Here is the front of our home. To the left of the house is the club house and pool. It is very convenient. We have a little front porch area that is really nice in the morning. Sometimes Ro, V and I have breakfast out there or just hang out.
As you walk through the front door you are greeted by Ganesh, "Mr. Makbar" and our shoe rack. In India they don't have a lot of closets at the front door, so we had this shoe rack made from cane. It isn't the coolest, but it does the job.
If you go right then you will enter the first of 5 bathrooms. Yes, it is VERY excessive, but all the houses are this way. Apparently, no one shares a bathroom. Also, every bathroom does have a beday. Nope haven't used them yet for what they are intended. You should come visit and use it!
When you look to your left you see our family room. Does it look familiar? We pretty much took everything from Michigan and superimposed it in India.
If you go past the family room, you will enter the dining area. Again, you will see new stuff and old. You will probably also notice some walls painted. The house was all white when we moved in and it made me crazy, so we got a couple walls painted.
If you go to the right you will enter the kitchen. We cook, eat, wash dishes and clean laundry in here. Oh and our pantry is packed with stuff from the States :-) None of the Costco stuff fits in the fridge.
If you go back to the dining area and go left this time we have a back porch area that we have turned into a place for the kids. They have a great time out there.
Back in the dining room, you probably noticed a red wall with a painting we got here in India. To the left is our room.
To the right is our guest room, study, and Martin's closet and bathroom.
If your travel upstairs you will find Rohin's room. If you notice Ro got the master bedroom because we wanted the kids to be on the same floor. Good decision in the long run, but his room also is the hall closet and medicine cabinet (don't worry Moms the medicine does have a lock).
From Rohin's room you then walk into the play area. The kids have a good time here as well. Have you noticed yet that 80% of home belongs to the kids and their stuff.
From the play area you can walk out on the terrace. We have put some furniture out there and we also use this place as an outdoor play area. You have a great view of the pool and playground. It is a great space if it weren't for the darn mosquitoes at night!
And then we have Veda's room. She also has a bathroom, but that is currently transformed into our basement since we don't have any other place. It's actually not as bad as it looks. There are just a lot of empty boxes that I have tear down.
Hope you enjoyed the tour. Like I said before, we are very lucky to live in such a great place. The community gets to be like a compound sometimes, but honestly I don't think I would want it any other way. The kids can play outside and ride their bikes all day long. It's a great place to live. I wouldn't say it's exactly like the rest of India, but trust me you do have your times when you remember where you are (and forget too).
No comments:
Post a Comment