'm sure that we will soon not even notice.

Our lovely big bedroom.  Oh to have one this big at home!

The view out all of our very large windows, and Dougal's kingdom on this side of the stone wall.