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Einbauschränke – Wardrobes

Since July we have been living with two clothes racks and the rest of our clothes in suitcases and boxes. It is starting to drive me a *little* bit nuts. We’ve driven to Germany twice now to investigate about building some built-in wardrobes (otherwise referred to as Einbauschränke in our household) in our bedroom.

The whole idea of a built-in wardrobe is actually more in line with an American closet system. Typical Swiss bedrooms are rectangles with no closets, which dismays many Americans, including my mother. Swiss usually have a tall wardrobe for hanging things and sometimes a dresser for storing other items.

Wardrobes are by far more popular than dressers and just like you move your light fixtures with you from apartment to apartment, the wardrobe usually comes too… unless you are lucky enough to sell it so that you do not have to move them!

We thought that the idea of building a built-in wardrobe would be better because we can avoid using anything for the back of the wardrobe, thus avoiding mold problems in our fresh new build. It would also be a more permanent solution that hopefully adds to the value of our home.

After visiting a few different places, I’m almost sure we will work with Möbeldick after seeing all the Noteborn wardrobes in their store.

Noteborn has tons of options for built-in and standalone wardrobes, with finishes in wood, glass, with frame or frameless doors and all kinds of inside options.

It was a little overwhelming trying to figure out what we want inside the wardrobe.

After living with our other wardrobes for four years, I was sure that I wanted more drawers! The problem is that they are pretty darn expensive! Each drawer is about €250 or $337 a piece. Ouch!

But I do not want to live without some drawers and this is pretty much the cheapest we can get for built-in wardrobes, so we are a little stuck.

How much money would you put into your clothes storage system? Do you have fancy American closets I can be jealous of? Tell all in the comments. 🙂

(All images via Noteborn.)

Goodbye to Plan Z

I finally deleted the bookmark folder for “Plan Z” today. I maybe got a little emotional.

I know it’s just a bookmark folder, filled with a few links… but for a time it was a place where I was saving information about my “maybe” future with Kay.

After we had our talk on the hill, I began saving information about how to get married in my “Plan Z” folder. I didn’t tell Kay I was gathering information about his plan, but a year later when he proposed and asked me what was next… I already had an answer for him.

We didn’t waste any time once he proposed. I ordered my birth certificate and we gathered all the necessary documents before applying to marry, and less than three months after he popped the question we were legally wed.

Now with a new computer and a new operating system, I realize it’s been two years since we said “yes” on paper. I need to let the folder go.

Besides, who needs bookmarks when there is pinterest now? 😉

The Beginning

I suppose it’s about time I should write an inaugural post here.

Hello! I’m Katie.

Katie

And this is Kay, my husband man.

I am an American graphic designer/photographer and he is a Swiss-Brazilian electric engineer. We live in Switzerland, for the time being. I write and Kay shows up in pictures. I’ll be sure to let you know about his opinion on varying matters too. I’m very objective.*

*not

Our newlywed status is starting to run a little thin, but we travel, cook and go on adventures. I’ll try not to be too boring, but I can’t promise exactly what I’ll talk about. You’ll just have to keep reading my sarcastic prose to figure it out.

Thanks for coming along for the ride.

-Katie