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House of Tiles: An Old House Gets a Colorful Renovation

This English Arts & Crafts-style home was built in 1895 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was renovated a few years ago by the late architect Terry Brown, who created the unusual “Mushroom House” that I showed you yesterday, so of course there wouldn’t be anything “ordinary” about it! Here’s what it looked like when a few [...]

Are You a Lookiloo?

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Are you a lookiloo? Yeah, I think you know I am one, too. Which is why I love visiting Lookiloos, a website for people like us who can’t get enough of house tours. This gorgeous 1872 Italianate Victorian is currently featured on Lookiloos, and I think I’m in love. From the front [...]

I Spy a Classic Foursquare

My daughter Lily loves to play “I Spy.” We play it a lot in the car on road trips and in restaurants when we’re waiting for the food to arrive. We also enjoy those “I Spy” books where you search for certain objects on each page.
So that got me thinking. Why not play a version [...]

When Bad Remodels Happen to Good Houses

Take a look at this old red brick house on the market for $249,000 in Cincinnati. It was built in 1898 and has four bedrooms and two baths. It’s been “completely renovated,” which sounds good. Sure. But wait until you see the “improvements” they made. I’m not sure they took things in the right direction.

Can This Old House be Saved?

You know how sometimes you’re surfing through the listings of houses for sale and suddenly come across a real diamond in the rough? Someplace that just screams, “Save me! Please! I have so much potential!” And you wish so badly you had the money, time, skills, and resources to buy that house and love it [...]

The Purple Victorian on Lane’s End Farm

Lane’s End Farm has been a familiar sight around here with its purple-painted Victorian farmhouse since the 1860s. People come from miles around to buy dried flowers and floral arrangements from the Browne family on their “flower farm” outside Loveland, Ohio.
Now this house, gardens, barn, and carriage house that sit on 4 1/2 acres are [...]

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Hmmm. Something’s just not right with this kitchen. Did they think those pendant lights were intended to keep the french fries warm? My six-year old daughter Lily just walked by, glanced at this, and said, “They better be careful. Those lights might burn up the countertop!”

This kitchen belongs to an older home in Cincinnati that [...]

House Tour: Yellow Victorian in Columbia Tusculum

As promised, today we’re taking a tour of this charming yellow-painted Victorian home in Columbia Tusculum, which was the first neighborhood founded in the Cincinnati area (then known as Losantiville) in the late 1700s. (To read more about it, check out yesterday’s post.)
It was on the market earlier this year and I found interior photos [...]

Normandy Manor: The Levine House

It’s time to show you the actual houses that were on the North Avondale Home Tour last weekend. This 1937 Normandy Manor, known as The Levine House, will be our first stop.
But first, to set the scene, I’m going to tell you how I embarrassed myself a little that day. I don’t know why, since [...]

1908 Mitchell Mansion on Rose Hill

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 [...]

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