Hooked on Houses

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Here’s a perfectly pleasant older home on the market for a perfectly reasonable price (only $155,000). It offers original woodwork and hardwood floors, charming arched doorways and an updated kitchen.
But all I could think about when I saw the interior photos was that SIZE MATTERS when you’re decorating your home. I’m afraid [...]

November 19th, 2008 | Tags: Bad MLS Photos, Decorating, House Tour, Real Estate, redesign | Category: Bad MLS Photos | Comments (45)

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Did you guess which celebrity’s baby sleeps in yesterday’s Mystery Nursery? It’s Liam, shown here with his famous parents, Tori Spelling and her husband Dean McDermott. They also have a new baby girl named Stella, whose pink nursery you’ll get to see today.
The couple stars in its own reality-TV show on Oxygen [...]

November 11th, 2008 | Tags: Aaron Spelling, Beverly Hills 90210, Candy Spelling, celebrity homes, Celebrity Style, Dean McDermott, Famous Houses, Real Estate, Tori Spelling, Tori Spelling disinherited | Category: Celebrity Style, Famous Houses | Comments (23)

This bright blue nursery belongs to a baby whose celebrity mom just put her house on the market. Rumor has it that they want to find a house with more privacy and fewer paparazzi around. Can you guess who this baby’s famous mom is?
Here are your 3 clues:

The Secret Celebrity starred in a popular TV [...]

November 10th, 2008 | Tags: celebrity homes, Famous Houses, Guessing Games, nurseries, Real Estate | Category: Celebrity Style, Famous Houses, Guessing Games | Comments (33)

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Halloween is right around the corner, so I thought I’d post some scary MLS photos. It frightens me to think a Realtor is trying to sell a house with these pictures of the bathroom! Here I thought it was bad when that real estate agent took close-ups of the three dressed-up toilets [...]

October 28th, 2008 | Tags: Bad MLS Photos, bathrooms, MLS, Real Estate, realtors | Category: Bad MLS Photos | Comments (21)

This Craftsman-style home starred in a movie that came out last year. Can you guess which one?
Here are your 3 clues:

The movie was a remake of a classic film from the 1950s with Grace Kelly.
The star of this film was in a serious car accident and charged with DUI earlier this year.
The mom in the [...]

October 21st, 2008 | Tags: 1950s, celebrities, entertainment, Famous Houses, Grace Kelly, Guessing Games, houses in the movies, movie stars, movie trivia, movies, pop trivia, Real Estate | Category: Famous Houses, In the Movies | Comments (37)

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

I hope you enjoyed last week’s Fantasy Open House series as much as I did! So far House #4 is winning in the poll and House #2 is coming in second. Click here to cast your vote for the house you’d most like to live in if you haven’t already.
A few days [...]

October 13th, 2008 | Tags: Decorating, Guessing Games, House Tour, kitchens, open house, Real Estate | Category: Fantasy Open House, One of These Rooms... | Comments (32)

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!

October 8th, 2008 | Tags: Fantasy Open House, house tours, Ohio, old homes, Real Estate, Terrace Park | Category: Fantasy Open House, Older Homes | Comments (28)

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Did you guess? The mystery celebrity kitchen I showed you yesterday belongs to Britney Spears.
Your 3 clues were:

She has had two short-lived marriages, to Jason Alexander and Kevin Federline.
Since shaving her head last year, she’s been wearing lots of wigs. She’s also known for her extensions. And let’s face it, she has [...]

October 4th, 2008 | Tags: britney spears, celebrity homes, entertainment, Famous Houses, House Tour, Jamie Lynn Spears, million-dollar homes, music, pop star, Real Estate | Category: Celebrity Style, Famous Houses | Comments (28)

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

This kitchen belongs to a celebrity so big that she’s known around the world on a first-name basis. Can you guess who it is?
Here are your 3 clues:

She’s had more than one short-lived marriage.
You could say she sometimes gets “wiggy.”
She has a sibling who is almost as famous as she is.

Take your [...]

October 3rd, 2008 | Tags: celebrities, entertainment, Famous Houses, Guessing Games, mansions, million-dollar home, Real Estate | Category: Celebrity Style, Famous Houses | Comments (26)