I WANNA live there Wednesday # 145

Good Morning Everyone !

I haven't done a IWLTW post in awhile now - and after looking at top posts from last year I realized they are some of my most viewed !

So here we go again :)

I found this one on ZILLOW - a spectacular old farmhouse in Saranac Lake, N.Y.
( close to Montreal actually - I've been to this picturesque town many times )

It was once a Carmelite Nunnery - a Sanitorium - a Nursing Home and a boarding house !
The last owners fell in love with it and turned it into a single home ( private residence )

$695.000
8500 square feet ( more a farmhouse mansion actually )
14 bedrooms ( 8 with sleeping porches )
8 baths
Built in 1896
Realtor - BOB MARTIN

This would make the most glorious Bed & Breakfast !!!  ( if you were so inclined - and if you were I would be your first customer ! )

Let's go !

I'm in love with the back !

That fireplace  -  those windows !

A butler's pantry

view to the sleeping porch

Radiators - oh how I love old radiators !

A view from the - drum roll please - WIDOW'S WALK !!!  The ad says there's fireworks on the 4th of July
Can you imagine sitting out there watching that?

What a truly glorious piece of history !!!

Nestled in a gorgeous location

Yep - I most definitely would want to live there !  I'd fill it to the brim with Shabby delights - although it's not too shabby exactly as it is !
Many more pictures on the site zillow

Have a wonderful day everyone - the first week of the new year is half over !
Hugs,
Me


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We needed new tea towels.......................

You know it's the strangest thing - I go from having too much of " things " to running out of them completely.
There doesn't seem to be a waning period.
One minute I have too many tea towels to fit in a kitchen drawer and the next thing you know I don't have any  ( same thing happens with panties and bras for me )

Anyway - we needed new tea towels - but would never think of making a trip out to just pick those items up.
" What are you doing today ? "
" Oh just going out tea towel shopping " said no one ever.
So............ we were out Christmas shopping.
At Chapters ( that's the Barnes and Noble version here in Montreal )
And lo and behold they had tea towels !
Not just any old tea towels but PERFECT tea towels !
Working tea towels I might add

John says - I thought we were buying books?
Suzan says - But we need tea towels - I'm basically using rags right now
John says - WHO BUYS TEA TOWELS AT A BOOK STORE???
Suzan says - Well obviously a lot of people do if they're selling them !
Suzan says - Oh look - they have cashmere blankets too - and candles - and beautiful tea sets............
John says - This is ridiculous - really - it's just ridiculous - we're here to buy Christmas gifts !
Suzan says - Lower your voice - please - OMG - we NEED tea towels.
John says - They're 10.00 a towel - are you nuts ?
Suzan says - I NEED these ones - they're perfect - I'm always trying to figure out measurements !

John says - Ok grab a couple and let's finish shopping

But then I saw this one too and HAD to have it.

And we continued our shopping..................

Later on when we got home I put them out to take photos..................John was doing something or other at the sink and went to grab one to dry his hands with

Suzan shrieks - DON'T USE IT PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!
John says - Why not?
Suzan says - I'm thinking of framing them actually
John says - YOU'RE INSANE - I THOUGHT WE NEEDED TEA TOWELS ?
Suzan says - There's an old rag on the counter - you can use that ......................

Have a wonderful day everyone ♥
I'm off to buy tea towels - we desperately need them !
You know how it is - one day you have too many to put in frames and the next thing you know...........

Hugs,
Me




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