I WANNA live there Wednesday # 127

Good morning everyone !

Instead of showing a house that most of us will never be able to afford - I thought I'd go a different route this week and show you a fixer upper - with amazing potential.
I decorated it completely last night - with lots of WHITE and maybe some gray's
A brand new kitchen -
Floors -
For the price you could easily fit reno's into the budget - ( these prices are unheard of in Montreal - wouldn't happen - we paid almost 4 times the amount of this one - and it's far inferior )
We share a border with this beautiful State so it's one I'm familiar with - let's go !

79,000
Victorian
Built in 1917
4 beds, 2 baths
2158 sq. feet
Lot size 10,454 sq. feet
Realtor - ANNIE HIGBEE
Site - ZILLOW

That built in / pass through could be such a stunning feature - look at the crown molding on top !

A window seat would be a must for me in that window area

It looks like the floors could easily be restored to me - and there's pocket doors - gahhhhhh !

And white walls would do wonders ( after they were replastered I think ) but there's lots of windows

Stainless steel - White Carrera Marble - New floor !!!

With a butler's pantry !!!
O.M.G. - with a butler's pantry
And the cabinetry looks to be in good shape actually !

The doors are gorgeous - it looks like they have original hardware too ( check out the oval back plate ! )
And the rosette corner pieces ( forget the name for them ) are beautiful too !

Look at those drawers built in on the side of the stairs

Here's a bedroom - I LOVE that there's a large window just outside it at the top of the stairs
Check out the original high baseboards

As much as I LOVE the railing - it looks a little low doesn't it?
But that newel post !

I guess this is the third floor

There's more pics on the site - if you click the link in the description above.
It looks like a place where hippies crashed in the 60's to me - I can picture lots of beads hanging everywhere lol !
But what do you think?
Does anyone else see the amazing potential in this home?
I'd love to see Nicole Curtis ( from Rehab Addict ) get her hands on this one................
I'm in love with it !
( well I'm in love with the bones of it would be more truthful I suppose )

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone -
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From me
To you


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THE MOST VERSATILE TABLE !

This will be used as a :
folding " station " ( washer and dryer are to the right of it )
craft " station "
storage  ( hidden behind the curtains )
prep area ( for outdoor pool parties - since access to the back yard is off this little room ) or a place to mix drinks
It's even a place to paint small items !

How's that for versatile?

I actually used this as my kitchen island for awhile in our last house...................then my daughter took it to keep on her ( oversized ) balcony.
But she's moving - and no longer needs it - so Mom took it back - with big plans of repurposing it as a potting bench......................but because all well laid plans of mice and Suzan often go astray - it's ended up in the mud room.
I added a couple of shelves to store items..................just added them with metal brackets on the inside of the legs and then took a set of Ikea curtains ( white linen ) and used them to hide all of that.
Believe it or not - that's organized chaos on those shelves

The image on top is from the GRAPHIC'S FAIRY  - this one here to be precise - I took away a little & added a little.
This image was done before my daughter took it - it was once black but being out in the elements it faded.
After giving the table a quick white wash - the image turned grey - so I outlined everything with a black sharpie and left the image a greyish color.

I also added a rail - so that I could hang things off the front of it for easy access............

This is what the floors looks like - and what we're working on today

You know, it would have been nice, very nice indeed if just one room in this house wouldn't have turned into a major disaster every time we started to renovate.
This particular room has been a nightmare ( well they all have )
We lifted the flooring and there were large gaping holes everywhere.................I don't know how we didn't go through them every time we took a step in there the last year.
It's almost done - but not quite.

But THE MOST VERSATILE TABLE is done !

And if you press yourself into the window wall - and turn on a right angle - and squint your eyes - you'd almost think the whole room was done

John says - What in God's name are you doing exactly?
Suzan says - Trying to get a shot of the back entry

John says - Ok Martha.................enough with the frills - we have still have work to do

Funny he should call me that - because I want to put up a clothesline outside - and get a really nice straw hat and basket - and come into the mud room a little breathless - with a perfect strand of sun kissed hair falling over one eye - my freckles pronounced from my light golden tan - a la Martha Stewart - look up at John - smile warmly and say " honey - the clothes are dry " and fold everything on the table while he makes me a martini - as bunnies skip across the grass and birds are chirping and soft classical musical plays in the background of a completely finished renovated house.

Until that happens maybe I'll just make myself a martini.

And keep working at it.  One room at a time.

I don't have freckles either.

Oh and calling my table the most versatile table?
I guess all of them are, no?
LOL
Still, having one in the mud room is a good thing.  ( see?  I'm already talking like her ) 

John and I will both have a crow bar in our hands today.................a very volatile situation to say the least since neither of us know what we're doing.
At.
All.

If anyone taped us working you'd have the the most successful comedy show ever.
Dumb & Dumber attempting to renovate a house.
It's hilarious.
And just a little sad.

Have a great one everybody !
Much love,
Me



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