Continuing the house hunting series, we venture out to horse country. There is a large equestrian community in the Southern Pines area existing in the beautiful fields and pastures that surround the downtown area. It’s beautiful land and an equally…
My obsession with white farmhouses is approaching fever pitch. Geeeez, I live in the rural South you think one would come my way. In all honesty–its really me and my impatience typing. I did tour Joel’s Crossing which was an…
Sarah O’Brien (my real estate agent) and I took a short ride back to Pinehurst recently to see a new-ish house. We ventured to the property on East McKenzie because its in a good location, appears to require low maintenance,…
To review… the Grout Cottage is a Queen Anne built in 1895. It is a duplex that we began remodeling in December 2012. Here’s the introduction post to the house. Good Friday Morning and welcome to Apartment B. It’s the…
One of the other settings that we are considering is country living and there is no shortage of that around here. Not long ago Sarah O’Brien (the best real estate agent ever), my husband Dan and I ventured out to…
I have a pretty serious addiction to…houses. Maybe you already knew that about me. I like to remodel every house on the block in my mind. I’m always on the hunt and I often troll local real estate listings at…
I’d like to introduce you to my newest project—the Grout Cottage. She’s hurtin’ and the people in the neighborhood are delighted that we plan to rescue the house and so am I. For a proper introduction– here are some basic…
You should see what Heffe did to the living room Sarah. Holy crap. You hate it. Look at all the TVs. He built that mantle extension shelving unit specifically so we could have people over and watch football on 18…
I went to LA in February and now its mid-April…gee where does the time go? Better late than never. I went to LA because my Dad decided to live one of his dreams. Its all part of his rock n’…
Of course you have!!! If there is ANY CHANCE you don’t recognize the household name of “the most important architect of our age,” here’s a quick survey via Google Image search. Now that we are all up to speed…… check…
I was introduced to Sally Mann’s work through Pinterest, which these days is where I meet with a whole lot of new things that I like. Sally Mann This is the photograph that sent me frantically searching, candy cigarette, 1989 Sally came in…
I’m happy to report that my initial post about the Heffe House went over quite well with the dude. As mentioned in that introduction, he is diametrically opposed to a turquoise couch. Color is at the crux of our “push and pull.”…
Hi. It’s Betsy and I’m blogging today on TEOT!!! I’m 99% positive that dude is here too, to read all about the Heffe House, but I’m going to pretend like he isn’t and talk about him like the 14 year…
My parents and IÂ like to drive around and look at all the beautiful homes in our area for inspiration and appreciation, long ago my Dad dubbed this activity “Know Your Neighborhood”. Its a time waster for sure and sometimes on…
Happy Mother’s Day to all you mamas out there! Hope your kiddos recognize! My daughter DC sang me a song last night when we were reading our bedtime story, it went something like Happy Mothers Day to you, I’m so…
