I WANNA live there Wednesday 64

Good Morning all !!!

I WANNA live there Wednesday is back - after quite the hiatus !!!

Just a quick word before I go further - please keep in mind that I'm showing houses - sometimes it's a bonus and it's beautifully decorated - sometimes it isn't - I never mentioned this on the blog but a couple of months ago I received an email from an owner of a IWLTW - thanking me for showcasing her home - ( which happened to be gorgeous ) but it made me realize that any one can come across this series - please be kind - we all have different tastes after all - thanks

So.......................life is so interconnected and the older you get the more it seems so..................

A very close friend of mine has decided she wants to move into our little neighborhood -
We owned a duplex in the city - ( before the last house ) and she lived in the suburbs - the year
I left that particular neighborhood - she moved from the suburbs right smack in the middle of it!
Our paths crossed - preventing us from being able to walk over to each other's places - but now it
looks like we'll be on the same " page " after all !!!
these are some of the homes under consideration - let me know what you think!

House number 1 ( I can't make the number sign work on this freaking keyboard )

349,000
3 bedrooms - 1 bath
Realtor:  Jean Pierre Guindon

 

Keep in mind she wants everything WHITE as well :)



The living room is a living room / dining room combo - I can picture her beautiful furniture in here perfectly







New cupboard fronts in glass to match the corner ones -
She can't stand the faux Terra Cotta so that has to be changed ( I'd live with it for awhile )
But she's in love with the little step up to the mudroom and imagines coming in from walks with a dog
You all get that, right?  The imagination game?



It's a decent size really - oops - the back splash has to be changed too I see - but it has tons of natural light



If she were a blogger she could work from that little desk area lmho



Soooo pretty



railings painted -












a window in the landing - wish I had that!!!



LOVING that it has a deck there already







It's loaded with charm - but here's the real reason this one is so close to her heart -
It has an extra guest house on the property which she would convert into an apartment for her son.
I can't tell you how in love I am with this little extra " building "



Is that amazing or what?  Can you see the potential in it?  I'd love to have something like this in the back!!!

Hopefully she'll only move in next summer because there's absolutely no way I can help her before then with the gut job we're working on - but I'd love to decorate that little guest house - inside and out.


House No. 2
339,000
5 beds - 3 baths
Realtor - Navin Somani

All I can say about this one - is that had it been available a few months ago - WE WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT - WITHOUT A DOUBT - this is charming beyond words..............well any words I know anyway :)
It's 12 rooms - and even if they're tiny - there's 12 of them - seems a little too much for a soon to be single empty nester..............but as much as she loves the first one - this one is in the running too




















Paint the cupboards - change the back splash and the floors - and I'd leave the wood counters



Tons of storage



Love Love Love the eating nook -


Huge potential !!!



this must have been an add on - it's too modern for the rest of the house





Radiators?  Yes please -



Loving this little room too - why do I look at everything as a place to blog from LMHO







I'm in love with this stairwell too - window again!!!


Huge backyard ( well for these here parts anyway ) She's coming from the same area I just left so in our world this is like owning a ranch lol

Those are the 2 serious contenders - in the order I put them in - but I found another one in Lancaster, Ontario ( some of you will remember that Lancaster was a serious contender for us before we bought the house we're in now )

This is unbelievable - really - I can't believe what I could have gotten for the price -

South Glengarry, Ontario
289,900
Gorgeous 3-bdr/3-bath home, renovated in 2012. Open concept kitchen/dining/livingroom, stainless steel appliances, and hardwood floors. California shutters in bedrooms and bathrooms, marble tile in bathrooms and foyer, 3-piece master ensuite. Ideal location for professional business; large workshop and garage, currently operating as an antique shop. Additional 2012 upgrades: new roof, windows, insulation, gas furnace, hot water tank.
Realtor - Scott Moore

Look - they've laid out the red carpet for us!!!

And this - this is what makes it the dream house for me -

Right on the property - I could have had a SHOP - never mind a room to paint in

Is it too late to change my mind do you think?

Other than paint, I wouldn't have to do a thing..................

Have a wonderful Wednesday all :)
Much love,

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French Country Cottage

The Spy who loves me.....................

Good morning everyone -

For all the photos I've been showing you of the kitchen transformation - I've purposely omitted to show you this - which is on the opposite wall.

In a kitchen where I've opted to not have any upper cabinets - it's a must really - but it needs a
just a little tweaking  :)
( I don't dare show you the dining room one - what a crowded absolute disaster lol )

There's nothing particularly wrong with it - considering it once looked like this

I had previously added some chicken wire to the 2 outer glass panels - but they've been a source of some pretty intense conversations ( since John cuts his hands and arms every time he takes a dish out of it LOL ) so I know I'll have to remove them -

I went downstairs to start and was met with this on the kitchen table

Suzan says - Hey - J. Edgar Hoover - do you think you could move all of your surveillance paraphernalia ?
Suzan says - Any interesting leads ?
John says - What the hell are you talking about now?
Suzan says - Well obviously your tracking someone or a group of people with all of that
John says - I'M BUSY SUZAN - I'm trying to figure out where all the new customers are I've got to see in Ontario and N.Y.

Should I remind him that that's what his GPS is for?
Nah - we'll let him play, shall we?

No forget it - I can't resist

Suzan says - I know it may seem like a silly question to you - but can't you just use your GPS to figure all of this out?
John says - It's not the same thing - I need to know exactly where I'm going - and the distance between each place
Suzan says - THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING A GPS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD
John says - Don't you have something to blog about?
Suzan says -  Now I do - Thanks!!!

John yells - LEAVE ME OFF THE BLOG TODAY -

Not a prayer buddy - not a prayer...........

Anyway until he's figured everything out - and that could take quite a while by the look of things
this makeover will be on hold..............

Personally I think he's working undercover for YOUR government -

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.^[1] The system provides critical capabilities to military, civil and commercial users around the world. It is maintained by the United States government and is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver.
While originally a military project, GPS is considered a dual-use technology, meaning it has significant military and civilian applications.

Except he's doing it manually - you can never be too careful you know 

Like Heaven above me ♪
The spy who loves me  ♫
Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight  ♪♫♪

Much love,