Open House Sunday!!!!!

 

built 1934

 Yes it's been a long time since I did an Open House Sunday....and it's about time I got back to it. 

This house sits catty corner from me in my neighborhood. 

I love the clinker brick on this house - the timber details and large rock around the porch entry.

There is no other house in the neighborhood like it!

The photos on this listing were taken before all the green came out this spring...it's much prettier surrounded by green trees. This home was built in 1934 which is surprising because the details 

on it are more like houses you see from the late 20's than from the 30's.

 Nice big front porch and patio. I'd love to get my hands on this house to furnish and accessorize it properly.

 Just look at the shape of the ceiling in the living room! And the detail of the arch doors too.

Just lovely architecture. I love that you step down into the room too.

It's really a grand room with much potential. It just needs the right furniture and accessories.

 Yep this furniture is all the wrong shape for the room. 

But I imagine there are young

kids living in this house and this furniture would work for that.

 The beauty extends to the dining room. This room is furnished much more seriously.

Some upholstered host and hostess chairs at the dining table would relax and cozy up the room real fast.

 Such potential. The back wall of the dining room has been removed which opens this room up to what is the center hallway in the house...making for a much more open space.

 I like that little sitting area just beyond - sans recliners.

 Here is where it all goes wrong. This kitchen has major potential without much work.

I love blue but I don't love this blue everywhere - especially the ceiling.

First thing I'd do is paint this room and add some hardware to the cabinets.

I do love that little built in display cabinet there on the left.

 This kitchen has great bones. Just imagine with hardware on the cabinets. 

Add some major crown molding to the tops of them too

 Oh...now I see the counter tops are tile. 

That I'd want to change right away but I love it that the back splash is subway tile.

Very pretty master.

Oh...how I love that it has a garden door. This is what I want for my own house.

 Kind of an odd bathroom...but I could make it work with a few changes.

 Ah...the kids room. Pretty cute room for a boy.

 I always love an an original tiled bathroom. The layout is kind of funky but I don't care.

I love it right down to the heater in the wall.

 Here is a shot of the basement. This could be a great media room.

 Here we see the clinker brick again as seen on the outside of the home.

Oh...I love the way that back stoop is done with layers of stone slab. 

I'm going to file that idea away in my brain.

see the full listing here

Have a Happy Sunday!

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Yard of the Month

June Yard of the Month

in Edgemere Park

 Yes, this house looks similar to my own. Yet it had many differences.

It's actually just down the street from me and it was selected as yard of the month for June.

 This yard is more manicured than my own.

 The couple that lives here is all about restoring this home to it's original glory.

 They are leaving all the original details in the home and restoring rather than renovating.

I love that!

 I'm sure these begonias will be big and bold in another month.

 Pretty pots on the porch.

 A simple landscape out back.

A nice deck to enjoy the evening on.

 Their garage includes a small apartment. I wish I had that. I'd turn it into a studio.

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Open House Sunday

In My Neighborhood

 

built 1929

This house is on 30th and Robinson in Edgemere Park. (That's my hood!)

It can be your's! In addition to the open house that I'm having here...there is an actual open house

at the home from 2 to 4 on Sunday (today).

I've driven by this house thousands of times and never thought it was anything special.

 This is how it has always looked since I've lived in the neighborhood.

It's a great house once all the brush was cleared away and it was painted.

 

It's got a great big wrap around porch which I'm envious of.

 There are many things I love about this home and wish my own home had been so clean and bright upon purchase. 

I really covet those windows! So wish my house had those!

 It's got a great original art tile fireplace and I love it that they kept the original gas stove in place as 

it would have been back in 1929.

 I'm loving the color of the walls and all the white trim.

Oh...if my house had been all painted all the way through like this...it would have been a dream.

I was foolish and liked it that I hated all the paint color sin my home cause then I'd have fun changing it.

Wrong...10 years later and I still haven't painted all the rooms and the rooms that I have painted...

I'm repainting!

Notice the great big floor grates? I really dig those. My house had floor furnaces - long removed but you can still see where they had been.

 Original wedding cake chandelier is such a 1920's detail! 

And it's unusual that the dining room has a high ceiling in this house. 

Usually the dining rooms don't...just the living room.

I'd like to have that in my own home.

 Sweet little breakfast nook with a phone nook included. 

Usually there is a built in cabinet in this room. But not this time.

 The kitchen has been totally redone. I would have loved to see what the original kitchen looked like

cause I love original cabinets but I'd be happy with this one.

I adore the white marble countertops.

 Only thing I'd want to change is I don't like dark grout. I'd want to change the grout.

 I have a thing about cabinets over the stove too..I'd want a pretty hood there instead. 

But that is an easy fix.

 But all in all...it's a darling little kitchen.

 Nice bedroom...really like the windows in this home.

 Bathroom has been redone. I can't complain about anything here. 

I'd put up a fabulous Venetian mirror over the sink and call it done.

 Another bedroom.

 And another

 Backyard is a little lacking but everything else is so well done...

you could focus on making this wonderful since the house is turn key.

 It's a good size yard.

 Install some french doors somewhere here and add a big patio and this all would be awesome.

 

I think those garage doors are super cute! I'd LOVE to have some like them. 

Mine are hideous!

Well, if you are looking for a great house in a historic neighborhood - this is a nice one!

I know if I wasn't all snug in my own home...I'd be tempted!

See the full listing here. 

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