Ethiopia is no stranger to wealth disparities and it's an apparent trend when you check out our new diggs. This is what it looks like when you're a Saudi Princess with African taste...or at least what I think it looks like. There's no telling, really.
Pretty nice, huh? The house comes with 4 bedrooms, a den, office, dressing room, living, dining, kitchen and 3.5 baths. I can't wait to get our own furniture in the house (HHE is set to arrive late January!) and add touches of home. Of course, such ostentation is not without design mishaps. Welcome to the small pool in our Master bath...
If you're curious: there's not enough hot water in Addis to fill this tub. I'm not sure what it's purpose is and let's just say there are some interestingly placed jets. I won't be bathing in this any time soon! Still not convinced? Why don't you come visit us in Addis? The upstairs guest bath is just a delightful shade of pink!
Yup, that's a pink sink, toilet, tub, shelving unit and wall. Did you see that sexy mirror? It graces every one of our bathrooms. Any suggestions y'all have one what exactly I should do to "tone down" this bathroom are welcome. Right now, I'm thinking a white waffle weave shower curtain and a long white curtain on a suspension rod covering the shelves (if you click on the picture and view full size, you can see just what terrible shape these shelves are in). Any other ideas?
Of course, I can't talk about our home without also discussing the nursery. It's the thing I'm most excited about. Mark and I have come up with some pretty creative solutions to the problems you can see below. I think you'll like them.
I'm not going to share all of the details just yet, primarily because I'm running out of battery and my *darling* husband ran off with the outlet converter, but see that terrible wall of dark built-ins? We're covering them with this amazing removable wallpaper from Trendy Peas:
except in this fun turquoise color:
Not sure what to do with an all-blue bathroom. Any suggestions?
So we're slowly settling in and getting acquainted with our not-so-humble abode. More updates (and fun pics!) so share soon!
Lots of love,
Laurie
That is an awesome house! Gotta love living in Africa. :) (our master bath is an awesome floor to ceiling green...along with all the fixtures :)) hope you are doing well!
ReplyDeleteUhmmm - removable wallpaper in the pink bath too?
ReplyDeleteMy parents had an all-blue bathroom that looks a lot nicer now that they painted the walls chocolate brown (though it does inspire poop jokes). Maybe your blue bathroom could get some brown or other neutral rugs and curtains?
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting pictures, it's fun to see where you are!
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ReplyDeleteyou should leave the bathrooms in their current state to celebrate someone's bad taste
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