Hooked on Houses

Real Estate Sampler: 7 Readers’ Houses For Sale

by hookedonhouses on May 18, 2013

Click the links below to see the listings for each house:

1. Nancy’s house in South Carolina

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HGTV Announces 9 New Shows Coming Soon

by hookedonhouses on May 17, 2013

Looking for something new to watch? HGTV just announced 9 original series they’re adding to their schedule. They include the home improvement competition series Brother vs. Brother with Jonathan and Drew Scott and a totally revamped Design Star… [click to continue…]

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A Beat-Up Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover

by hookedonhouses on May 16, 2013

Small house in Seattle before reno Before it was renovated, this 1920s bungalow in Seattle was looking pretty pitiful. Meredith of Heaton Dainard Real Estate wrote me about its remodel, saying, “It was featured in the Northwest Green Home Tour and we had dozens of neighbors come by to thank us for what we did to the home. It had been the ‘house in despair’ on the block.” [click to continue…]

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A Romantic Lowcountry Retreat on Kiawah Island

by hookedonhouses on May 15, 2013

Kiawah Island house for sale in South Carolina 500 Here’s the house I’m daydreaming over today: a sprawling shingled home on over 11 acres of Kiawah Island in South Carolina. It was featured in Architectural Digest a few years ago and is now on the market for $18 million. Take a look… [click to continue…]

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Artist Janet Shearer’s Old Stone House on Grogley Farm

May 13, 2013

Grogley Farm is home to the mural artist Janet Shearer, who lives in a converted barn on the property. You can rent this “typical Cornish farmhouse in the Ruthern Valley,” which dates back to the 18th century, and take painting lessons in her nearby studio. Doesn’t this look like a lovely spot to spend an [...]

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Ellen & Portia’s Horse Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains

May 10, 2013

After I showed you an historic house in Vermont that Michael J. Fox once owned, a couple of you asked why some celebrities move so often. Designer Cliff Fong says, “Ellen DeGeneres has moved more times than any person I know.” When Elle Decor featured the horse ranch she shares with wife Portia de Rossi [...]

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Cari’s Newly Remodeled Kitchen (& Baths!)

May 8, 2013

Welcome to Cari’s newly remodeled kitchen. When she submitted these photos for my contest, she wrote that the kitchen took almost 3 years to rebuild and they thought they’d never finish it: “It was a true labor of love. I must admit now that we are almost done I will miss working on it. It [...]

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A Family’s Coastal Cottage with “Fresh-Squeezed” Color

May 6, 2013

This “coastal cottage” featured in Better Homes and Gardens belongs to an active family of four. They wanted to create some vintage beach style with “a fresh-squeezed color scheme,” starting with the tangerine front door…