There is a serious topic being discussed in my house right now. That topic is moving. In five years I have moved three times, only one of those houses was a rental.
I’ve become a chronic mover. I don’t move to different cities just around the same county, sometimes moving right next door. Its an interesting affliction considering my parents have lived in the same house since 1977 and I don’t think they’ll ever move. But here’s the kicker, the entire time I lived in my parent’s house it was constantly being remodeled. I’m addicted to remodeling and living in new spaces. Sometimes I try to picture my dream house and I end up with a house that looks like a NYC loft crossed with a sprawling lake cottage blended with a craftsman bungalow topped with a modern glass house for garnish. I’m not sure if I’ll ever be content.
I told the carpenters that are currently working on another remodel for me that I was thinking about moving again and they all groan and laugh, they know how much I like to move. Which house, they ask. And then they smile because it might mean more work for them in a slumped economy. Sorry fellas, not this time.
Here’s what has caught my attention and made the wheels spin almost 24 hours a day.
I snapped a few photos before my camera battery died.
This house has a very English cottage feel and its a great family house.
Interestingly enough Erika just wrote a post about Martha’s kitchen which included the detailing of the adjustable shelf system and low and behold whats in the china closet but the same adjustable shelving.
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I really want to make this happen, what deals may come?
So I’m assuming the meeting with Dan and G went well? :)
my Dad wants to buy it too, he loves it!
get it! get it!!
that’s big time……..
Sarah! I suffer from this same affliction! I think it is a true sickness! haha
As a kid, my dad had his contractor’s license and my mom is an interior designer – by the time I was 17, I had lived in 17 houses (counting the rentals we would live in often waiting for our new houses to be built). My parents would build a house and then put it on the market, it worked out great for them and they were able to not have a house payment pretty early in life. However, I can not stay still! I was used to always having a new environment! My husband and I have managed to live in our house for 5 years, but I knock out walls and rearrange furniture like it’s nobody’s business!
BTW, love this house and I understand the lure!
Hey Carolyn,growing up in your house(s) sounds like my kind of time! Thanks for your comment.
Rarah, that second picture looks just like a shot from my grandma’s house in CCNC from the late eighties. Have such strong memories of that house and the arch details – it’s cool and weird to see them bubble up from these pics! :)
Kylie-I think I went to that house and it had an English appeal too right? Was there a formal garden in the back or was that another house of hers?