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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Thursday House & Home 06 & 07
I have a good reason for this tardy post. We found a house! We fell in love with one, and the bidding and waiting and hoping has begun.
We won't know if it's ours for a day or two. So, why not distract myself by doing another house post? :) Please forgive the lack of detail, as I didn't have time to put the usual touches on the post.
I'm using mostly the realtor's photos on this one, with some added shots by me ~which should illustrate quite clearly the difference between the wide-angle lens they use and what the room REALLY looks like. This first house, a charmer. Really nicely done. Absolutely tasteful. 
..and now my photo to give proper scale: 
Dining room.... and the family room you just saw beyond that. 
And above, my photo of the dining room. 
Really nicely redone kitchen. 
Another small dinette beyond the kitchen, and the w/d room on the right. And now my photos of the kitchen....
I liked the kitchen. Very clean. And I love white subway tile! 
This bath was just cute. 
Master Bedroom with french doors leading out to a deck. 
Master bath. This woman had excellent taste. It may not be warm, but it won't be out-dated any time soon. The window glass is frosted with a crystalized leafy pattern, almost like leaves with frost on them. LOVED that. 
The deck. Grand for entertaining. :) 
Strike 1: Next to a MAJOR noisy street and an apartment building!
Strike 2: Flow very broken, generally feeling more like a condo.
Strike 3: There was really no cheery office space for me. Big deal breaker, since I spend my days in the home.
NEXT:
This is the perfect example of a really cute home that is damaged by awful photos. 
Wide-angle lens again. This kitchen was about as wide as you might imagine it to be. 
Very nice tho. 
Front door is actually on the left, out of frame. 
Roomy circular drive, house set back off the road. Nice. 
Cute cabana area off the house. Very tranquil. 
The home was actually filled with charming touches and ample signs of a happy energetic family who lavish their child with stimuli and creativity (which made for a bit of a cluttered messy feel). But we didn't mind that. Strike 1: Odd shaped rooms, small rooms, lack of general flow.
Strike 2: The black faux-fur bedspread on the master bed.
Strike 3: Tiny weird shaped yard you really can't use for anything.
The best part of the house:
"Hi! My name's Yelly! Yelly Von Hollarlotz! You can call me Yelly. Are you going to buy my house? Do you speak cat? I'm five, and like mice and dogs and humans. I'm fluffy. You can pet me. Yes, pet me. More please." (meow, meow, meow, he never stopped talking to us). I could have stayed there just petting him in the back yard. :) 
Sigh. The phone still hasn't rung.
Tick Tock. Wish us luck.
But... even if we don't get this most ideal lovely home that we are bidding on, I promise to post photos of it. Wait til you see! :) Open cheery kitchen, charm galore. If it's not meant to be ours, the search continues, and I feel just happy to know that we can find what we're looking for. If we found it once, we'll find it twice! :)
~Shephard :)
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