Evim Güzel Evim (Home Sweet Home)

I have been here for two weeks now and we have spent most of that time home making. It's been a lot of fun and involved shopping trips to Ikea and elsewhere. We hope you enjoy this photo tour of our new Turkish apartment. Marc and I are quite blessed to have this home - and we are loving it. But first, "M" is for Madrigal! Welcome to the Madrigal home...

 Here's our bedroom - the lovely blanket is from Marc's grandma, Montserrat.

 The view from our bedroom - our "site," Istanbul Park Evleri. Ours looks just like these except it's pink. This whole area is still under construction, but when it's done there will be a children's play area, a basketball court, and get this...a pool! :-)

 View in the other direction - the green building is an elementary school and the grey building is an unfinished competitive swimming pool complex. Can't wait for that one!

 The guest room.

 The office decked out in Ikea.

 View from office balcony.

 The bathroom - Marc designed everything!

 Our washer is in the bathroom...makes so much sense.

 Welcome!

 Our entryway and coat rack.

 The kitchen!

 Our cool ikea bar table adds lots of counter space and easy place to eat meals. The storage balcony is in the background.

The dryer is out here so it won't heat up the house. That makes so much sense too! 

View from kitchen balcony - scaffolding and construction work on those apts.

  

Neat little service window from the kitchen to the living room.

The dining table.

 

The dining table.

 The sitting/entertainment area.

 Bought this rug for the living room from a friend of my mother-in-law's.

  

Marc's favorite addition to the apartment.

 

And finally, here's the central hallway that leads to all of the rooms you just saw.

 

Thanks for joining in the tour. If you ever visits this lovely city, please know that you will be received well in this home! We would love to have visitors.