Comments on: The House of My Dreams… http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Angela http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1604 Angela Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:52:01 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1604 I just did a search for brick craftsman home and came to your site. The houses you have pictures of are near my home and was wondering if you live near Baxter Springs, KS? Just curious, but great photos of some of our very cool homes! I just did a search for brick craftsman home and came to your site. The houses you have pictures of are near my home and was wondering if you live near Baxter Springs, KS? Just curious, but great photos of some of our very cool homes!

]]> By: Brenda http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1603 Brenda Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:14:37 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1603 I love these homes! Thanks for sharing! I too walk around my garden daily & look at what is growing, but I actually haven't taken any of my vegetables on walking tours yet. Might have to try that! I love these homes! Thanks for sharing! I too walk around my garden daily & look at what is growing, but I actually haven’t taken any of my vegetables on walking tours yet. Might have to try that!

]]> By: DirtyKSmama - Nikki http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1602 DirtyKSmama - Nikki Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:23:19 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1602 I forgot to mention that I like the color thing, too. So my farmhouse is green. OK, only 1/2 green since that's all I got done this weekend before the rains came. Don't drive concentric circles. Here's a hint: "it's 1/2 mile south of the county falcons" It's currently in the looking-good-but-still-a-messy-construction-site stage. There's a forklift in the backyard, scraps everywhere, and I have just 6 weeks to finish the house before the final inspection. High on stain and poly fumes, but eager to move in (I should have started a blog when we moved into a rental.) I forgot to mention that I like the color thing, too. So my farmhouse is green. OK, only 1/2 green since that’s all I got done this weekend before the rains came.

Don’t drive concentric circles. Here’s a hint: “it’s 1/2 mile south of the county falcons”
It’s currently in the looking-good-but-still-a-messy-construction-site stage. There’s a forklift in the backyard, scraps everywhere, and I have just 6 weeks to finish the house before the final inspection. High on stain and poly fumes, but eager to move in (I should have started a blog when we moved into a rental.)

]]> By: Lois http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1601 Lois Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:55:01 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1601 Someone actually shares my house addiction? Veddy cool. My daughter and her husband recently built a new old house on farmland in Michigan. Modern conveniences in a salt box that looks as if it's been there forever. Dreamy. I had always drooled over bungalows until my daughter lived in one in college and found it exceedingly dark with the low roofs and porches. Boo hoo! Someone actually shares my house addiction? Veddy cool. My daughter and her husband recently built a new old house on farmland in Michigan. Modern conveniences in a salt box that looks as if it’s been there forever. Dreamy.

I had always drooled over bungalows until my daughter lived in one in college and found it exceedingly dark with the low roofs and porches. Boo hoo!

]]> By: Tammi http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1600 Tammi Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:23:22 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1600 Oh, how I love Broadway Street in Leavenworth! Lived there for almost a year, not too far from 2 of those houses, I think. Beautiful photos, and I seemed to have the same reactions, I love this one! No, this one! No, that one! All are beautiful! Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Oh, how I love Broadway Street in Leavenworth! Lived there for almost a year, not too far from 2 of those houses, I think. Beautiful photos, and I seemed to have the same reactions, I love this one! No, this one! No, that one! All are beautiful! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

]]> By: Molly http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1599 Molly Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:19:10 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1599 A girl after my own heart! I love old houses too. However, you have completed one of my dreams, to build a new "old" house. I've always wanted to build a house that looks old but has all the modern conveniences and a floor plan that doesn't include useless rooms. There is a sweet little bungalow a few blocks from our house that has a lovely front porch. The house is tiny but I just love it. Even the landscaping is awesome. Sometimes I just stand and stare at it for awhile. A girl after my own heart! I love old houses too. However, you have completed one of my dreams, to build a new “old” house. I’ve always wanted to build a house that looks old but has all the modern conveniences and a floor plan that doesn’t include useless rooms.

There is a sweet little bungalow a few blocks from our house that has a lovely front porch. The house is tiny but I just love it. Even the landscaping is awesome. Sometimes I just stand and stare at it for awhile.

]]> By: LiteraryOne http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1598 LiteraryOne Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:13:37 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1598 Oh I am troubled by the same affliction!! I brouse houses that are for sale on the internet!! I look in small rural towns all over my state. And I fall in love about once a week sometimes twice!! But stick with what you got and keep yourself out of the loony bin and all of us readers something to do everyday! Oh I am troubled by the same affliction!! I brouse houses that are for sale on the internet!! I look in small rural towns all over my state. And I fall in love about once a week sometimes twice!!

But stick with what you got and keep yourself out of the loony bin and all of us readers something to do everyday!

]]> By: Naomi B. http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1597 Naomi B. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:08:56 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1597 We tried a fixer-upper once. I didn't end up with feral kittens, but do squirrels in the attic/walls count? We had such high hopes for that house when we bought it, along with the 47 original pressed glass windows from 1897. eek. We tried a fixer-upper once. I didn’t end up with feral kittens, but do squirrels in the attic/walls count?
We had such high hopes for that house when we bought it, along with the 47 original pressed glass windows from 1897.
eek.

]]> By: Lady Fi http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1596 Lady Fi Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:08:00 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1596 Cool post! And so glad that you have already built the house of your dreams! Cool post! And so glad that you have already built the house of your dreams!

]]> By: Tonya http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1595 Tonya Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:21:46 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1595 I love the fixer upper house it is exactly my dream house, but sadly I will never have one because my husband is not a fixer upper kind of guy he says I'm nuts. I love the fixer upper house it is exactly my dream house, but sadly I will never have one because my husband is not a fixer upper kind of guy he says I’m nuts.

]]> By: Rechelle http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1594 Rechelle Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:08:28 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1594 I have to see this house someday. Even if I have to drive in concentric ever widening circles around Manhattan for the rest of my life! I have to see this house someday. Even if I have to drive in concentric ever widening circles around Manhattan for the rest of my life!

]]> By: Erin http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1593 Erin Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:15:24 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1593 Your tale of life repairing a fixer-upper had me laughing so hard my husband left the comfort of his lazy-boy to come see what had me in stitches. "Sent to a mental asylum, wandering the halls in a backless gown, living with ferel kittens"...you are insanely funny! Your tale of life repairing a fixer-upper had me laughing so hard my husband left the comfort of his lazy-boy to come see what had me in stitches. “Sent to a mental asylum, wandering the halls in a backless gown, living with ferel kittens”…you are insanely funny!

]]> By: Fran http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1592 Fran Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:58:25 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1592 Your irises are gorgeous! Your irises are gorgeous!

]]> By: Southern Gal http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1591 Southern Gal Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:27:18 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1591 I'm so glad you fled the fixer-upper. You were scaring me. I’m so glad you fled the fixer-upper. You were scaring me.

]]> By: DirtyKSmama - Nikki http://www.rechelleunplugged.com/2009/06/the-house-of-my-dreams/#comment-1590 DirtyKSmama - Nikki Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:40:00 +0000 http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/garden/?p=225#comment-1590 LOVE bungalows... and classic farmhouses,...and cute little Tudor-style cottages. But bungalows with elephant-leg tapered columns over brick on the front porch, plus a shed dormer, really make me drool. Luckily, some farmhouses DO have some bungalow style, so we are building a bunglaow-style farmhouse. And to satisfy the "cute English cottage" thing, I fell in love with some little whimsical lights for the back porch, which are justified (in my mind anyway)since that porch faces the garden. A little of this, a little of that - perfect! LOVE bungalows… and classic farmhouses,…and cute little Tudor-style cottages. But bungalows with elephant-leg tapered columns over brick on the front porch, plus a shed dormer, really make me drool.
Luckily, some farmhouses DO have some bungalow style, so we are building a bunglaow-style farmhouse. And to satisfy the “cute English cottage” thing, I fell in love with some little whimsical lights for the back porch, which are justified (in my mind anyway)since that porch faces the garden. A little of this, a little of that – perfect!

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