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FIFTEEN YEARS STRONG

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Source: apartmenttherapy.com via Liza on Pinterest Hello little house,  it's been FIFTEEN years since I signed the papers, got the keys and opened your door for the first time. You were freshly painted and groomed. Sunlight streamed through your un-curtained windows and the first thing I did was put my grandmother's portrait up on the mantle. She had passed away earlier that year and when I found you I knew she would approve. I promptly pulled up your tattered green carpet that hadn't budged in 20 years. Your vinyl wallpaper, 4 bedrooms and 2 baths were so quaint and dainty that I almost wanted to leave everything in tact. I had never lived in a house so big in my adult life, certainly not by myself. You weren't my first property but certainly my first free standing house. When I sat down next to the fireplace I imagined what the previous owners were like and I wondered what you and I would be like years later.  Then the fear of being another h

Pursue a path...

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"Pursue some path,  however narrow and crooked,  in which you can walk with love and reverence."  ~Henry David Thoreau I'm also pursuing a path of fixing up the screen porch.  Since it's been neglected for a couple of years, it was covered in 2 layers of pollen and dust! Everything has been hosed down and I'm starting to cart things out there. Enjoyed breakfast and quiet time in the sunlight and an afternoon rain while mopping the floor. Here's a preview: Source: Uploaded by user via glorious on Pinterest Source: Uploaded by user via glorious on Pinterest Source: Uploaded by user via glorious on Pinterest                 Does anyone know what this type of flooring is called?

English Tudor Revival

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Look Familiar? Source: flickr.com via Yulia on Pinterest I really do love the 1930's English Tudor Revival Source: southernliving.com via glorious on Pinterest Source: flickr.com via glorious on Pinterest Source: talesfromcarmel.com via glorious on Pinterest Thinking of adding some curb appeal next year by doing a mortar wash to my brick like the one above... I'll show more examples soon...