If you’re a lookiloo like I am (and I have a feeling you are!), then you’ll love the website Lookiloos, which offers “a peek into the style and stories behind every door.” They featured this house recently, which underwent a major remodel, more than doubling its original size from 2,000 square feet to 4,400. I [...]
Welcome to Hooked on Fridays, a blog party I host at the end of every week to celebrate the things that make us happy. This week I’m hooked on Brooke Giannetti’s house, which is only a hop and a skip to the beach. Brooke is the talented designer behind the beautiful blog Velvet & Linen. [...]
Did you happen to see Oprah’s interview with Elizabeth Edwards last week? It made me sad, but I won’t get into that here. What made me happy was getting such a great tour of their ranch near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I had been dying to get a look inside it since seeing aerial photos [...]
I loved HGTV’s Green Home 2008 so much that I showed photos from it again just a couple of weeks ago. I had a few quibbles with the decorating, but overall, I thought it was a great example of a small(ish) house done right. The HGTV Green Home 2009? I’m not so sure. I have [...]
Can you see this woman (above) living in this house (below)? Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have reportedly purchased the white Colonial next door to their current home on the North Shore of Long Island. They paid $2.05 million for the 5-bedroom, 4 ½-bath home built in 1972, which sits on 2.24 acres.
Today we’re going [...]
I have a thing for stone fireplaces. I grew up in a charming old house that had one, which might explain why I always stop to look at rooms with them. Case in point: the family room in Country Living’s 2009 House of the Year. I also like the beamed ceilings and those turquoise chairs. [...]
I spend a lot of time searching the real estate listings and see an awful lot of boring houses, a lot of ugly houses, and more cookie-cutter McMansions than you can shake a stick at. So when I run across a truly unique and beautiful property like this, it’s like the heavens open up and [...]
Welcome to this week’s Hooked on Fridays blog party. Here’s what I’m hooked on today–this charming Craftsman Bungalow that I spotted over at Lookiloos. They always have the best house tours on their site. I love everything about it, from the front porch to the pergola in back. The entire home was lovingly renovated. There [...]
I have to say I was surprised to see these photos of the house actor Richard Gere lives in because there’s nothing “Hollywood” about it. It has a nice farmhouse vibe to it. I really love that huge wraparound porch and the cozy breakfast nook. After “burning your eyes” (as one commenter put it) with [...]
Okay, guys, it’s time to play our favorite new game: What 5 Changes Would You Make to this house if you bought it? It’s on the market for $850,000, and “the seller is motivated.” It’s in an exclusive neighborhood, on nearly an acre of prime wooded property, so it’ll probably be a good deal for [...]
