Open House Sunday

 built 1934

This charming Tudor sits catty corner from my house 

just across the street.

It was for sale at the same time that I bought my house back in 2004.

It had been neglected for a very long time so 

I didn't even consider buying it. I didn't even take a tour of it!

I did go in it about 10 years ago and realized it was a 

fantastic house. The person that bought sunk tons 

of money into it. Since then it has sold a couple

of times. And I won't be linking to the specifics on it,

because it already sold this time after being on the market just a week. 

Check out the mother in law tongue plant filling the front urns. 

I was shocked that these lived through the winter here! 

But they did!  

  The present owners have filled it with lots of mid century style.

I like mid century but in a 1930's Tudor...I like just a little mixed in.

The whole house full of mid century is just not warm enough for a Tudor.

 

The mid century styling begins on the front porch.

I will say this home owner goes with a style and carries it through the 

entire house.

 I often advise my interior design clients to break their living room

up into several seating areas. (oh yeah that's what I have been doing while I was gone from blogging. I was doing interior design connected with several furniture stores) More about that later.

So although I tell my clients who struggle with a long room to break it up into several seating areas -

This is not what I would do in this room. 

My own living room is long and I have furniture placed around the focal point of the fireplace. Then at one end I have a desk and the other a console in front of the window.

I wouldn't mind the arrangement above but both of the seating areas are ignoring the fireplace which should be the focal point.

This room feels like a hotel lobby to me because of the way it's arranged.

 mid century dining at it's finest

 The kitchen was totally redone at one point during the last 15 years. I can't remember if it looked exactly like this when I was 

in the house before. I think it didn't. I don't remember the marble subway tile.

 I like the size of this kitchen. Seems everyone is doing a rug like this in their kitchen now.

 I love original tile bathrooms but I'm not loving this one.

That tile is flesh colored. And I very much dislike the sink.

I hope the new owners do something great to this bath.

Nice that it has the original arch over the tub and some storage too.

 I remembered I loved this built in shelf in the bedroom.

 Another bedroom

 Another built in

Small bath off the master bedroom. I love that the sink and mirror 

set back into a little nook.

 

Here an Asian screen is used as a headboard. 

Love that there is a 

door going out to the backyard off this room. 

Very nice backyard for entertaining. None of this was here back

when I bought my house.

I like their choice of outdoor furniture.

 a lovely manicured space

 This is where I always say see the full listing here, but it's already sold

so I can't. 

Have a fabulous Sunday!

Mom and I are going to actual real life Open Houses today.

Not that we are buying a house but we love to look. 

It's cheap entertainment.

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Open House Sunday!!!!!

built 1939

Well.....it's been a long time....hasn't it?

I never meant to be gone so long but your know life gets very busy these days.

I'll catch you up with what I've been doing in other posts. 

Not that it's fascinating. It's not.

I've been working as an Interior Designer for a couple of furniture stores. 

I'm still designing...but for the moment not affiliated with any store.

Let's get on to this week's house.

That house above used to belong to my cousin.

She and her husband sold it back last fall because they wanted a mid century house 

near the lake.

And they got that.

Now they spend every afternoon at the lake after work. 

This house is in the historic Cleveland neighborhood in OKC.

My cousin, her name is Stacy didn't like the house. 

I always knew it had great potential. 

I wish I had photos of the inside from when she lived there. 

It was a great house just not her kind of house. 

Here is the before on the outside -

As you can see it has lots of room for improvement.

It was an old house without much character.

Now it's cute. The outside is not what I would have done to it but you have to admit it's an improvement and probably was not to expensive to do. 

Since this was a flip, I'm sure they were trying to not go crazy with the budget.

 Inside it's staged to perfection. All set for a nice millennial couple.

I can't remember what the original fireplace looked like. 

This one is a little minimalist for my taste but but I think the original one was nothing

special so I really have no objections.

 Mom and I went by to see this house last weekend. The realtor was young in his 20's and an older gentleman (Biden's age) came through the door while we were there and yelled

"Who staged this thing! I need their name!"

I thought it very funny. The man was dressed in overalls. He did not look like a person

that would even know what staging was.

I hope the realtor gave him the info.

I thought it hysterical. Mom didn't hear it.

Mom can't hear anything. She is practically deaf without her hearing aids and she 

has lost both of them at present. 

Probably the dog ate them again.

I do love how modern and colorful everything is in this staging.

 

 There used to be a large arched door way here. I do love those. 

I have that in my house but I'll admit this being wide open is 

nice in this house. Very nice.

 This room is just to the left as you come in the front door.

A little study. Originally all knotty pine. 

So much better painted all white.

Stacy's husband liked the wood color so they never painted it.

You know how men are - they like to be surrounded by wood so 

they can pretend they live in a cabin.

Cute little corner fireplace.

Now let's get to the jewel of this home - 

the KITCHEN

 Used to be nothing special about this kitchen but look at it now!

 See the cabinets past the Fridge?

The top part is a pantry but the bottom part contains front loading washer and dryer.

The hook ups for these were always in the kitchen.

But what an amazing way to make them look great.

You just assume that's all storage. You'd never think there was a washer and dryer hiding in there.

Kind a love that!

 The green of the cabinets is darker in person. 

But the whole space is really lovely. 

Very much so.

 Upstairs a sliding barn door to the bathroom.

I am way over these sliding doors. Very tired of them but I admit this one

looks nice here but I think I would have just gone for a regular door although this 

does go with the decorating vibe of this home.

 It's a small bathroom but high in style.

Are you sick of subway tile? I should be but I still like it a lot.

 Master is large and overlooks the quaint neighborhood.

Of course every Millennial couple has to have a teepee in their kid's room.

There is a third bedroom too but it was not staged.

See the full listing here.

I hope to reconnect with all of my friends whose blogs I so enjoy reading.

I'm still very happy in my little cottage.

Not much has changed around here because I've been too busy working but I'll 

be sharing things soon. 

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Open House Sunday

Large Prairie Style House

in Putnam Heights in Oklahoma City

built 1920

Great big steps lead up to a large covered porch.

This home has a casual feel to it.

Colorful touches through out.

 This dining room is fun. I like everything except that table in front of the window.

The kitchen is full of color too. 

This family definitely has it's own style.

 Very tasteful bath.

cute baby room 

Absolutely love the gray subway tile! 

 I don't think this garden room is reaching it's full potential by far.

I'd love to have a room like this at my own home.

This is my favorite spot in this home.

The whole backyard is just lovely.

A perfect place to spend a late summer day.

see full listing here

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