Mud room + pantry update
Soooo, I mentioned that some progress had been made in the mud room recently…and that is definitely the case. When Stefan’s parents were here, the guys hung up our cabinets from our first apartment here in Germany that we have lugged around from place to place for the past couple years. They look quite good here I have to admit and now I just need to go buy some new shelves so I can start filling them up with all sorts of junk!
On the other hand, the rest of the mudroom still looks very similar to this:
YIKES! I painted the ceiling in the soon to be pantry and cleaned the walls a bit. Actually put the first shelf in there today but it’s SO hot right now that I don’t feel like doing much if it’s not from the comfort of my couch where the portable air conditioner is running nearby. And it gives me a chance to catch up on blogs as well as do other work instead of random house stuff.
So this was the pantry before I cleaned and painted. It’s still looking rather clinical in there after the paint but honestly I’m going to have shelves all over most of these walls and therefore don’t feel that it would be worth the effort to paint the tiles or anything like that.
But I can say that it is 100% cleaner in there and no longer smells like a vat of varnish which is a massive improvement and in fact what I needed. The last thing I want is to start storing things in there like pasta or flour which will then take on that smell and taste. Ick! Anywho, with any luck I will get the new shelves in there next week sometime…and our electrician is coming out on June 9th so I hope to have a lamp I can put in there also which will brighten up the room a bit.
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Tiffany is an American who has been living in Germany with her husband since 2001. The two are self-proclaimed "Self-Reliant Yuppies" who are in their early-30's and bought an 1830's farmhouse several years ago, which they have been turning into a more sustainable and green dream house. Two cats, a Newfie and their 2 year old daughter enjoy the adventure with them. Tiffany enjoys cooking, rock climbing, lux-camping trying to turn her black thumbs green and taking road trips. Visit the 
I love your blog and I can’t wait to see how your house comes along. My mother is from Germany and I’ve often thought that I’d like to live there someday.
Hi Alexis,
Thanks for stopping by! So happy to hear you’re enjoying the blog. What part of Germany is your mom from?
Living here is quite different than living in the US and being so close to the rest of Europe really is fantastic.