One of my husband's best friends, and godfather to our first daughter, lives in a 17th-century half-timbered house attached to his parish, the Stadtkirche, in a town called Celle in the north of Germany (Hanover). The Gothic church in and of itself is A.Mazing. But the house ist truly to die for -- it had been practically in ruins, but the church decided to renovate it for the new pastor, and even renovated on the cheap, as our friend and his wife kept insisting it had been, it was gorgeous -- all spare and white and clean-lined and very German. Their "cheap" is still pretty darn high-quality. If I could live in any house in the world, I'd live in Volkmar and Ulrike's house for sure, though if I lived there, it wouldn't stay that clean and clutter-free for long.
But what made me think of all this was that one Christmas not long after they'd moved into this amazing house, their Christmas card was a photo of them and their daughter waving from various windows.
That house in Germany sounds amazing. You are so lucky to know someone who actually lives in one of these ancient half-timbered house -- and from the 1600s yet!!
If I had one, I'd be photographed in every window over time.
It's pretty great. Wish we didn't live on the other side of the world, so that we could visit them more often! The daughter whose godfather this is will be in Rome and traveling all spring semester, and she is planning to wash up on their doorstep. Maybe I can get them all to take pictures of themselves in the windows of the house, so that I can post some.
6 comments:
I like it's rusticity very much.
Would love to know what the interior is like :)
Vicki....
I would love to see the interior too. It looks like a super house.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Rosemary
Very lovely!
One of my husband's best friends, and godfather to our first daughter, lives in a 17th-century half-timbered house attached to his parish, the Stadtkirche, in a town called Celle in the north of Germany (Hanover). The Gothic church in and of itself is A.Mazing. But the house ist truly to die for -- it had been practically in ruins, but the church decided to renovate it for the new pastor, and even renovated on the cheap, as our friend and his wife kept insisting it had been, it was gorgeous -- all spare and white and clean-lined and very German. Their "cheap" is still pretty darn high-quality. If I could live in any house in the world, I'd live in Volkmar and Ulrike's house for sure, though if I lived there, it wouldn't stay that clean and clutter-free for long.
But what made me think of all this was that one Christmas not long after they'd moved into this amazing house, their Christmas card was a photo of them and their daughter waving from various windows.
Sally...
That house in Germany sounds amazing. You are so lucky to know someone who actually lives in one of these ancient half-timbered house -- and from the 1600s yet!!
If I had one, I'd be photographed in every window over time.
xo, Rosemary
It's pretty great. Wish we didn't live on the other side of the world, so that we could visit them more often! The daughter whose godfather this is will be in Rome and traveling all spring semester, and she is planning to wash up on their doorstep. Maybe I can get them all to take pictures of themselves in the windows of the house, so that I can post some.
Sally...
It sounds as though your daughter has a delightful 'wash up' planned in Germany. Those photos will be great.
xo, Rosemary
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