Welcome to Our Home at Cisowa 9A...

Dzien dobry ! (Hello)...thought we would take you on a little tour of our home...it does feel like home and we love being here (we just miss family and friends) !

We planted new flowers a week ago and they are still growing! We are thrilled...to get in the Polish spirit we needed to add some beautiful flowers to our front porch!

Before.....our own furniture arrived. This is our "big space" on the first floor...here you enter after coming through the door way.

After....this is what that area looks like now....we love it!

Before....This is the other end of the big living area with some of the rental furniture that we used before ours arrived. Our sea shipment arrived in late June...After....and now the same area with our furniture looks like this.

We have places for relaxing, tv watching, playing games and reading...

One of my favorite reading areas...I love to read in this big blue chair which faces our backyard..there is always a great view!

This is the view Mark has while playing the piano...we love to hear him play and he does a great job here in Poland!

Before...our kitchen...we didn't do a whole lot to make it different.

We added a few decorations...and took away the rental appliances. Our counter space is very small but we are learning to manage between the two of us.

The table and chairs came with the house. They were hand made and we had two more chairs made so when our guests come there will be a little more room.

This is the front entry way...the kitchen is to the right of this picture and directly across from this book shelf is the big room (seen earlier).

This is the top of the stairs on the 2nd level. Last Friday our re-locator Darek hung

over 40 wall pieces (pictures) throughout the house. He did a great job and our walls now feel more at home for us!

Here is the small hallway on the 2nd floor. The doorway to the left is Mark's closet, then the master bedroom and at the end of the hallway is one of our guest rooms/Mark's small work area.

Before...this is the master bedroom with the rental furniture. Polish beds do not have box springs, so this bed was much lower to the ground than we were used to..though it was comfortable and we slept well. There were no dressers...my suitcases were what I lived out of for 3 weeks.

After...here is our bedroom now...we love it! On the right side is one of our IKEA wardrobes (where I keep some of my clothes...).

We have a great view...our backyard faces east and this is where we saw the fireworks that I blogged about a few weeks ago. The sun comes up early here...back in June it was daylight by 4:00am!

Mark had 3 AC units installed in our home while we were in CA. You can see one of them above our bed...they do a nice job of cooling us down and taking the humidity away for awhile. Yes...when you have been walking (as we do every day) it feels so good to have the AC on...I think we became somewhat spoiled while living in Houston...as most Poles do not have AC in their homes.

Our master bath...we added rugs, a step stool (the shower/bath is quite high and the stool makes getting in and out of it much safer), and the white 2-door shelf unit.

Here is our "Texas" guest room...just waiting for anyone to come and use it. Be the first to come and stay!

Not pictured is the desk Mark uses when he works from home - and will gladly give up when you come to visit!

This is our guest room bath...it's a beautiful bathroom...a small chandelier, raised tub and tiled walls!

On to the 3rd floor, or 4th level including the basement.

This is the top of the stairway...

Here is another guest bathroom...

And... another guest room. This room has a great view of our backyard also...facing east.

It's just waiting for guests to enjoy it...

Before...this is the big attic room upstairs. We had hoped to have our ping pong table here...but it just couldn't be brought up the stairs, so we'll play ping-pong in the garage and use this room as...

...a great room for "projects", office work, and exercising!

Now...back to the front doorway area...there is a door (to the left of the entry way) that leads to our basement (the first of four levels in our home).

Our laundry room with our tiny washer and dryer...

We have 2 storage rooms...this one is almost like our attic in Houston but it is much easier to find things and not nearly as hot...we can easily fine the things we need for seasonal use.

Our 2nd storage room...luggage and our mini-USA supply area...we love this storage area!

Our backyard terrace...we still have not had a meal outside yet...we miss our barbecue...but the view is amazing!

Our grass is really this green...we have had so much rain since our "together" arrival in June that I don't think it even needs to be fertilized.

We hope you have enjoyed the mini tour of our home...Do widzenia (goodbye) and please feel free to drop in any time...we would love to see family and friends! Please know you are always welcome here! Hugs...Jackie and Mark!