never loves in vain.
How can an old house-
used to sun and rain,
to lilac and larkspur
and elm above,
ever fail to answer if the heart gives it love?"
- JF Conant
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Offer Accepted!
After a frustrating year of trying to sell my bachelorette pad, we put the condo back on the market in April and were amazed (and slightly freaked out) that it sold within a week. Since then I have spent quite a bit of time scouring nemoves.com and just about every Sunday attending every open house I can get to. With my husband's attention focused on the Bruins post season, it was my job to narrow the selections and try to find a home we could both agree on.
We made an offer on a house he loved with a huge bar in the basement, tiki bar wired with cable and a hot tub in the yard. It wasn't meant to be. We fell in love with two more houses that we lost out on to other people. We closed on the condo on June 14th and with nothing purchased of our own, moved in with my parents last weekend. It seemed we would never figure out the 'nest' .
Saturday I walked into an estate sale in Auburndale and just knew it was our house. A 1900 colonial, with terrific front porch and yard, full of period charm and in great condition. A large front entry, fire placed living room, dining room with built in hutch and wallpaper mural and enormous kitchen make up the first floor. As the house is an estate, the kitchen is dated (hello Donna Reed!) and probably the largest project to take on.
The cabinets are in great shape, and will probably just get new hardware and a coat of white paint. The original Westinghouse appliances actually work, aside from one burner on the cooktop. Countertops can eventually be replaced with whatever remnants I can get my hands on. Right now my shopping project is new lighting to replace the large white globes.
Below are a couple of ideas, which one do you like?
1) Funky but kind of retro? Moxie by Kichler Lighting
I think there is something a little Don Draper about this fixture
but it also says transitional.
2) Leighton, also by Kichler. I am a sucker for drum lighting. The over-the-table lighting is also a much easier install when round rather than square because you don't have to be so precise with making sure the lines are parallel when you have a circular lamp. We installed square pendants in a clients home once down a staircase and spent forever adjusting them so they were all in line rather than slighly askew!
3) Remy by Murray Feiss - a little fancy but I think it dresses
up the space a bit.
We made an offer on a house he loved with a huge bar in the basement, tiki bar wired with cable and a hot tub in the yard. It wasn't meant to be. We fell in love with two more houses that we lost out on to other people. We closed on the condo on June 14th and with nothing purchased of our own, moved in with my parents last weekend. It seemed we would never figure out the 'nest' .
Saturday I walked into an estate sale in Auburndale and just knew it was our house. A 1900 colonial, with terrific front porch and yard, full of period charm and in great condition. A large front entry, fire placed living room, dining room with built in hutch and wallpaper mural and enormous kitchen make up the first floor. As the house is an estate, the kitchen is dated (hello Donna Reed!) and probably the largest project to take on.
The cabinets are in great shape, and will probably just get new hardware and a coat of white paint. The original Westinghouse appliances actually work, aside from one burner on the cooktop. Countertops can eventually be replaced with whatever remnants I can get my hands on. Right now my shopping project is new lighting to replace the large white globes.
Below are a couple of ideas, which one do you like?
1) Funky but kind of retro? Moxie by Kichler Lighting
I think there is something a little Don Draper about this fixture
but it also says transitional.
2) Leighton, also by Kichler. I am a sucker for drum lighting. The over-the-table lighting is also a much easier install when round rather than square because you don't have to be so precise with making sure the lines are parallel when you have a circular lamp. We installed square pendants in a clients home once down a staircase and spent forever adjusting them so they were all in line rather than slighly askew!
3) Remy by Murray Feiss - a little fancy but I think it dresses
up the space a bit.
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