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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Tudor in Buckhead Neighborhood of Atlanta

built in 1929

This large tudor is brimming over with original details and lovely modernizations.

And the grounds surrounding it are like a beautiful park.

Enjoy!

 Quite the expanse of green lawn!

 Such a great front door under the shade of the portico! 

The paint colors and light fixtures add to the ambiance of this home.

I love those big blue pots there in the distance filled with boxwoods.

 Arches painted out in light grey highlight the features of this home without making the walls feel heavy.

 What do you think about these dark walls. 

Usually, I don't care for dark walls but I love them for this room.

There is not a thing I'd change about this room.

 Then in this den we have navy lacquered walls! 

Another choice I'd never think to do but I am really liking it quite a bit.

 I love those dark green velvet chairs in this room too. 

Doesn't this room almost feel you are under the sea?

 Here is the living room....Look at that row of arches! So quaint and pretty!

Love the nook the fireplace sits in...and that it's painted the dark blue.

 What a wonderful space! I love the very collected furnishings.

 What about this kitchen? Just about perfect, I'd say. 

Yes, this kitchen would do me just fine.

Love the beamed ceilings.

 Simple bath...I like that shelf over the toilet very much.

 What do you think about the wallpaper in this bedroom? It certainly modernizes the space.

 Ok, there is one thing in this bath I love. 

It's all pretty but I adore having a bathroom mirror in front of a window.

My cousin had a bathroom like this with a mirror in the middle of the window. 

When she bought the house we both didn't care for it but we soon changed our minds.

We both grew to love it. It gives you the best light to do your makeup and it's unusual.

This is a very pretty bathroom and that mirror just makes it for me.

 Another pretty bath. Lots of gray in this home.

 Another very traditional bedroom that is updated with the fabrics and rug.

 I'm not sure about this bath but then I'm not much of a green person...unless it's outside.

I do like the wallpaper pattern...just not the color.

 Can a drive way be pretty? Oh yes it can!

 The grounds around this house are just spectacular.

 Can you imagine taking a stroll through this every morning?

 Very very pretty little bridge over a stream.

 Lots of outdoor spaces to sit and enjoy the gardens.

 Just look at this patio area! A little over grown in just the right way.

 I love the color all the trim is painted on this house. 

This home just has space after beautiful space.

See the full listing here.

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Renovated Tudor in Edgemere Park

 built 1929
You know how sometimes you have a favorite house that you drive by all the time
and you think you'd love to live there if it could ever be your's?
You wish to see the inside to see just how heavenly it truly is?
Well, that is what this house has been for me for a long time.
It was one of the first houses I fell in love with in my neighborhood.
But I never saw the inside. I loved those front french doors that lead you into the middle of the house.

 I soon realized after buying my own home in the neighborhood that those doors couldn't possibly
be original. They must have converted the porch into a center room.
I still believe this to be true but geez that was some work!
I prefer my historic houses left original as much as possible so although I love the look of the
french doors from the outside. I'd never do this myself to a house.
And once inside...I don't care for it much.
What is up with that huge blue fleur de lis in the center of the tile floor?
That's just odd.

  So inside it's not my taste at all but furnishings and paint would fix that.

Gray walls are in but in this house these walls are just too cold for how open and airy this house should feel.
There is an original art tile fireplace. A very nice one for that matter.
All the furniture is so wrong for this house. I do like that floor lamp though.

 Kitchen has been opened up with wall between kitchen and breakfast nook removed.
Built in bench seating fills the room. Again not a choice I would have made.

Wine bar seems like a silly thing to have to me.

 
Kitchen is your standard galley. I'd paint these cabinets white of course and replace that rustic tile with a nice white subway tile. While I was at it...I'd take out that brown toned granite and replace it with Carrarra marble. Of course a different floor would be in order too.

  Back to the center hall...I do wonder if this staircase is original.

I think that is a very strange fireplace in the corner. It's just terrible.
Whoever made over this house made so many awful decisions in renovation.
The true character of this home has been ruined. Oh..it could be fixed and restored but what a job!
What is that built in shelf thing to the left? Just weird.

 Ah...a basic room. This just needs that hideous fan taken out and different furnishings.

 Lots of unfortunate things happening here....why oh why?
Slate floor tile on the walls? No, no, no.
Mod, vessel sink....um..double no. At least they left the original arch and window.
This bath could be made nice again.

This is the upstairs bath. Not my cup of tea at all...but it fits the rest of the bad by southwest decor. What is up with the molding? 

 This bathroom looks like a cave. Triple yuck.

 Here we have the attic turned master bedroom. I love all those windows.
This could be a fabulous room!

 I'd love a bedroom overlooking the backyard.

 Love this bright little room.

 Back upper deck has great possibilities.

 You'd never think this house was this large from the front side...would you?

Small garage...lots of cement back here...that is strange. I think I'd cover some of it with pea gravel.

And then there is the basement/laundry.
Surprisingly its very scary..something right out of American Horror Story!

see full listing here
 

What do you think of this house?
It's a great house...but for me there are soooo many things that must be fixed to restore it's charm.
This book is not to be judged by it's cover.
Since seeing the inside I don't covet this home any more.
But... I'd love to come up with the plans of changing the inside into an appropriate
historic residence again. I'd love doing that as a matter of fact!

I hope you had a great 4th of July.
I was at the store all day...we had a potluck lunch full of all the typical 4th of July food.

My 4th of July depression is in full swing. (get it every year)
I need to have something to look forward to and fast.

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