HOUSE TOUR I Inside a Moody Tudor-Style Home in Georgia
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Comments (44)Isn't it amazing how we all love our homes! I bought my 1919 Craftsman after looking at 114 houses in the area that were for sale. The main turn-offs for me were overdone new kitchens with granite counters and all painted white woodwork. I flew home after 3 trips house hunting, ready to give up. Then I saw this photo online of a Craftsman with unpainted woodwork and bought the house site unseen!! As I do any changes to my new old home, I take into consideration what the home would want, what is most appropriate, and yes, what will continue to increase the value of the old bones of a well built home. My house has the original woodwork and built ins, all unpainted. The only missing thing I discovered after removing 6 layers of wallpaper, was the dent in the old plaster from the missing picture rail. I researched, and bought new rail, then mixed 6 different colors of stain to match to the old stain. And, I have to say I came pretty darn close to matching the color. The bathroom and kitchen were sort of butchered up and I have finished the bathroom into a classic style, appropriate for a Craftsman home. Now I am working on the kitchen with white painted cabinets- not unlike the ones currently in the home. Yet, rather than choosing granite, I'm going with soapstone to keep it along the period lines. New product, yes, but still period appropriate. Yes I'm a typical DIY'er who doesn't shop at the big box stores and tries to avoid anything made in China, and I've been stripping the 90 years of paint off the exterior of my house and repainting for the past 3 years (in the summer) in order to save that old lap cedar. And yes, I tend to think of myself as an old house purist with all my remodeling projects, but in my case (and call me crazy here), but I think the house speaks, and by listening to what this house is made of, I don't think I can go wrong. We've all seen remodels that could have been done better, but the bottom line is, what works for us, those who are fortunate enough to be the caretakers of these homes that eventually will belong to someone else. And, what fits our lifestyles, is part of what makes a house a home. I'm just as passionate about my house as anyone, and I do know that when I come home, my home wraps it's arms around me and welcomes me in. And that, to me, is 'home.'...See MoreSo I went on the Parade of Homes this weekend . . .
Comments (18)I enjoyed reading this very much even though my experience of planned communities in Ontario is light years away from those in Alabama, and yet strangely familiar, if you understand my meaning. I've spent most of my adult life in these spec communities, getting progressively larger and more customizable versions. Currently, though part of a community, the home we are in has shed most of the internal telltale signs such as those one piece fibreglass tub/shower enclosures and prefab one size kitchens. (no disdain here just making an observation). I agree that the claustrophobic feeling of tight halls is awful and so spending money on opening them up or adding nearly invisible partitions (half walls, spindles, wide openings) is a really good idea. In my own house I incorporated the halls into the rooms in many cases, making the pathway a suggestion created my furniture, which I prefer. I have seen and lived alongside these front facing garage free homes and do enjoy the street scape more that way. But like you, question whether form is really following function here. Mass produced suburban homes, to me, can often look like an expressionless face, because they design them (at least in my part of Canada) with the family spaces all in the back and the front reserved for lesser used formal and work spaces. Maybe that is an age old design, but the with more uniform facades it can leave communities feeling cold. Walking down the street and being presented with 2 sealed garage doors, and a dark office can make you wonder if the armageddon has come and you missed the signs. I think a viable solution is something I've seen more called 'the widelot'. Which encourages the houses to be wide rather then deep. And backyards shallow but long, across the back of the home. That might help change the landscape....See MoreWhat style home is this?
Comments (25)The house is in rosedale, near Merriam lane/ blvd drive in. I think Argentine is on the other side of 169. With young people trying to get closer to the city, Roeland Park, rosedale, strawberry hill are experiencing high prices and tight inventory as areas begin to gentrify and existing homes are being listed as tear downs. (as are parts of troost where the streetcar is heading). Very stable neighborhood, only 5% non_single family homes, one of the lowest crime rates in Wyandotte county, and just minutes to downtown, the plaza...See MoreReese Witherspoon's new Tudor style home...have at it!
Comments (31)I like the house but the furnishings look photoshopped, which is common now in some real estate listings. I like the white. I was at DD’s house Thursday for the first time since she moved in. Her walls are SW Alabaster and her trim is SW Pure White. I really couldn’t tell the difference, but I didn’t tell her that! But they were light and airy, which is what she wanted. I considered - momentarily - painting my interior doors dark charcoal. Then I thought about dust and left them white, nearly the same color as dust. 😉 The roses are gorgeous. They almost look like climbers with no place to climb....See MoreHU-227031627
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