Sunday Open House

Let's Visit Another House in My Neighborhood

(built 1924)

Today's Open House has a little lesson in landscaping.

The house I'm showing today is in my neighborhood.

The above photo was taken in 2004.

This photo is from 2008.

Notice the blue atlas cedar in front? It's getting bigger quickly. It was almost too big in 2004. 

In 2008, it really is getting too large.

And here is the most recent photo of this home as it appears in the listing.

(with a new roof and paint)

The blue atlas cedar is HUGE! People love these added to their landscaping.

I have one myself. Mine is planted about 12 feet out into the yard.

I'm even questioning it after viewing some of these after they've grown.

The tree at this house was a little bit big in 2004...but by 2011....it needs to be removed.

I see many of these around planted super close to houses. They are very popular in this area.

Lots of times they get planted in groups of threes.

Just a warning...these trees (and I love them) get hu-MON-gous.

They are a fast grower and grow up to 100 ft in height.

They are so cute when they are young and look like Charlie BrownChristmas trees.
But they really fill in as they get older and taller. 

Cute baby one.

Look at the trunk and spread on this one! Do you want that right next to your house?

Cute but no room to grow.

Yikes! Not so cute now.

This does not mean I wouldn't plant them...I just wouldn't plant close to the house and
I'd plan on removing once it gets over 15 feet tall.

I'm fully prepared to chop mine down when it gets too large for my landscape. 

It's only about 8 ft tall now. I bought it when it was about 4 foot only four years ago.

Now on to the inside....

Living Room

Interesting...a brick fireplace with decorative tile inserts.
I'd paint this fireplace a greige color that would better blend with the tile. The white is too harsh.

But it's a great room with lots of light. I like the windows that go almost to the floor.

I like that industrial table paired with the chandelier.
Some slip covered or upholstered dining chairs would look so nice with this.
A more neutral colored rug...and flowers in the center of the table and this room would be SUPER chic.

Ok...let me just say...we are not really looking at these photos for the decor. 

I just like looking at old houses for their architecture and all their quirks.

Very cute kitchen. I love it that they took the doors off the cabinets.

Looks like they might have an industrial light bulb chandelier. I really like those.

The layout of this kitchen is similar to what mine was originally.

I originally had a back hall and back door.

About 20 years ago, whomever lived in my house enclosed the backdoor and 

added sliders in the breakfast nook instead and ripped down the wall between the kitchen and hall to make the kitchen longer. That added lots of cabinet space and I have every bit of it filled...but 

I wish they'd just left it like it was originally. I think this is a much more attractive layout.

I really like the comforter and the painting over the bed. 

Perfect view to the backyard. 

Now this is where it gets interesting...They turned one of the bedrooms into a large bath

with laundry.

I really like that chest of drawers with all the different sized drawers.

Lots of shaded patio in back and a great big tree. 

I'd hang chandeliers and twinkle lights in that big old tree.

Wouldn't that be fantastic?

(view the entire listing here)

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