By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET
Welcome to Fantasy Open House Week: “Old Homes Edition.” Today we’re taking a tour of a home built in 1860 before the Village of Terrace Park had been incorporated. At the time it was built, it was near a busy toll road.
Come on in and look around!
This sign on the front porch shows what the house looked like when it was young. Notice the turret that it used to have that was destroyed in a fire in the 1920s and was not rebuilt.
I was lucky enough to meet the lovely couple that currently lives here. The husband is from England, so they fly both the American and British flags.
The front door was originally where that window is at the bottom of the stairs. They moved the entry over to the side where the porch is.
At the top of the stairs, a sweet girl’s room had its own fireplace:
The red library:
The living room used to be two smaller rooms. A wall was removed to open it up and make one large space:
A picket fence gate swings in the doorway between the living room and kitchen:
The kitchen was so bright and colorful, we couldn’t help but smile when we stepped into it:
The blue kitchen door leads to the back deck:
Imagine my excitement when I spotted this shed-turned-guest house in the backyard. It was like a playhouse for grownups!
These homeowners are not afraid of color. I loved this yellow table with the blue chairs. They painted the concrete floor the same blue:
This house just felt happy. I think I lingered in it longer than I did in any of the other homes on the tour, even though it wasn’t the biggest or grandest. Big thanks to the gracious homeowners for letting us in and allowing photographs!
Come back tomorrow to see the former mayor’s residence that has a big front porch that was built over a century ago with stones from the nearby Little Miami River.
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Wow, I think I liked everything about this house! And the guest house is adorable – what a great idea! Can’t wait to see more!
I love the tours! It satisfies my shopping fix AND I’m not spending money. Thank you.
Oh…I adore it!
You are right…seems happy.
And happy in it’s own skin!
I’m hooked, I’m hooooked!
I’d love Anything in Terrace park!
The outside doesn’t match the inside what so ever, but it works! Your right, I do feel happier just looking at the pictures!!
Indeed a happy kitchen and a guest cottage with a beachy feel. Old homes do not have that kind of open floor plan that everyone wants and appreciates and walls are removed, that’s what I (well, my husband) did in our 1930′s Dutch Colonial too.
I love these old homes–especially seeing how real people live and decorate. Phase 3 of our exterior home re-do involves an aqua door, too! That is, if we can make it through phases 1 & 2. Has anyone heard of an economic downturn? Sorry to be the Debbie Downer! I guess I’m just feeling the fear!
But, uh, happy day anyway, y’all!
I agree that is one of the happiest homes I have seen in a long time! I would never have thought of using those colors on the doors, windows & cabinets…but it is absolutely just right! I could live there!
I can’t imagine saying, “Let’s paint our kitchen bright orange.”, but it does work. They did a great job with color.
What a great house! Thanks for showing it to us. It looks like a well-loved home. I can’t stand it when people decorate their older homes for the period and it seems more like a museum. These people decorated to their tastes and it is adorable.
It just “feels” like such a happy house!! And the GUEST HOUSE! That would be “Laura’s Hideaway” for sure.
Oh I love that house! It’s amazing and so well updated!
I want the bicycle hanging from the ceiling!
I love seeing “then and now” pictures of old houses and hearing their histories.
That’s a great baby gate!
i love this house too. perfectly gorgeous.
This house is a happy little house – reminds me of Linda’s over at The Lime and the Coconut’s blog!!
Ahmmmmm – on the blog tour – your killin’ us!! Don’t you know that it is crunch time for Christmas – open house is in 4 weeks!! Well, guess we’d better kick it into triple overtime!!
Karla & Karrie
Yes, indeed, a very happy house. I am really beginning to like the multi-primary color theme. In fact, I really like the look of a great Mexican restaurant decor. When I redecorate, I am going for that multi-color “happy” look. Can’t wait to see the mayor’s home.
Your home tours are FUN! How about paintings of homes around my neighborhood… can I do that?
Fifi–That sounds like a great idea! I say, the more creative, the better. -Julia
That was a great house. I think they used every drop of that green paint but if it makes you happy…you’ve got to go with it, right!?
Now THIS is my kind of house. I’m so jealous of that plant stand in the kitchen… so much light and room! My plants get so super wimpy in the winter from bad light.
All the color is awesome! The little girl’s bedroom is just to die for, and the guest cottage is so cute. It reminds me of a b&b my husband and I have stayed at before. What a cheerful place!
Ihave been having such fun on these tours but this house just made me feel SO good! Their personality shines in every room, every bit and bob of furniture and in each accessory. I love their creativity and use of color. I would love to have dinner with a couple like this…I am betting it would be so enjoyable.
Thank you for all of these tours sweet Julia.
shame about the turret – love a good turret …. and am adoring the shed guest room – what a great office it would mak for a work from home mum
le
i love old homes. i just recently was introduced to the historic district of San Antonio and i could have stayed all day just driving around. Some of my fave a are older looking homes in the Hill Country that are very french looking. Gosh they just say romantic.
I just discovered your site and I think it’s great! I love, love, love home tours. (Older homes, that is) I like most of this home except for that indoor picket fence(!) to the living room. There’s whimsy and then there’s silly. The gate is just silly.
Love all the colors of the furniture and the gate in the Kitchen- cute. I could go live in the guest house.
i dont care how many baths it has. it felt like a home even from far away. loved this home.
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