When Victoria (of the wonderful blog DesignTies) moved into her little 1930s bungalow last year, the kitchen looked like this. Very original, and very dated. So she went to work to transform it into something modern that still maintains the spirit of an older home with character. Here’s what it looks like a year later:
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Who doesn’t love a good makeover? Today I’m joining Rhoda’s “Before & After” Blog Party over at Southern Hospitality. We’re supposed to share our favorite Before & Afters of 2008. I narrowed mine down to the Top 5, and here they are (I’m showing the afters–click on the links to see entire articles with more [...]
The Ashmore–the “Aristocrat of Bungalows”–was one of the Sears Honor-Bilt Homes sold through the catalog between 1916 and 1922 for between $1,648 to $3,632. It’s considered one of the rarer models. Rosemary Thornton, who’s a well-known expert on Sears Kit Homes, has been able to identify only three still existing in the United States. (For [...]
This was one of the houses we walked by on the house tour through North Avondale. This three-story home was built in 1908 and has 6 bedrooms and 4.5 baths, with a total of 6,500 square feet. It’s currently on the market for $860,000, so I looked up the interior photos to show you (see [...]
I love touring fabulous houses, even if the only way I can see them is online. I’m betting that since you came to a site called “Hooked on Houses,” you do, too.
Here’s a 100-year old mansion in the Compton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis that has 4,400 sq ft with 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. [...]
