For those who have been dying to see the rest of our home, sorry for the delay! Here's the final edition: the bedrooms & upstairs bath. 

If you missed the other parts, click the links for: 1. the entry, 2. the kitchen, 3. living / dining room

Master Bedroom
The bedrooms in this home are very nice, the ceilings are extremely high, which gives the feeling that they are bigger than they really are. The windows are ginormous (remember the photo from the outside on my first home-tour post?). We have not bought curtains yet, but since our room faces other houses & the parking lot, I rigged up a ghetto curtain with an old duvet cover and packing tape just for a bit of privacy. 

It's working fine... Since it gets dark so early (3:30pm) and the sun doesn't rise until nearly 8am or so, it's not crucial at this time for darkness. By the spring when the sun is up at 4am until super-late, we'll finally invest in curtains. However, whenever it's a full moon or a clear sky, it can get pretty bright at night in the evenings. I still wake up almost every night (seriously, it's annoying!), and sometimes I just lay in bed and stare out at the giant moon in the window. 

Our room also came with a built-in wardrobe, which is a huge bonus for Denmark housing. We bought a dresser, and all of our clothes (us & the kids) fit in these two items. I am NOT showing off the inside of the wardrobe, but imagine baskets, and stacked-up piles of clothes. It's not ideal, but everything fits so we're making it work! Someday maybe we'll get the kids their own dresser and our storage will have a bit of breathing-room. But the bonus of this is that it also forces us to focus on the items we need, and what we ACTUALLY wear. No need for an entire walk-in closet full of stuff we never ever use.

Bathroom
I have a love/hate relationship with this bathroom. It's simple, and spacious-enough in european bathroom standards. Plus, we have storage under the sink - a huge bonus. And it's beautiful - the tile on the counter, shower, and floor is a gorgeous italian marble. But that's where the hate comes in. I had no idea how to clean marble, but basically... you don't. Harsh cleaners will actually deteriorate the marble. So I have to scrub (& mop!) this bathroom with warm water and soft dish soap. It's tedious. And I'm not completely convinced it's ever cleaned. Certainly not disinfected well. But once again, I am trying to take good care of this house, so I don't want to mess it up by using the wrong cleaner or something. At least I CAN use real cleaner on the toilet and sink, but I have to be cautious and clean up carefully!

Besides the inability to clean the shower like I'd want to, this shower is amazing. Just like I mentioned in my post about the kitchen, the owner of this home put in the best of everything, it seems. This shower head is magical. The hot water goes out in about 5 minutes, but for those 5 minutes it's the best shower I've ever had.

I started giving the kids showers when we moved to Denmark. Having a bathtub is also very rare. I was nervous about how they would handle it - but it's become a really fun nightly activity! I made up a song ("shower time! shower time! it's time for SHOWER time!") that we sing when I give them their showers. They actually will not take their showers unless I am singing it the whole time. It's pretty catchy. Maybe I'll capture it on video someday. :)

In the bathroom we have a washer & dryer. Another luxury in this country. And once again, we have a VERY NICE washer & dryer. This is another example where I didn't ever know the "nice" stuff could be worth an upgrade. I feel spoiled. First of all, it's actually quite convenient to have the washer & dryer in the bathroom. You don't have to carry the dirty clothes anywhere. Just toss 'um in & start a load! Plus, Colin LOVES getting out of the shower when the dryer is running because it makes the room SUPER warm.

Two things about the toilet. 1) I think it's pretty cool that it mounts to the wall vs. the floor. I always HATED mopping around the spot where the toilet was attached to the floor. Know what I mean? This is so easy to clean under! 2) See the panel on the wall? That's where you flush. When we first got to Denmark we had know idea what the two buttons were for. Then it was explained to us -- it's a full flush & a half flush. Such a easy way to conserve water when you only have a small load to flush down the drain! 

Colin & Katelyn's Bedroom
Our kids have a great living space. They are certainly not lacking in toys, which is CRAZY considering how many we got rid of before the move. I wanted to create a room for them where we could store ALL their toys, so that the living room could actually feel like a realixing space for us to hang out in the evenings. (vs. what we use to have in our old home, which was toys, toys everywhere!!!). Mission accomplished. This shelf is fantastic, and thanks to the giant ceilings in this house, it fits great and is big enough to store almost everything.

Another change from moving was that the kids started sharing a room. And, we got them bunk beds. Once again, I was a bit nervous about how they would handle it, but it's the best decision we could have made. They LOVE the bunk beds, and sleep SO WELL. I think it's even better because we can tell them "be quite, Kate/Colin is sleeping" and they actually listen. But... they like to act like monkeys and swing from the bed. NOT the safest thing, but they sure think it's fun!

The kid's bedroom has the best view! You can see the walking/cycle path out back, and the lake beyond that. Over the lake is the train track, so sometimes we can even see the trains passing by in the distance. Is there anything more amazing to give a little boy like Colin than his own room with a view of a real train? I think not.

And just in case anyone is thinking "oh my goodness, her house is so organized and so clean"... the picture below is what it actually looks like most of the time! I just made a rule that we clean up everything before bed, and that is helping to keep me sane. I do love being able to say "go play in your room" and steal a few moments to myself. Even if it means it looks like this...