Bath is an evening activity a couple of times a week
Some evenings are spent visiting friends (or having visitors)
Multi-tasking
Bonding
Sometimes it takes a while to get a little one to fall asleep
The basket is fine but isn't it nicer to sleep ON this parent...
...or this one* Will in all likelihood still be hooked on it even though we already bought a new place
The building itself is not pretty but since we'll be living IN it, it won't bother us too much :) But it's funny that we've been sitting on our balcony talking about how ugly the house opposite is (especially the colour) and now we'll be living there!
Floor plan. As you can see it has two walk-in closets, well, at least the one next to the bathroom qualifies as a walk-in while the other one is a bit too small perhaps.
Living room
The balcony is not as big as the one we have now but a decent size. It faces southwest so we'll have afternoon and evening sun (like now).
The kitchen is in a good condition but we want built-in cupboards on both sides. I'm not sure I like the tiles either - sort of French country-style - but we may stick with it.
The present owner uses one of the bedrooms, the bigger one, as dining room but we will use it as our bedroom. The living room is big enough for both a sitting area and a dining room table. We haven't decided yet though whether we will close up the opening between the bedroom and the kitchen.
This will be Isolde's bedroom. It has access both from the big hallway and from a separate entrance (to the flat) and there is a toilet next to it. There's a pretty big closet next to the loo where we will put a washer and a dryer.
The hallway in the middle of the flat from different angles
The bathroom left and bottom right and the toilet top right. We'll probably re-tile the loo.
Our building. We have a balcony like those in the picture but our flat is on the other side of the building (on the second floor).
We live on a cul-de-sac (door to the left of the silver car), which means our street is not that trafficated and since our flat is on the other side we hardly hear cars (we're probably not going to be similarly spoilt in our next home).
At the bottom of our strip of the street there is a kiosk selling Thai food. It used to be a traditional kiosk selling newspapers, hot dogs and kebabs but no one who gave it a go succeeded (several tried and in between attempts it stood empty). But as a Thai hole-in-the-wall it's very popular and has almost put the other (real) Thai restaurant in the neighbourhood out of business.
View towards Erik Dahlbergsgatan and the local florist. On the other three corners of the intersection there are a Coop grocery shop, a dry cleaners and a shop selling pet accessories. Other shops on the main street sell chocolate (Ejes), bread, pizza and second-hand clothes.
On this corner (view back towards our street and the Thai kiosk) is "our" local café, Café V (for Victoria, the owner). I haven't been back since Isolde arrived though, as it's usually pretty crowded and I don't want to leave the pram (with a sleeping little girl) outside yet. Café V is a cosy little place but as usual, not as much value-for-money as when it was new a couple of years ago.
Tessinparken is one of the high points of living in this area. In the summer that is. Then we usually bring blankets and something to read and just hang out in the park. There is an establishment further down on the right (only open in the summer), which serves pretty good food (club sandwich, burgers, salads and the like) and beer and wine. Now when we are parents we will appreciate the playground at the top of the park.
The view from the park is not as pretty as it features the infamous 1970s complex Fältöversten (housing and shopping centre) which architecturally doesn't fit in here, but which provides decent shopping.
At the bottom of the park there is a very popular hangout, especially in the summer. They have lots of ice-cream flavours to choose from but it's a bit pricey. Their pasta is good too but don't bother with their salads. 
