Comments on: Open House #4: Paxton Avenue in Hyde Park, Ohio http://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/09/open-house-3523-paxton-avenue/ A Fun Place to Get Your House Fix Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:22:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jodi W http://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/09/open-house-3523-paxton-avenue/#comment-1004 Jodi W Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:49:12 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.wordpress.com/?p=968#comment-1004 Now this one I"d buy...with my pretend money. I'd have to warm it up substantially but I love the character...the FLOORING - LOVE the flooring! the wood AND the tile in the bathroom - beautiful! The natural light, the arched doorways - good stuff. I would have to change out the lighting though (dated) and the walls are a little WHITE for my taste...i'd put seating in the kitchen area - and warm that room up substantially. not sure what I'd do w/ that hammock room....but again - cool flooring. This is fun! Thanks! Now this one I”d buy…with my pretend money. I’d have to warm it up substantially but I love the character…the FLOORING - LOVE the flooring! the wood AND the tile in the bathroom - beautiful! The natural light, the arched doorways - good stuff. I would have to change out the lighting though (dated) and the walls are a little WHITE for my taste…i’d put seating in the kitchen area - and warm that room up substantially. not sure what I’d do w/ that hammock room….but again - cool flooring. This is fun! Thanks!

]]> By: Bonnie http://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/09/open-house-3523-paxton-avenue/#comment-1009 Bonnie Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:13:33 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.wordpress.com/?p=968#comment-1009 If money was no object, I might spring for this one. It had a lot going for it. Except I think I would have done something different in the solarium. I'm thinking tall trees and exotic flowering plants, not hammocks. If money was no object, I might spring for this one. It had a lot going for it. Except I think I would have done something different in the solarium. I’m thinking tall trees and exotic flowering plants, not hammocks.

]]> By: Beth http://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/09/open-house-3523-paxton-avenue/#comment-1008 Beth Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:46:07 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.wordpress.com/?p=968#comment-1008 With the exception of the master bedroom (booor-ing!!) it definitely looks like a house worth 7 figures. I totally agree that the owners / designers should have tried to stay more faithful to one period or look. I loved the first few pictures, and then gradually got more disappointed in the style. LOVE the solarium - what wasted potential with just a couple of big hammocks in there! Certainly eye-catching, but the hammocks would have to go for sure. With the exception of the master bedroom (booor-ing!!) it definitely looks like a house worth 7 figures. I totally agree that the owners / designers should have tried to stay more faithful to one period or look. I loved the first few pictures, and then gradually got more disappointed in the style. LOVE the solarium - what wasted potential with just a couple of big hammocks in there! Certainly eye-catching, but the hammocks would have to go for sure.

]]> By: Beth http://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/09/open-house-3523-paxton-avenue/#comment-1007 Beth Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:27:54 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.wordpress.com/?p=968#comment-1007 I would buy it for the library! My 6-year-old would buy it for the hammock room. :) I like that you've been showcasing houses that are WAY out of my price range. It's easy for me to get the idea in mind that if I just had X amount of money I could buy the "perfect" house. But every one of these houses had something, at least one room, that really jarred me and would make me feel I needed to change it quickly before I'd be comfortable living there. It's a good lesson for me that perfection or contentment aren't necessarily always for sale. I would buy it for the library! My 6-year-old would buy it for the hammock room. :)
I like that you’ve been showcasing houses that are WAY out of my price range. It’s easy for me to get the idea in mind that if I just had X amount of money I could buy the “perfect” house.

But every one of these houses had something, at least one room, that really jarred me and would make me feel I needed to change it quickly before I’d be comfortable living there. It’s a good lesson for me that perfection or contentment aren’t necessarily always for sale.

]]> By: the feathered nest http://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/09/open-house-3523-paxton-avenue/#comment-1006 the feathered nest Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:24:53 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.wordpress.com/?p=968#comment-1006 The "hammoc room" is really something else! I can't even wrap my brain around having so much room! Manuela The “hammoc room” is really something else! I can’t even wrap my brain around having so much room!

Manuela

]]> By: irishsof http://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/09/open-house-3523-paxton-avenue/#comment-1005 irishsof Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:00:17 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.wordpress.com/?p=968#comment-1005 I would buy it, but since JLB is my other half, let's face it - he gets the real say here. I would buy it, but since JLB is my other half, let’s face it - he gets the real say here.

]]> By: JLB http://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/09/open-house-3523-paxton-avenue/#comment-1012 JLB Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:29:23 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.wordpress.com/?p=968#comment-1012 Interesting! The owners have very "spastic" taste though. They are all over the place. The hammock room was a trip. It kinda looked like the were storing their outdoor furniture for the winter. Not a well thought out design plan in site in this house. I predict it will be on the market a while. Interesting! The owners have very “spastic” taste though. They are all over the place. The hammock room was a trip. It kinda looked like the were storing their outdoor furniture for the winter. Not a well thought out design plan in site in this house. I predict it will be on the market a while.

]]> By: Amy http://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/09/open-house-3523-paxton-avenue/#comment-1011 Amy Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:19:49 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.wordpress.com/?p=968#comment-1011 Ah, I am picky with my prentend money! So here I go again... I'm just going to ignore the fact that I don't like the tudor style and say that the house seems to be having a bit of an identity crisis. You've got very formal dark wood trim everywhere and the paneled room and the classic wine cellar and solarium. But then you've got a very modern kitchen, boring master bedroom and very modern master bath. I like modern elements in the proper setting but they really don't work here. I love the fountain though :) I wouldn't buy this house because I just don't like the style. Ah, I am picky with my prentend money! So here I go again…

I’m just going to ignore the fact that I don’t like the tudor style and say that the house seems to be having a bit of an identity crisis. You’ve got very formal dark wood trim everywhere and the paneled room and the classic wine cellar and solarium. But then you’ve got a very modern kitchen, boring master bedroom and very modern master bath. I like modern elements in the proper setting but they really don’t work here. I love the fountain though :) I wouldn’t buy this house because I just don’t like the style.

]]> By: Hairy Weisenheimmer http://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/09/open-house-3523-paxton-avenue/#comment-1010 Hairy Weisenheimmer Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:49:53 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.wordpress.com/?p=968#comment-1010 There ya go!! Love it! Now, where DID I put that 2.35 million I was hanging on to for a rainy day? There ya go!! Love it!
Now, where DID I put that 2.35 million I was hanging on to for a rainy day?

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