I WANNA live there Wednesday # 4

I live in a pretty incredible area - It's an historical neighbourhood loaded with tons and tons and tons of charm - just steps away from the city center, it's also a pretty expensive neighbourhood :( in which I live in basically servants quarters compared to what I'm surrounded by.)

Because there's days I don't have furniture makeovers to show you - I've chosen Wednesdays to showcase and feature one home that's for sale around here.................( or apartment - or duplex - or teepee )
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Good morning everyone - I'm listing 2 properties today - one of them is a virtual tour - click on the video at the end of my post to be transformed to another planet almost ( seriously ) beyond the realm...................
In the meantime I can imagine making my mark on this Gingerbread house

You had me at HELLO

kitchen

family room off kitchen - facing garden


I'm really not a fan of wood - but in this case I think I could live with it - loving how it faces the outdoor space

den

loving the trellis work - and the floors in this place are to die
and that radiator too cute for words

dining room - wouldn't a built in window seat be perfect in this room?

living room - I cannot tell you how much I love this room - that corner window is beyond charming!

hallway

Master bedroom

master bath

bedroom - WOW

bedroom - lo and behold - finally a window seat - and another corner window

love the alcove off this bedroom - God what I could do with this room

off the family room - my perfect back yard -

balcony - look at the space on this thing!!!!

 

Description

This ancestral victorian style cottage is turnkey. Built on a large lot of 7000 square feet, it offers 5 bedrooms and all the comforts you are looking for. On the ground floor, the kitchen offers tons of storage and the huge family room opens directly onto a beautiful and mature garden. Facing the front of the home is a large mature park.

Cost 1,594,000.00

What do you think?  Could you live there?

I'm in love - 

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And now if you have a   please ( please please please ) take a few moments to look at this video - ugghhh I can't download it - but if you click on the link and then click on VIRTUAL TOUR to the right side of the page I promise you it's worth your time - 

It's a mansion - 23 rooms - but it's the "homiest" mansion I've ever seen ( well that I've ever seen pictures of anyway lol )  you can just see the love that was put into decorating this space - every single corner of it and it looks lived in - this home is spectacular - Victorian living at it's absolute finest!
9 million dollars of dreams come true.
If you don't like music turn your speakers off - there's an overture playing in the background - it's fitting and I kind of like it but I know some people find audio annoying

http://passerelle.centris.ca/Redirect2.aspx?CodeDest=PROFUSION&NoMls=MT10451445&Source=WWW.REALTOR.CA&Langue=E

This is still Westmount - but up on what is called " the summit " it's the highest point in this city.

Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullabye

I'm off to dream now because Judy told me that the dreams that I dare to dream really do come true and I really do WANNA live in that 1st house!!!

XOX
Suzan


Party Time!

French Country Cottage
http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.ca/2012/08/feathered-nest-friday_30.html 
Common Ground
http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.ca/2012/08/vintage-inspiration-103-all-things-home.html
The Charm of Home
http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.ca/2012/08/home-sweet-home-82.html
At the Picket Fence
http://www.atthepicketfence.com/2012/08/its-inspiration-friday-no-80-welcome.html
2 8 0 5
http://twenty-eight-0-five.blogspot.ca/2012/08/potpourri-friday-39-home-depot-gift.html
Coastal Charm
http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.ca/2012/09/nifty-thrifty-tuesday-no129.html
The Farmhouse Porch
http://farmhouseporch.blogspot.ca/2012/09/welcome-to-week-31-of-cowgirl-up-link.html
Uncommon
http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/2012/09/uncommonly-yours-link-party-44.html
Savvy Southern Style
http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2012/09/wow-us-wednesdays-82.html

M.B.F.E. ( my best find ever )

Remember when I said I found the most incredible dresser?  Well I finally got it home - ( thanks Dorothy - thanks David - what would I have done without you guys - pls don't move to WINDSOR)

Here's....................................Joanna ( that's her name - she told me so )

She's BIGGER than she looks - 6.5 FEET - but take a look at her details!

Now I bought her for my bedroom actually - and was going to sell this one which is I'm currently using

but I'd like to show you what the hallway of a Victorian flat looks like

that's my bedroom door just to the left in the photo

there's absolutely no way we can get that dresser into the bedroom - without breaking out the wall on top of the bedroom door - which I would do without any hesitation at all - but I think that would be the one conversation NOBODY would want to hear between John and myself.....................

( just a side note - I came across this once - it's a hallway in Brooklyn - blogged about it before I had any followers so no one has seen it yet, lol - in fact I could just repost my first year of blogging and I'd be pretty safe LOL - this Brooklyn hallway is my Montreal hallway's doppelganger - mirror image almost - )

isn't that amazing - 2 different countries....................

Anyways I may sell this instead

which I've wanted to sell for a long time - but we had this little problem

John promised he would fix the leg when we picked it up - let's see now I've had it now for at least 18 months so that tells you how long it takes for me to get things done around here!!!  I " propped " the leg
up and it sat like this for all that time.......................
Today he's gone to Home depot to get the supplies to fix it

Suzan says - John, do you think you could fix the leg on the buffet so I can finally sell it?
John says - I told you already that I'm going to fix it
Suzan says - but that was a very long time ago - I hate to be a nag about it but......................
John says - OK - EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY, AS SOON AS SUZAN WANTS IT DONE SHE SNAPS HER FINGERS AND EVERYONE HAS TO RUN
Can you sense his annoyance?
Suzan says - I don't know about that John - I snapped my fingers 18 months ago- and if this is how fast you run - we're in deep *&%* here darling.

But in all fairness he did get up and RUN today -
So I'm thinking he just didn't hear my fingers snapping away the first time.....................

And by the way - we're here 2 years next month - before we moved in I painted the entire flat - he promised he would do the ceilings ( at over 10 feet they're a killer for me ) before the furniture arrived.
The ceilings have not been done yet.................................

Snap, crackle, POP mister.....................

XOX

P.S. Here's a small snapshot of where I'm going with the dresser

P.S.S.
Everytime I pick a piece - I think " oh this is nothing - a little paint - a little distressing - presto "

But now that I've actually started working on her she's far more work than I anticipated - this is going to take quite awhile for me to finish because I'm working on other things at the same time - she's kind of like
my " go to " when I need a break from the other stuff.  I'm trying a new technique ( you can see it on the bottom 2 drawers - if it works out I'll share! )

The only saving grace is I don't have a time limit on the dresser ( other than my own OCD brain which tells me to keep going.................going................going.......................

Gone
XOX