House and home

I live with my parents and my brother in a three – room flat in Brno. Our flat is situated on the forth floor. The block of flats in which we live is ugly from the outside but our flat is comfortable and lovely inside. It’s quite small but has many modern conveniences. If you want to visit our family, first you must ring the bell and then enter. Our entrance hall is small and there are many doors leading to other rooms. You must leave your coat on a coat hanger and then I can show you around our flat. Most of the time we spend in the kitchen or in the living room.

So let’s go first to the kitchen. It’s our mother’s kingdom. She cooks and prepares various delicious meals there. Our kitchen is well equipped with a fridge, freezer and gas-stove, brown cupboard, and sink. In the corner of the room there is a round table with four chairs.

Here we have our daily meals served by our mother. My mother is a good cook. Everybody who has visited us has praised her cooking. In the future I want to be as good a cook as she is. Our kitchen is small but light because there is a big window decorated with curtains. My mother keeps the kitchen clean. She mops and polishes the vinyl flooring in the kitchen every day.

Now something about our living room. Our living room is quite large. We can enter it by three doors. One of them leads to the hall, the second to my room and the third to kitchen. We spend our evenings here. We can either watch TV or listen to music, sitting on the sofa, which is situated around the wall or on the armchairs. The walls are painted white and decorated with pictures. The whole floor is covered with brown carpet. My duty is to vacuum this carpet once a week. My brother must dust. In this way we help our mother with keeping the flat clean and tidy. There is a coffee table with a vase and a lamp. There are always some flowers in the vase. Next to the window is a bookcase with many books. Our stereo is in the corner of the room.

The next room of our flat is children’s room. I share this room with my brother. This room is furnished with cabinets, a wardrobe, two beds, and a chair with a desk on which we do our homework and prepare for school. Every day after waking up we must make our beds and air the room. I have one small plant on my table, many photos and many posters on the walls. Opposite the window there is a small bookcase.

In the second hall there are a toilet and a bathroom with a large bath and basin. On the walls there you can see white tiles with flowers.

I like our flat because it’s my home. But in the future I’d like to have my own house to live in.