Show us your home!

[DallasLady]

I thought it would be cool to have a thread where we all get to show off our homes. It can be like our own little virtual neighborhood :D

(No need to get carried away with pictures of every room in your house, just the front will do!)

Here mine- a traditional 70s ranch in Plano Texas:
http://tonyandgiovanna.com/parkhaven/afterfront1.jpg

[Reenie]

http://www.mlsni.com/photos/property/305/05169305.jpg

We are closing on our duplex on September 7! We are in Chicago (City proper). :)

[Cali*Girl]

Our first home, which we are leaving in 2 weeks:

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1264/2/34/19/46/49/6/649461934205_0_ALB.jpg

Our new house:

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1337/2/26/96/89/41/5/541899626205_0_ALB.jpg

*Sorry the quality is not so good.

[UTChick]

Our typical Dallas suburb house.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d600b3127cce9a71393c9e3700000036108AbtHDZo5atl

[Sophia]

Deep south Texas (and our cat Luigi)

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[Camdynlyn]

I can't wait to post a picture of our finished house! :)

[Mom2Cole]

Our house :)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d838b3127cce9bc1942a4abe00000016108AbuGzNo1cNL

Our view from our back porch

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d802b3127cce9bc1942ba64300000016108AbuGzNo1cNL

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d802b3127cce9bc19428277000000016108AbuGzNo1cNL

We love it here!! :)

[rosa727]

We just moved into our new house on May 17. I am so excited still :D It is a traditional brick colonial - very Virginia.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d820b3127cce91bf5d6832a600000016108ActXLdqzZt_

The picture is a little crooked - it's not the house ;)

[juliemag]

I just *love* everyone's homes! Makes me a little :o to show mine...but nevertheless, here she is - our S. Florida baby!

Our work in progress...purchased in late-June
http://images.snapfish.com/344646%3B923232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D9%3A7%3D%3B 34%3DXROQDF%3E23239%3A369466%3Bot1lsi

[mrsdrummer]

Hopefully after the weekend I'll be able to show our soon to be house. I can't wait. the people who are renting it are supposed to be moved out over the weekend. It's the house I grew up in and needs some TLC but it's gonna be great.

[kiddo]

Our southern Maine 3 bedroom Dutch Colonial. Sorry it's a little fuzzy.

http://images.snapfish.com/3446489923232%7Ffp3%3B%3Dot%3E2323%3D%3A%3A6%3D6%3 B4%3D3232%3A%3A65%3C3389nu0mrj

[Sabre]

Our 1st house, in the Treasure Coast area of FL. We just moved in on the 3rd.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/sabrespa/100_1583.jpg

[Winter Biscuit]

SW Michigan. We just built this and moved in at the end of May :)

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1275/2/25/86/32/97/8/897328625205_0_ALB.jpg

[Jane&Andy]

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5db25b3127cce9123035a5c1600000016108AZN27Ny3btK

Here's our Cape Cod in MD, just outside of DC.

[msnicolea]

kiddo--we spent pretty much every summer of my childhood in a house just like that (my grandparents') in Damariscotta, ME--I miss it sooooooooooooooooooooo!

[BethElena]

Outside of our 1876 Mill. We are 1 of 13 condos.

juliemag - don't be ashamed. we own 600+ square feet, and we're not ashamed :)

[scout]

I'm loving seeing everyone's houses! Here's ours! We just moved in last week!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d808b3127cce922b0a2316a600000016108IatWTNo1Zi

[Tanya]

Everyone's houses are so nicely maintained! Here's ours, suburb of Houston:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d934b3127cce929a34d1853500000016108AatGzdo5YtW
Back porch:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d934b3127cce929a48e2040800000016108AatGzdo5YtW
Backyard:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d934b3127cce929a34ee043a00000016108AatGzdo5YtW

[southerner]

Here's our house. Built in 1964 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dc06b3127cce902c5e07707000000026108YbtWzlu34

[southerner]

Mom2Cole how much land do y'all own :eek:

[Rancid13]

Our condo complex...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc34b3127cce9dfee947ca3100000016108CZNWTZw2ac

Front of our condo...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc34b3127cce9dfee94c4b0a00000016108CZNWTZw2ac

Bought it in January this year. Not nearly as nice or large as any of the homes posted above, but it's our own little corner of paradise in the OC (and what we could afford in the crazy market out here!).:)

[clammyinsf]

we've been homeowners for about 9 months now and are lovin' every minute of it (except the ants!):

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cf24b3127cce9c30a60ac6b300000026108Acs2rJm1bNJ

[KKay]

http://images.snapfish.com/3446565523232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3B%3D%3A66%3D336%3 DXROQDF%3E2323972%3C%3B%3A976ot1lsi

[daener]

Our soon-to-be home in Chicago...about 2 miles from The Loop. We close in just over a week (fingers crossed!!)!!!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d925b3127cce92db9dd0f50300000046108AZNm7lwzcs3

[mimieliza]

Everyone's got such gorgeous homes. We're still waiting to buy. In the mean time, we're renting a two-bedroom house which we love (well, we love everything except the lack of central AC - we're going on our fourth week of 100+ temps, and I'm getting a bit tired of being hot).

Anyway, I took this pic last winter when we moved in:
http://mimieliza.smugmug.com/photos/12727931-M.jpg

[KaliLily]

Here's mine. We moved in 8 months ago Wednesday! :) This was taken in February.

http://images.snapfish.com/3446579923232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2329%3D%3A%3B9%3D493%3 DXROQDF%3E23239%3A%3A325%3A3%3Aot1lsi

[smiles33]

Here's our 2nd home, hopefully our "forever" home:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5da33b3127cce91745a2e2be600000016109AZOXDJo4ZI

[Reebs]

Here's our home in MD. We moved in last November and still aren't completely unpacked!!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4ce06b3127cce9b24a2a61ace00000006108AaM3DNq0aNV

Backyard in the fall

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4ce06b3127cce9b24a2a39bfb00000006108AaM3DNq0aNV

[cyd_96]

Here's my 1950's house. Tiny, but I love it!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d626b3127cce933d12ff0ace00000016108QcN3DZuxcg

[amtaylor]

Here's ours... this was probably taken a year or more ago :)

http://images.snapfish.com/3446687923232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E2328%3D868%3D766%3DXRO QDF%3E2323958536845ot1lsi

[justHB]

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/0008a92f

We are one of 41 (?) lofts in an historic warehouse 2 blocks from the water.

I can't wait until we can sell if (for a profit) and buy a house with a driveway and yard.

[suzubeane]

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d739b3127cce9b2c821ea6e700000066108AbtGTlyzZte

Our American Foursqaure

[cpaccione]

I just love looking at everyone's homes around the country. Here's mine in Las Vegas.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df06b3127cce9f6a4276d5ab00000016108QaNnDVwyaM

[steffie]

Great homes everyone! We should all be very proud : :)

This is our current underconstruction home ~ DH is building it himself ~ It is 2yrs this month since we broke ground but we hopefully should be in by Sept!
((( knocking on wood )))

We are in an Eastern Suburb of Cleveland Ohio

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/hsgeek/OurNewHouse1104.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/hsgeek/OurNewHouse1106.jpg

~Congratulations to All ~
Stephanie

[jbenny75]

Here's ours:
http://www.drbukk.com/gmhom/images/storage.jpg





Sorry, I couldn't resist. Here's our real house. This was taken last fall not long after we moved in. We still need to do landscaping to hide some of the stuff in the front yard, like the cable thing sticking up and some of the drainage stuff.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d628b3127cce93045eafbce300000016108AcMmjRs3aNT
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d628b3127cce93045f55fc8100000016108AcMmjRs3aNT

[boilermaker]

Everyone has beautiful homes. It's funny how you can tell which area of the country each of us lives in just by the style of the home.

Here's ours, taken last fall just before we bought it.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4ce37b3127cce9cabcf4fcb3d00000016108AbNGLRi5ZNK

[juliemag]

Great homes everyone! We should all be very proud : :)

This is our current underconstruction home ~ DH is building it himself ~ It is 2yrs this month since we broke ground but we hopefully should be in by Sept!
((( knocking on wood )))


<hijack>
Wow - DH built that himself?!!! I'm amazed! My DH would LOOOOVE to build his own house one day. Just wondering, from your experience - how hard was it? Did he do all the work himself, or hire a team??? We're just starting to think of options, and I wanted to get your imput! Thanks!! :)
</hijack>

[MeTheGirlie]

I think I need to move to a different part of the country! Love all of these big homes!

[steffie]

*^*^*^* juliemag *^*^*^*

Thanks for the comments, I am amazed every time I see it! My DH is a General Contractor and he did about 80-85% of the work himself (with the help of 2 employees on nights & weekends) > framing / electric / heating / he even did that stone work :eek: (his very first attempt!)

It has been very hard. We went over our construction loan due to DH being a construction snob and needing every building detail to be perfect. We have been at each other's throats for the last 3 months but I see the light at end of the tunnel so we have both relaxed a bit.

If your DH is handy and you are both up for quite a challange (picking out every little detail really isn't fun), I say go for it but BE ORGANIZED. Know your budget and be realistic. Expect delays, and then some more delays but you can really save money overall doing some/ a lot of the work yourself.
We will have about 35-40% equity in our home when we are done, even after the overruns. :D

~Good Luck and thanks again, Stephanie~

[Witty Username]

I'm a city dweller-
our house was a two-family flat but has been converted to a single family house....we still have two front doors, I haven't decided what I want to do about that.

This is from before we moved in.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/hileeopnyn8d/House/d683149d.jpg

[mrst2b2003]

We bought it in 2003 in a suburb 7 miles north of downtown boston. It's a 1925 center entrance colonial.


We have been working on it nonstop since we bought it, but it's been fun :D . Right now we are putting on a new deck, so excuse the dumpster in one of the pictures. We had to tear off the old one first :) It's a work in progress



when we bought it in sept 2003:http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d934b3127cce9fdd20e9326000000036108Qcsm7Zy2ZU

now:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d628b3127cce93014ffcdc6d00000016108Qcsm7Zy2ZU

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d628b3127cce93014dc65d6600000016108Qcsm7Zy2ZU

[juliemag]

*^*^*^* juliemag *^*^*^*

Thanks for the comments, I am amazed every time I see it! My DH is a General Contractor and he did about 80-85% of the work himself (with the help of 2 employees on nights & weekends) > framing / electric / heating / he even did that stone work :eek: (his very first attempt!)

It has been very hard. We went over our construction loan due to DH being a construction snob and needing every building detail to be perfect. We have been at each other's throats for the last 3 months but I see the light at end of the tunnel so we have both relaxed a bit.

If your DH is handy and you are both up for quite a challange (picking out every little detail really isn't fun), I say go for it but BE ORGANIZED. Know your budget and be realistic. Expect delays, and then some more delays but you can really save money overall doing some/ a lot of the work yourself.
We will have about 35-40% equity in our home when we are done, even after the overruns. :D

~Good Luck and thanks again, Stephanie~

Wow thanks Stephanie! It's really quite impressive that a house that huge can be built with 2-3 people! Tell DH he's done a GREAT JOB!

I'm kind of afraid of us being at each other's throats if we were to go through a similar process. I mean, the end result is great --- but getting there, I'm not sure how we'd do it! Right now we're not in the position to do this (we just bought a house), but later down the road it's definitely something we've talked about. Anyway, thanks for the response - I'll pass the info onto my DH. Right now we're clueless about what it REALLY takes to get it done. Permits? Contracts? All that stuff --- we have no idea about.

[AttyGrl74]

I have serious house envy!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4db39b3127cce9c3fa491e5e100000016108EcNXDFo0ac

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4db39b3127cce9c3fa49a64da00000016108EcNXDFo0ac

I LOVE our tree - but you really can't see the house. Maybe I can find a winter photo.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3cc34b3127cce9c3fa2e5a8b700000016108EcNXDFo0ac
(sorry - that's the only winter shot I can find!)

[jlp]

Our NW Ohio home.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5db37b3127cce91f632f5840b00000016108QbOWrRu5aY
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5db37b3127cce91f63aed841700000016108QbOWrRu5aY

[greenbunny]

We're in eastern PA. DH wants to add a front porch (he hates how flat the front is), but I'm not really sure about that.

Here's the realtor's pic, the trees hide the house a bit:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cf08b3127cce9d263fc9614800000016108AcOWLJuzctN

Here's a pic I took during walk through in January:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc32b3127cce9df0e1a6d9f700000016108AcOWLJuzctN

[curlygurl]

I haven't posted mine over here yet.
http://photos4.flickr.com/8620007_1757901971.jpg
I was fortunate to marry a builder and we spent our engagement - designing and building (not literally - DH was the GC) this home. I'm still is love with it - after living here for 3.5 years.

[southerner]

curlygurl, where in Mass. are you? Your house is breathtaking :eek:

[ginadc]

Whoa! What a stunning Victorian, curlygurl! I love Victorians and yours is just everything a Vict. should be--rambling, turreted, big classic porch, lovely colors. There are a couple of houses here in our NJ town that resemble it and I always drool over them.

Here's ours (also Victorian, but not quite so spectacular).

Front:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5db11b3127cce91a88093872500000016108AatWzFm3aNK

Back:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5db11b3127cce91a8cf05463c00000016108AatWzFm3aNK

[justHB]

I have serious house envy over here.

[kam]

Gina - so good to "see" you here!

I just adore Victorian homes - honestly because I love the porches (of all things, I know).

One day, I'll contribute to this thread. Until then (9/14, baby!) I'll just drool over all of your pictures, everyone.

[curlygurl]

curlygurl, where in Mass. are you? Your house is breathtaking :eek:
Thanks southerner! I live on the North Shore near the NH border.

stunning Victorian, curlygurl! I love Victorians and yours is just everything a Vict. should be--rambling, turreted, big classic porch, lovely colors. There are a couple of houses here in our NJ town that resemble it and I always drool over them.
Thanks Gina! Your house, especially your backyard is stunning. I've always loved victorians. There were so many in the town I grew up in - which just sparked that love for me at a early age.

[LRL]

Ladies- you have some gorgeous homes! I have to admit to house envy over here!

[Asha]

i too have house envy. my house is closer to that trailer than any of the other houses posted. :)

[sunshineab622]

Wow there are some beautiful homes on here .....

here is our home we bought Sept 2004
front
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d639b3127cce9c757e397b7c00000046108CYsWLNm5aQ
back yard
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d639b3127cce9c757e22fa5700000026108CYsWLNm5aQ

we have done alot of landscape cleaning & planting, I need to take a new picture of the changes.

[ginadc]

Hey kam--good to "see" you too! :D

Curlygurl--thanks! We really fell in love with the landscaping when we saw it last fall (closed in January), and it's been so much fun to watch all the gardens grow and change over our first spring and summer here. The previous owner(s) did a great job of putting together planting beds that always have something in bloom, which is such a challenge when you get to late July and early August. It's a bit of a challenge to keep up and make sure the plantings I'm incorporating in some of the areas that weren't quite done are as well done as the existing ones!

[shopaholic]

wow...love everyone's homes! :D

[sheartm7]

Wow, I LOVE everyone's homes. They're beautiful!

[Mindy3094]

curlygurl -- Your house is amazing! Simply gorgeous!

I can't find a picture of the front of my house, but here is the back:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d838b3127cce92115ad7cfe900000016109AYuWbVu4aO

I'll try to find one of the front!

[cocoa_femme]

Here's ours. We live in Detroit.

http://images.snapfish.com/34474%3C6723232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2323%3D979%3D83%3B%3 D323297974%3A545nu0mrj

[Vorian's_Leronica]

Our house isnt all that but We like it and it was the best we could afford:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dd03b3127cce9098a73bc78b00000016108AbOGTZkzZtX

[solongtogo]

Everyone has such beautiful homes. We moved into ours at the end of February. It needs serious landscaping :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/solongtogo/house.jpg

[calliope_muses]

Our home in Oklahoma City, built in 2004...

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4ce36b3127cce9fb51362a33f00000016108AaMmTJw5Zs0

It's small, but it's ours!

[diedra1027]

Here's our place (sorry so blurry!). We're coming up on our one year home ownership anniversary.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d628b3127cce9f7e32ac3bd400000016108EZuGjdm5ZW

[mrsdrummer]

Keep in mind we bought a fixer-upper and yesterday was the first day we got to start on it. but here she is anyway. Our plan is to get new windows and vinyl siding.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/mrsdrummer/100_1296.jpg

[KaliLily]

Our plan is to get new windows and vinyl siding.

It is amazing what new windows can do for a home. Our first house was a "cosmetic" fixer-upper. The first thing we did was put in new windows. The house next to me was the same style and had the old aluminum frame, single pane windows too. Once my new windows were in, it was surprising how much newer it made my house look - even with the old aluminum siding. We also converted the furnace and water-heater to natural gas, repainted and recarpeted the interior, updated some appliances, put in new laminate flooring and did some minor landscaping. By the time we sold the house 6 years later, it went for $75K more than we paid for it! :eek:

[mrsdrummer]

it went for $75K more than we paid for it!

Now that's music to my ears. the people next door have put new siding and windows in their house and it's made it look totally awesome. We really just need to do the cosmetic stuff. this house has great bones. It's the house I grew up in so I know the house quite well. My parents just wern't the fix it up type people. They are now but then they weren't. I'm just hoping to make it a nice place to live ya know.

[LyLMyssChaos]

You all have such amazing homes! It almost makes me embarassed to post pics of mine, but I figured owning homes like you all are posting will never happen in my lifetime, so I should be proud of what I do have, right? LOL
I totally love my house, we have an awesome yard for a first home, and we have no neighbors immediately next to us!
So, for all of us that are more broke than a joke (where I live, this cost us about $85,000) here are pics of our 1660 sq. ft 3 bedroom/2 bath completely drywalled modular that we moved into in April:
The Front(sorry it's so dark, they were taken one right after the other!):
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d602b3127cce93f66dba583c00000016108AbOHLNy1bM9

The Back/side yard:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d602b3127cce93f66d95d92300000016108AbOHLNy1bM9

[mrstim]

LylMyssChaos - I know plenty of people who would kill to own ANYTHING, and your modular is very nice looking!!! :) Don't be embarassed - be proud :)

amy

[nuhmah]

We bought a 1906 Craftsman in an "up and coming" section of Old Portland (Oregon). We are intending to sell it in a year, and will do the outside cosmetic stuff in the spring.

We are planning to move the gutters (who puts gutters down the FRONT of the house?!), paint the house a grey/green color with white trim, add shutters, re-seed the lawn, add some nice bushes, take down the fence (totally looks ghetto), and take down a HUGE overgrown and rotted cherry tree in the backyard. We have a lot of work, but right now we are making the inside livable.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d829b3127cce9242a5f87e7600000016108BYt2rVwyau
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d829b3127cce9242a4ee3ef800000016108BYt2rVwyau

ETA - that siding on the house is Vinyl, and so far I have found about 4 layers of paint on it! There is another layer of shingle underneath it, as well. SO, we are planning to remove it, and reside the entire house. :)

[Annette]

Here is our house....

http://images.snapfish.com/3447%3A66723232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2323%3D7%3A7%3D888%3 D32327%3A7797%3C29nu0mrj

[ButterflyJen]

...house envy...especially curlygurl. Droooooling. Wow. :)

LylMyssChaos - your house is just as nice looking as any other one. We're actually considering building a modular within the next year, since we don't have a lot of $$$. We're hoping it will pay off for us!

[lml41981]

I'm sorry this picture is blurry...I saved it from Realtor.com and uploaded it to shutterfly. It is the best one I have of the outside of the house (and we've been here since May of 2004. :rolleyes:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4dd03b3127cce9cc710e1a1e500000016108IbuHDlm1aE

We have since cut down the tree to the right of the driveway...it dropped a limb and narrowly missed the roof, so it had to go. We found out after the arborist cut it down that it was rotting from the inside out and it was a matter of time until it fell anyway. Could you imagine if it had fallen into our house? That was a 75-80 foot tree, by the way!

[StephB1170]

The trees are blocking alot of this so I took a left and right side picture...

http://images.snapfish.com/3447%3A7%3A%3B23232%7Ffp47%3Dot%3E232%3A%3D7%3A7%3 D377%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A5854%3C%3A75ot1lsi

Right side

http://images.snapfish.com/3447%3A7%3A%3B23232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E232%3A%3D7%3A7%3 D377%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A58554842ot1lsi

Left side

http://images.snapfish.com/3447%3A7%3A%3B23232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E232%3A%3D7%3A7%3 D377%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A58554848ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3447%3A7%3A%3B23232%7Ffp7%3Enu%3D3239%3E6%3B6%3E28 6%3EWSNRCG%3D32328296%3A4%3A35nu0mrj

[sheartm7]

StephB1170, your house is BEAUTIFUL! :eek: :)

[StephB1170]

Thank you!

[dionysia]

kiddo--we spent pretty much every summer of my childhood in a house just like that (my grandparents') in Damariscotta, MEMy dad's uncle, aunt, & cousins are from there!!! One of the cousins and his wife retired up there a few years ago.

Back on-topic, here's our house. It's in a suburb west of Boston (25 mi away).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/dionysia/house2.jpg

Di

[andrew&shannah]

Everyone's homes are so nice! Ours isn't a SFH but we love it!

http://images.snapfish.com/3447%3B34%3B23232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E2323%3D%3A53%3D558 %3D3232%3A53467359nu0mrj

[suzubeane]

Back on-topic, here's our house. It's in a suburb west of Boston (25 mi away).Di, I love your house - and it's so rare to see one that age with a walk out-basement and/or garage underneath! Was the garage entrance added/enlarged from a smaller one?

[dionysia]

Hi Suzubeane!

I don't know if the garage door / side driveway were added later, but the basement bit is original to the house.

Di

[greenbunny]

Wow, Di!

*covet covet covet*

I adore turrets. I've always wanted an old Victorian-type home but around here they just rip old houses down and build mini-marts. :mad:

[craftyT]

We are loving our first home... well worth the wait :)

http://static.flickr.com/49/116034336_5f1eb7cc62.jpg?v=0

Our favorite room - The backyard!:

http://static.flickr.com/48/116032695_10035f8a57.jpg?v=0


eta: RedX took my pics :( Reposted.

[dionysia]

Greenbunny,

Will you still covet when I tell you about the boiler cracking our first winter, replacing 36 windows, the lack of insulation (horsehair!), the knob & tube wiring (we have fuse & circuit breaker too!), the deleading, and the flood in the kitchen (which meant we had to get tile put down over the damaged floor)? Not to mention the projects we still haven't done, like line the chimney, repoint parts of the foundation, paint the house, replace the roof on the turret, finish stripping the wallpaper & painting the bathroom, and redoing the backyard? ;)

Seriously though, I adore our house. I'm just glad a) we got a pretty decent bargain on it, b) many improvements were done by the most previous owner, and c) we have 20+ years to do all our improvements.

Di

[Hangin'in]

my house is under construction....

teresa2mike Would you mind telling me where you got the furniture in your favorite outdoor room. I am looking for chairs like the ones you have back there.

[craftyT]

teresa2mike Would you mind telling me where you got the furniture in your favorite outdoor room. I am looking for chairs like the ones you have back there.

We bought all of the furniture at Target - I don't think the stores are carrying it (most went on clearance a few weeks back) but you might find it online. BTW, we love it! Hope you have luck finding it.

[Hangin'in]

teresa2mike I knew it looked familiar! I heart target! It was in one of our stores, but it sold really quickly, and they never seemed to get it back in stock. I'll check online.... or maybe they will have something similar next spring!

[greenbunny]

Di, yeah, I still covet. :) It's gorgeous. I'm sure like you said it's tons of work...but our stuff is breaking constantly too. I think it's just what houses do. They listen to you call up the bank for your balance and then figure out what to explode to run you dry to the penny.

[dionysia]

Greenbunny,
No doubt! ;)

Di

[Tanya]

StephB1170 and Dionysia, you guys have some gorgeous places! Steph, are you in TX? Looks like some homes I've seen in Dallas/FW or Austin. Di, you'd never see a house like that in my area, the oldest we seem to have is from the '50s--and, of course, no basements;).

Teresa2Mike, I love your Target furniture, I was really wanting to get that myself. How're the cushions and wood holding up outdoors? It doesn't look like they're covered. Great deck!

[fuzzy]

Our country cottage:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4db05b3127cce9cedc21f1ab400000016108Abt2TZo2aNJ

Three finished bedrooms (two unfinished in the basement), two baths, and a huge finished basement/game room. I never liked ranches and this house strikes me as a bit plain-jane, but we are working on sprucing it up a bit. It the location we couldn't pass up; we are on a little under 19 acres in the southern hills of the Adirondacks. Behind the left hand side of the house is a cute little pond -- we wake up each morning to see deer walking across it. :D

[msnicolea]

Di I didn't know you had peeps in Damariscotta! It's my favorite place in the world, even though I can't spell it!

[JRPAGV]

Our first house...

Before landscaping (right after we closed on the house):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/jrpagv/houseaprilsmall.jpg

Blurry pics of back/sides (before we got a privacy fence):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/jrpagv/closing22.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/jrpagv/closing21.jpg

[LILRTL]

This is our 2nd house in less than a year!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d911b3127cce937480cebfb700000016109AbsmrJk5au
(I think it is obvious we bought it for the INSIDE, not the outside. ;) )

[craftyT]

Teresa2Mike, I love your Target furniture, I was really wanting to get that myself. How're the cushions and wood holding up outdoors? It doesn't look like they're covered. Great deck!

Hi Tanya - the wood is holding up really good - it has faded a bit in the sun/rain but with a little oil conditioner that should bring some of the shine back. The biggest problem we have are Carpenter Bees! They are nesting inside of the coffee table and eating the wood! I've never seen anything like it. I guess these big bumble bee looking insects thrive in the South and like to live in wood :rolleyes: So I've tried to plug the holes with little luck - those bugs are persistent!

The cushions are great - they stay in place and when they get wet they dry up pretty quick w/o discoloring. We're really pleased with our purchase - it truly added a whole new room to our home. :)

[StephB1170]

Tanya-
I live in PA- near Blue Bell area....
I noticed that your house layout seemed very similar to mine....The master bedroom is on the first floor...

[MrsCurtis]

Here are some pictures of our first house :) We bought it in January of this year, and these pics were taken during our house inspection. It's a small house but perfect for two young newlyweds!!!! :D

http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/42b32394zd36334b8/42f0/__sr_/a20a.jpg?ph_shDDBlDFY.u5g

http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/42b32394zd36334b8/42f0/__sr_/d0de.jpg?ph.shDDBvEO5c5mM

http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/42b32394zd36334b8/42f0/__sr_/31ea.jpg?ph.shDDBIbilSp0x

[larslobster]

Here's the house we're in the process of buying up in Oregon. I can't believe this house, which is huge and in a great neighborhood, is selling for less than our current 1,200 sq ft home in a 'transitional' neighborhood here in L.A.

http://www.tuloy.com/files/larslobster/public/new_house/house1.jpg

http://www.tuloy.com/files/larslobster/public/new_house/house4.jpg

[HeatherFL]

http://www.kenpapai.com/travels/images/breakers6602z.jpg

JUST KIDDING. ;) :D

I am moving soon, but right now I own this luxurious :rolleyes: one bedroom condo I never stay in and paid way too much for in this building. I am hoping to rent it out:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d827b3127cce9252eb7c69f800000025118AbOHLNmzZtd
I have a cute view:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5da09b3127cce9108a64ac71f00000045118AbOHLNmzZtd

[Fluffy Bunny]

I really like seeing how the house styles vary by region. We're located in the high desert of New Mexico.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/ljones1064/ourhouse.jpg

[gokatgo]

larslobster - that is a gorgeous house, inside & out. I love it!

[BooeyJ2]

Beautiful homes gals! :) I'm super jealous of the sizes of the homes in some other states :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/BooeyJ2/A4house2og.jpg

[dana b]

larslobster you're leaving me? you lucky dog, that house is absolutely gorgeous!!!

[southerner]

teresa2mike I grew up in Germantown! Went to Riverdale Elementary and GHS.

I'm super jealous of the sizes of the homes in some other states

Yours is big too, isn't it?

dionysia what burb you in? I just moved away fromn the South Shore. Lived there for seven years and I love that area and miss it terribly!

fuzzy can I camp in your yard :p

[BooeyJ2]

teresa2mike I grew up in Germantown! Went to Riverdale Elementary and GHS.



Yours is big too, isn't it?

dionysia what burb you in? I just moved away fromn the South Shore. Lived there for seven years and I love that area and miss it terribly!

fuzzy can I camp in your yard :p


Ours is good size (not complaining...although we would like a little more space (for storage and a loft or something for a playroom))....but compared to the houses in other places like Georgia, Florida, ect...the size is alot smaller and a lot more expensive :(

[kam]

Small world, all - my in-laws live in Blue Bell and my cousin teaches at Germantown Academy (he lives in Philly though). :)

[larslobster]

gokatgo - thanks!

dana b - yup, like a lot of other people, we're cashing out and leaving. We've been talking about moving out of L.A. for ages and were just up in Portland visiting some friends and checking out the area for the second time. We weren't planning on buying a house but when we saw this one, we had to jump on it. There's absolutely nothing we don't love about it.

fluffy bunny - I love your house! It fits the landscape so beautifully.

[amorey]

larslobster, I didn't know you were buying a new house! That's an awesome foursquare. When was it built?

[larslobster]

larslobster, I didn't know you were buying a new house! That's an awesome foursquare. When was it built?

If you can believe it, 2002!

Don't want to get off topic here so I'll go in to the whole thing in my LJ.

[DiscoDiva]

DiscoDH and I knew we had to have a DiscoHome, so here it is!

http://www.home-mortgage-advice.us/home-mortgage-loan-articles/funny-homes/Strange-Looking-house10.jpg

:D

[magrat]

We bought ours last November. We plan on staying here for a very long time.

http://www.britculture.co.uk/wedding/house.jpg

[lildan]

From May of 2002, a few days after the building of the house was completed:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/lildan/Random/100-0001_6IMG_3.jpg

Since then we've added brick sidewalks, a blacked-topped driveway (so glad to be done with the crush and run), and we've slowly started to landscape.

Also, just have to say that I love the houses here that have prarie/craftsman style to them. And, that I am so jealous of those of you buying older homes and doing the renovations. We looked at a 1904 farm house near us when we started our home search, but it was just too much of a renovation for us. While, I know its hard work restoring a home's beauty must be so satisfying.

ETA: The driveway, which you don't see in the photo, is on the right side of the house.

[Asha]

magrat - your house is adorable!!

discodiva - are you pulling our legs?? :D i am pretty unconventional, so i like that house, plus it fits into its surroundings.

[dionysia]

dionysia what burb you in? I just moved away from the South Shore. Lived there for seven years and I love that area and miss it terribly!We're in Metrowest, near Framingham.

Di

[DiscoDiva]

discodiva - are you pulling our legs?? :D
Of course I am! :D

[fuzzy]

I think CC ate my previous post. I've seen Disco's house in person. It's just as interesting in person as it is on-line.

Its on a beach and is suppose to be hurricane proof. It was built right after Hurrican Hugo hit. ;)

[DiscoDiva]

I think CC ate my previous post. I've seen Disco's house in person. It's just as interesting in person as it is on-line.

Its on a beach and is suppose to be hurricane proof. It was built right after Hurrican Hugo hit. ;)
Where is it located? I just found the picture online after doing a search for weird houses.

[fuzzy]

Isle of Palms, South Carolina -- outside of Charleston, right on the beach. All the homes in that area are new and gorgeous (the old ones were wiped out by Hugo) and this one looks so funny just plopped next to your traditionally-styled houses.

I went to college in SC and my roommate was from Isle of Palms. She says that the open areas of that house can be closed off with hurricane shutters so the whole thing turns into one self-enclosed pod. The idea, I'm told, is that there are no "edges" to the house, so the wind skirts around it.

[nawsgirl]

We will be closing on this house on Wednesday, in the West Valley area of Phoenix!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d905b3127cce93550ee5746c00000026108ActW7Zi0YuT

Now don't be too jealous of our backyard ;) Ya, we'll be needing to do some landscaping!!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d905b3127cce9355f13a345400000026108ActW7Zi0YuT

[babae07]

I'm jealous too!

Here's mine

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d723b3127cce99ec55ebbb7700000016108AauGTVs1bti

[Kimmer]

This is our house we have been in here for one year. Our grass looks a lot better now :p

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d627b3127cce9d3187b5b52900000016109AbNHDNm4aE

[StephieS2580]

Wow! Talk about major house envy! You ladies have some beautiful homes!
Here is our modest little ranch! We like it, it is a bit too small now, but we have another few years before we plan to move to something bigger. We did ALOT of landscaping to the back, we added the little pond/island thingy and cleaned up some of the plants the other owners had around the front and back as well. Don't mind the crappy fence, we are working with the city to get it fixed, our neighbors don't give a crap about their home, so we had to nail it together to make sure it doesn't fall in our yard.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/StephieStephens2/front.jpg
Front
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/StephieStephens2/pond2.jpg
Back, pond with the fountain
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/StephieStephens2/pond1.jpg
And the pond again. Those little spaces of dirt aren't there anymore, we were waiting on a few little plants to fill them in.

[KatieKate]

StephieS2580: Your house is Cute! I love the backyard pond. Beautiful!!

[Kanga]

I love all the houses ladies! We just rent right now, but are saving up to buy our own. Did anyone here go through a contractor to build a new construction (besides their hubby :p ) Dh and I were thinking it would probably give us more bang for our buck to hire a companyl, pick out the basic floor plan, and then find the land to build it on, than buy a house on the market somewhere. What do you all think? Would it be a major hassle? Not really save $ in the long run?

I think I'll have to send dh back to school to be a general contractor, lol.

[lml41981]

I love all the houses ladies! We just rent right now, but are saving up to buy our own. Did anyone here go through a contractor to build a new construction (besides their hubby :p ) Dh and I were thinking it would probably give us more bang for our buck to hire a companyl, pick out the basic floor plan, and then find the land to build it on, than buy a house on the market somewhere. What do you all think? Would it be a major hassle? Not really save $ in the long run?
We're considering selling our house and moving into a new-build. It could potentially happen by the end of December! :eek: We're not going with a custom home, but a semi-custom. We're looking at David Weekley homes in a master-planned community outside the city. We'll get to pick the floorplan, brick, upgrades and that kind of thing...but they won't paint it whatever color we want and all that. Lots are sold with the home, so you don't have to buy a lot separately. It is in a growing area, so property values should increase. What you have to watch out for in these kinds of things are that the community is well-planned and in a desirable area so that resale value will be high for awhile. Often when you have new builds, you can't sell your house easily if you need to/want to because people can just build their own in the same neighborhood (if it is still being developed).

The community we're looking at is very well planned and seems like they made pretty logical decisions. 5 miles down the road, though, they have a HUGE community on an aerobic septic and well water. The well water tastes horrible and the the community is so large that the aerobic septic makes it smell like a sewage treatment plant. Streets are too narrow and the amenities don't make up for the downfalls. When we drove through, houses were for sale left and right at reduced prices.

[tlew12778]

We're in Metrowest, near Framingham.

Di My sister lives in Ashland. Small world.

[Hangin'in]

Chad and Liz

DH and I are building currently. We were looking for a house, and everyone we would go into would have to have stuff done to it, even if it was only 5 years old (new paint, flooring etc). We decided to go with new construction because that way we could get what we wanted from the beginning. The neighborhood we are building in has 3 builders available, and it's in a great location with excellent schools. Our lot is included with the price of the home. We actually picked the floorplan we liked, and then the builder showed us which lots it would fit on. We get to pick paint, flooring, brick, roof, siding, lighting. Somethings we could only change for a fee, and most of what is standard for this builder is great. I think we added ~1000.00 of "upgrades". We should close in October.

DH's parents are going to build soon, but they are having alot of trouble finding just a *lot* to build on, without having to use specific builders.

[jasonsgal]

I am so excited to finally share a photo of our "new" home. Tomorrow will be two weeks since we closed on the house. It's our first home and so far we love it!

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karen

[rosa727]

jasonsgal: I LOOOVE your house!! It has so many of the features that we want in the "dream house" we hope to build someday. Pretty darn good for your first home! Enjoy it :)

[sheartm7]

jasonsgal - your home is BEAUTIFUL! I love huge porches in front like that. Enjoy!

[wine4me]

Here's our home!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d925b3127cce92d9de63f59100000016109BaMmLNu1U

After living in a townhome for 6 years we sold it and bought a single family home.

We settled on this, June 23rd of this year! :)

[AusAshMommy]

*SOOO Jealous* Still stuck in the renting cycle...we're in a rented TH in a managed community now...

Maybe just maybe someday we'll own...unlikely in Montgomery Cty, MD where TH's are going for upwards of $600K...

[HeatherFL]

jasonsgal I love your house! The porch and yard are just beautiful!

~H.

[MarriedaGoalie]

This is not actually our home. This is the model home. Ours will be finished September 27th!

http://home-creations.com/Photos/Azalea.jpg

[MLA]

http://www.jasonkaren.com/images/house.jpg


karen


Gorgeous!

[guinevere]

jasonsgal, I'm am completely and totally envious of your house!
I just love it.... especially the big front porch!

Are there any floor plans online from the builder?

[jasonsgal]

Thank you all so much for the compliments!! We really enjoy living here so far. Eventually, we would like to get some rocking chairs for the front porch.

guinevere
The house was built in 1996 and I'm not sure who the builder is. It's probably in some of the paperwork from the closing so if I run across it I will let you know.

Well, I better get back to unpacking!! :p

Karen

[Anitsiva]

I am so envious of all the beautiful large homes posted. The funny thing is (or maybe not so funny), this is our 2nd home and in our neck of the woods this cost us a small fortune.. Not nearly as grand as those posted. The Victorian homes are so lovely. Maybe someday we can relocate south.

Here is our 1800 Sq Ft home in lovely NJ.

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http://pictures.gsmls.com/MediaDisplay/02/hr3137802-1.jpg[img]

[honeygirl]

We are closing next week on this house in AZ. It is a 2nd home (investment property) but we're thinking/planning on moving out there next year and renting out our current home instead.

It's a 3 bedroom 2 bath.

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1028/3/37/30/25/65/0/65253037308_0_ALB.jpg

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1028/3/37/30/5/36/0/36053037308_0_ALB.jpg

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1443/3/47/31/0/58/0/58003147308_0_ALB.jpg

[Phen]

here's our house back when we bought it in 2002. I am dying laughing because those bushes in the front have grown a ton!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d625b3127cce936e7328829d00000016108AaOW7Zs4ZMk

We turned the garage into a playroom/family room -- DH replaced the garage door with a wall with two windows.

~ Phen

[MrsBrownie]

There are some incredibly beautiful houses owned by CC girls.

I have some pictures of my house, but want to get some updated ones with grass and the gardens done before posting, hopefully that will help with the lack of size. But I will definitely get some posted.

I also love seeing the different styles throughout the country, so interesting to look at.

[char473]

Ya'll have some beautiful houses ladies!! Here is ours. We built it about 2 years ago.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4dc02b3127cce9c4f602634e600000016108IaNmjNm5aM

[Deanna1018]

Jasongal...you are living in my dream home. I am soooooo jealous.!!!!!

[chefker]

I have really enjoyed looking at everyone's beautiful homes in this thread!!

OK...here's our home. I may win a prize for having the oldest house here. :) It's a circa 1820 colonial, we live in CT.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d730b3127cce9fb9f3815b3c00000016108AZtWbNk0ctO

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d730b3127cce9fb9f38f5b3200000016108AZtWbNk0ctO

And, my favorite part, the POOL. (Does not look this clean right now, believe me!)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d806b3127cce9fb9f302576400000026108AZtWbNk0ctO

[cocoa_femme]

chefker, I love your house!

[HeatherFL]

chefker That house is just BEAUTIFUL!

~H.

[chefker]

Thanks, cocoa_femme and HeatherFL !

We have a little bit of work to do on it, but just cosmetic stuff.

It was hard going from a condo to a house--that much more space to clean! There are many days I wish we had a maid. :)

[MarriedaGoalie]

Oh, wow, char473, your house is absolutely gorgeous! I'm jealous! :)

[BsstGrl]

Here's our first FL house that we just bought this spring (April actually):

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dd31b3127cce90ff193f0f7000000046108IZsWjJsybQ

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d802b3127cce92217736637600000026108IZsWjJsybQ

We are planning to take out all those bushes in the front of the house and plant more tropical plants/flowers that don't block the whole house. Those windows in the front go all the way to the ground and you can't see them! But overall we love our house!

[Elenna]

Here's our little home. We bought it right after Thanksgiving last year. It was built in 1938.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc02b3127cce9d97f869606400000016108AbtnLNyzctU

This picture was taken X-mas eve after our first snow. Also, this was before I bought any curtains.

[kam]

Here's our new home, sans landscaping. I love the lot it's on. We just closed less than two weeks ago and we love it!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/nala2051/frontland2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/nala2051/frontofhouse.jpg

[honeygirl]

So pretty Kam, and what a great lot! Are you moved in?

[MarriedaGoalie]

Wow, kam, that's an absolutely beautiful home on an even better lot!! Congratulations on the closing!! :D

[kam]

Thanks honeygirl and Tosha! It's so nice falling to sleep with sounds of the trees, crickets and such (and they'll always be there because the trees are ours).

So pretty Kam, and what a great lot! Are you moved in?

If you consider half our stuff in the garage as we try to live out of boxes until we can unpack it all, yes! ;)

[ajb524]

Officially our's last week :D
http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A%3B58%3B23232%7Ffp7%3Enu%3D3238%3E49%3A%3E79 4%3EWSNRCG%3D3232%3C2%3A66%3B42%3Bnu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A%3B58%3B23232%7Ffp47%3Dot%3E2329%3D58%3B%3D8 85%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A45494248ot1lsi


Kam- I know what you mean about all the boxes being in the garage. It's so aggrevating knowing something I'm looking for is in a box, but I have no idea which one ;)

[honeygirl]

If you consider half our stuff in the garage as we try to live out of boxes until we can unpack it all, yes! ;)

Yup, that counts! Make sure to come back and post pictures when your landscaping is done (next spring?).

[char473]

Marriedagoalie: Thank you so much:) It has been awhile since I have read this thread! Everyone has such amazing houses:)

[PilotsWife]

Here is the front of our townhouse - we moved in the end of June 2005, its small, but we really like it!

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3B6%3A9923232%7Ffp47%3Dot%3E2323%3D%3B89%3D894 %3D3232%3B897%3A3%3C8%3Bnu0mrj

Here is the view from our deck off of the kitchen:

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3B6%3A9923232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E232%3A%3D%3B66%3D% 3A96%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A9845735%3Bot1lsi

[Elenna]

PilotsWife: Wow! You have a beautiful view.

[PilotsWife]

Elenna - thank you! The community was built on the site of an old rock quarry that was shut down because they hit the water table. That lake is 60 feet deep!!

[Asha]

that view is wonderful. can you go swimming in it?

[kcgray]

everyone has such pretty homes..here is a picture of our house we purchased over the summer and moved in July 2. We are ready to finally start decorating and painting..fun..fun..fun.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5db26b3127cce91d596ad754a00000016108AZNmjVw3btS

[PilotsWife]

rebjc - no swimming (and no ice skating in the winter), but you can fish (they filled it with trout and other fish at the beginning of the summer) and use small, non-motorized boats.

[Asha]

pilotswife - well, canoeing or kayaking would be fun!! too bad about no swimming. i suppose its a liability issue.

[PilotsWife]

rebjc - yeah, I don't think the homeowner's association doesn't want to be held liable if someone should be hurt. I can't say that I blame them.

[JFlo]

I love looking at everyone's homes!

Here's ours. In mid-December, we'll be in it for a year.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df36b3127cce90585165bd7b00000016108AbMXDVk4ZtI

[lindybug]

Great thread!

Here is our house, where we've lived the past 2 years. It's my first, DH's third.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/lindybug/47b5dd35b3127cce90faf1924d3400000016108AcNXLhw3YtK .jpg

We love it!

[MarriedaGoalie]

WOW, lindybug, I love your house!!!

[jessied1025]

Here is ours...it will be 2 years in November that we built it and move in. We love our home! This picture is when we first moved in...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/jessied1025/misc/5.jpg

Here are a couple of it now with a finished deck/patio and some landscaping (please don't mind the dead grass...we had a hot and dry summer, plus we have a dog)...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/jessied1025/patio%20-%20landscaping/103_0345.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/jessied1025/patio%20-%20landscaping/103_0348.jpg

[DallasLady]

everyone has such pretty homes..here is a picture of our house we purchased over the summer and moved in July 2. We are ready to finally start decorating and painting..fun..fun..fun.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5db26b3127cce91d596ad754a00000016108AZNmjVw3btS

Is your house in Providence? DH and I came very close to having a house built up there ourselves.

[QPDoll]

http://tinaandtravis.com/House/images/01.%20front%20of%20house%20-%20early%20summer.jpg

[sandt8704]

Gawd...I need to move out of the Bay Area

[screetch]

Here's our house that we closed on last month.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/goose_fraba/2504723.jpg

[luvnu43]

http://www.redata.com/100021/SHOREW/stills/778214ax.jpg

Here is ours. We move in on Saturday! I can't wait to tackle those bushes and get some new paint on the place!

I wish we lived in some of the other areas posted. Looks like you can get a lot more for the $$. Oh well, for a first home I think we did really well!

[kam]

Got sod in two weeks ago :) Now all we need are the trees they dug up to be replanted. The sun is shining on the house so it looks a bit off.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/nala2051/grass.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/nala2051/grass2.jpg

[Star_Galaxy]

I don't have a photo of a home to share, yet! :)

But, I just wanted to say how gorgeous all your homes are! The homes in Australia are just so much different, and don't have anywhere near the amount of character as homes I've seen in the US.

Megan :)

[Lil' Peach]

http://tinaandtravis.com/House/images/01.%20front%20of%20house%20-%20early%20summer.jpg

This has to be the cutest house I've ever seen. I LOVE IT!!!

[craftgenius]

Here is mine...

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df38b3127cce9e97228c6b1800000016108AZuGTdi5bNL

[EmilyBronte]

Here's ours... it's currently on the market. I've lived here since DH and I got married in June '04, but DH has lived here since 1996:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/jfksmom/825126_0.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/jfksmom/825126_1.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/jfksmom/825126_2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/jfksmom/825126_4.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/jfksmom/825126_6.jpg

[mgrace]

Here's ours... it's currently on the market.
Your house is gorgeous!

[craftgenius]

Emilybronte, your home is beautiful ! Are you guys building something new?

[EmilyBronte]

Emilybronte, your home is beautiful ! Are you guys building something new?

No, my DH is getting ready to start grad school in a new town, so we are moving for that. :(

[QueenDillyDally]

OHHH MY, I have house envy bad!!! Everyone's homes are beautiful!

Here is our home we purchased this summer - first house we've owned...
4 bedroom & 2 1/2 baths on 2 acres of land

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/shicks72/LIFE/fall.jpg

[2 Crazy Pugs]

Shicks72- where in Maine are you? I live in Maine also....

[QueenDillyDally]

2 Crazy Pugs - we live up near Freeport - small town called Durham

[eb23sheree]

Here is ours... we just moved in a month ago :-) It's always been our dream to live in the country and now we have 10 acres :D Now we're just looking forward to spring so we can have some grass!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5cf28b3127cce9502cb92776a00000016108Cat2rVy1Zy

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5cf28b3127cce9502cb86777e00000016108Cat2rVy1Zy

[MrsD108]

Total House Envy. Jasongal, you have my dream home with that porch.

[Vorian's_Leronica]

Everyone has such beautiful homes, I love looking through this thread. (except for the pic of my dinky little house)

[MLA]

Great thread!

Here is our house, where we've lived the past 2 years. It's my first, DH's third.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/lindybug/47b5dd35b3127cce90faf1924d3400000016108AcNXLhw3YtK .jpg

We love it!


I LOVE your house!

[Amy_6405]

Here is our home! We just moved in last week :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v149/amhall01/fronthouse.jpg

[MarriedaGoalie]

Great thread!

Here is our house, where we've lived the past 2 years. It's my first, DH's third.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/lindybug/47b5dd35b3127cce90faf1924d3400000016108AcNXLhw3YtK .jpg

We love it!

Your house is absolutely perfect!! I love it!! :)

[jasonsgal]

Total House Envy. Jasongal, you have my dream home with that porch.

Thank you so much!!!!

[BonBon06-11-05]

Here's ours....we close on the 28th. The yard is HUGE. It's the size of 3 city lots combined.

http://homepics.realtor.com/image6/http/northeastwi/listings/large/063/10512161a.jpg

[TazLuv]

Here is our first house, we moved back to the midwest from a small bay area cottage. At first we didn't know what to do with 1800 sq. ft., now we don't think we have enough, oh well! ;)

http://images.snapfish.com/345877598%7Ffp337%3Enu%3D3233%3E434%3E73%3A%3EWSNR CG%3D32333%3A%3C636869nu0mrj

[Asha]

tazluv - i love the lines of your home!! the colors are great too.

here is our "modest" home. though, here in nyc it is considered big. :p

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5cc06b3127cce9671f01a742400000025128AaNGLVk1cNP

[MarriedaGoalie]

Wow, that is beautiful, Rebekah! :D

[Asha]

are you serious, marriedagoalie?! if so, thank you.

hmm...i don't really consider my home beautiful, but i am happy to have a home and in ny, you can't get everything you want in a home unless you have an unlimited budget.

[Jenyfer9]

Here's my 1940's Georgian that we moved into last May. This picture was taken last spring (it was actually the pic taken by the former owners for their realtor).
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5da36b3127cce91172016b07b00000026108AZMWjlk2bM8

[MarriedaGoalie]

Yes, Rebekah, I was serious! We don't see houses like that around here. It is cool!

Jenyfer9, also a very cool looking house. You don't see many of those! I think they are neat!

[Jenyfer9]

Oh my gosh, my house is a dime a dozen around here!

[Asha]

marriedagoalie - thanks! oh, i see you are in ok. are there are a lot of ranch style homes there? i would love a ranch style home bc you don't have to run up and down stairs. well, if you ever move to nyc there is a whole slew of houses like mine in my neighborhood!!

[AirForceLove]

Here is a picture of our first house. We moved in this past February. When this was taken it was the first time that we had seen the yard becuase of all the snow! You can't see it but there is a HUGE backyard, a 2 1/2 car garage that is detached behind the house, and shed for the lawn stuff. The deck is my favorite part!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5cc11b3127cce966eb485d66500000016102AYs3DFk5cMc

[Sin Nombre]

Here's my little Cape Cod in suburban New Jersey. We knew it was "home" the minute we first saw it. It looked like a doll's house to me! Perfect size for two...

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3cf26b3127cce9fb27b95d5a300000016108QauGrlu0Z0

[vwinkel]

Here's our first house:

http://images.snapfish.com/34596%3A93%3B%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3A%3D454%3D973%3DX ROQDF%3E23237888%3B5957ot1lsi

[MarriedaGoalie]

Aww, that one is super cute!

[vwinkel]

Thanks!

[Ade]

Here's our house.
http://www.imrmls.com/images/A/A400521.jpg

We've been here 2 years this March. The photos are from its listing, so have the previous owners touches, like the flag and statuary everywhere.

[MarriedaGoalie]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your house is UNBELIEVABLE!!! :)

[Ade]

:o Thanks Tosha! We love our house. The inside needed a lot of updating (it was really stuck in the 80s), but after almost a year, it's pretty much exactly what we wanted. Now, we just need to tackle the yard!

We got pretty lucky. Even though we paid what we feel like was an arm, a leg and 2 ribs, due to California's crazy real estate market, it's already increase almost a third in value. However, I think the market will crash before we ever decide to sell. Oh well :rolleyes:

The funny thing is, I was getting major house envy looking through all of these pages. I LOVE the Victorians and am so jealous of everyone that built their own house. There were so many times during our remodel that I was just so absolutely dumbfounded by the BAD decisions previous owners made. Would have been very cool to have everything done the way we wanted right from the start, and not have to spend months stripping horse wallpaper :rolleyes:

[October2002Bride]

Here is mine!





http://hudson.idx.prurandrealty.com/listings/077G/000/000383/000383079.jpg








Ok in my fantasy life. Who knows someday!:)

[MarriedaGoalie]

It is funny 'cuz the grass is always greener on the other side, you know? I mean, no matter how beautiful of a house you have, you always want someone else's house! hehe It's like that with anything in life, though! :)

[scubasam]

Here's ours. We built it and have been in it for 3 1/2 yrs - the pic is from when we first moved in. We're actually itching for something new, believe it or not. :rolleyes: :D

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b2d738b3127cce98d37e007b6c00000016108ActGjVk5aM8

[bellezzadolce]

http://hudson.idx.prurandrealty.com/listings/077G/000/000383/000383079.jpg


This is the cutest house I've ever seen.

[amom]

Oh, this is my favorite thread ever!

And houses in other parts of the country are so much more interesting than where I live!

[cindylou]

Here's our one of a kind house. The original owner was a single man and an architect and designed it to make himself happy, not really thinking about how it might work for other families later on... We've been here since 9/2001.

http://static.flickr.com/40/86004542_68c8b69813.jpg?v=0

[Etoile]

cindylou--your house is cool!!

[MarriedaGoalie]

scubasam: Your house rocks!!

cindylou: Love the style of your house!

[scubasam]

Thanks marriedagoalie! Yah, we like it. ;)

[Asha]

scub - very cool house. i am sure it is built very well considering he designed it for himself.

[akacharlotte]

The plan is to paint the brick this spring.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df34b3127cce96f0c56ae6df00000016101AZNGzNm3Ysb

We have a lot of plans for this house because if we bring little ones into the picture we will immediately outgrow this house.

[udsweetpea]

Can I share my brand new apartment?

This is my building.. I'm on the bottom floor on the left.
http://images.snapfish.com/345%3A5926%3B%7Ffp338%3Enu%3D3243%3E378%3E859%3EWS NRCG%3D323338%3A6%3B53%3A%3Cnu0mrj

[Asha]

those apts look nice. much better than most apts here in nyc.

[udsweetpea]

Thanks! But I'd much rather live in NYC ;)

[Asha]

udsweetpea - i'll trade you right now bc it is bitterly cold here and the wind is howling.

[suzubeane]

The plan is to paint the brick this spring.OT, but I would encourage you to reconsider painting brick, especially if you think that you'll be moving once you outgrow the house. Besides re-pointing, brick is maintenance-free. One of it's selling points is that it doesn't need painting. Unless, of course, you paint it. Then you're committed to painting forever.

[Etoile]

Finally I get to post! We closed yesterday!
http://media1.iresis.com/media/fetch.do?Media_ID=1281487&Zoom=1

[Chylynn]

Here is our house when we purchased it a year and a half ago:

http://images.snapfish.com/345%3A%3B3697%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E2323%3D64%3B%3D%3C69%3 D323264%3B%3B78928nu0mrj

And here it is after we had it painted this past Saturday:

http://images.snapfish.com/345%3A%3B36%3B%3A%7Ffp338%3Enu%3D3237%3E%3A8%3A%3E 6%3C4%3EWSNRCG%3D32334867467%3A%3Bnu0mrj

It doesn't look like the same house! It is amazing what a little paint will do to a house.

[MarriedaGoalie]

Aww...... why did you get rid of the pink?! I liked it!!! :D

[Chylynn]

OMG, we almost did not buy the hosue because of the exterior color! It was supposed to be the first thing we were going to do to the house, but then I got PG and we decided to wait. As soon as 2006 hit, we budgeted a paint job to get rid of it! The original owners were gay and everything in the house was pink also...no thanks!

[akacharlotte]

OT, but I would encourage you to reconsider painting brick, especially if you think that you'll be moving once you outgrow the house. Besides re-pointing, brick is maintenance-free. One of it's selling points is that it doesn't need painting. Unless, of course, you paint it. Then you're committed to painting forever.

He is deadset on painting. Many of the homes in our neighborhood are painted brick. I have no idea why so many of the homes have done so but they have. He hates the red so much. :rolleyes: The paint hasn't been bought yet so we will see. Thanks though! I appreciate your input. :)

[lnicole35]

Chylynn I love your home! I have been trying to talk my DH into moving to Florida but to no avail!:rolleyes:

[GoldEyes]

Here is our first home, which is located in a suburb of Columbus, OH. We are in contract on it now, and we plan on closing on it on Feb 22nd!

Dont mind that it's so plain. (I stole this from the realtors website) It has been empty since July, and it just needs some TLC outside!

http://myspace-086.vo.llnwd.net/00449/68/09/449119086_l.jpg

[Chylynn]

GoldEyes -Cute house! Good luck with your closing next month.

lnicole35 -We should switch homes...I have been trying to get my hubby to move to Georgia or South Carolina...but he wants to stay put.

[dollface]

I am having serious house envy - especially of all the East coast houses.

Here is the one we live in...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/makeupwhore/Halloween%2005/Fall007.jpg

Part of the back yard...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/makeupwhore/Halloween%2005/c2c47ab2.jpg

[allison]

Our home:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df05b3127cce9740ddfe77fc00000016108Abt27hw0ZtH

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df05b3127cce9740ddfbf6c900000016108Abt27hw0ZtH

The only picture I have of the back. Please excuse the mess in the backyard. This was post Hurricane Rita.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df05b3127cce9740ddf9f6cb00000016108Abt27hw0ZtH

[sarahh]

Allison...your home is just one more reason why DH and I need to get our of New England and move down to your neck of the woods!! It is breathtaking! Your home would go for well over $1,000,000 where I live!! Probably closer to $2,000,000!!!

And I'm sure I can speak for all of us when I say we can look beyond the "mess" in the back yard! ;) I'm just glad you didn't have any more damage!

[nettreefrog]

Allison, I agree with Sarahh --your home is beautiful... There is no chance of that in NYC though ;)

[Standrea]

Can't get close to anything like that in Upstate New York either :rolleyes: ..

I think it's time for a move...I'm bored with the snow...

[MarriedaGoalie]

allison: Not to pry, but what kind of price range would your house go for? Just curious!!

[cling_and_clatter]

Here's my little townhouse:
http://web.unbc.ca/~fremmers/photos/townhouse01.jpg
We've lived here just under a year - it was a real fixer-upper when we bought it. We're planning on moving into a "real" house this spring.

[lnicole35]

CHYLYNN- you are in luck ours just happens to be on the market! I can save it just for you!;)

[Hangin'in]

Here is mine... we moved in the week before Thanksgiving 2005. We have lot's of landscaping plans for the spring...

http://images.snapfish.com/345%3B4%3C83%3B%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D3233%3E286%3E755%3E 2324286846%3A%3C8ot1lsi

[SiValleySteph]

It's almost three years since we bought our house.

Here's the front of our house the day we moved in:
*picture no longer available
This is the back of the house:
*picture no longer available
We have more iron detail work on the back of the house now (like the front - this picture is when they were still finishing the place).

I, too, get some house envy when looking at other parts of the country. :p

[Sashi]

I hear ya SiValleySteph. My townhouse now goes for $465k on the east coast (suburbs of a major city which is not NY). Your house is beautiful!

As is everyone else's......................but I still ask FH if he wants to move to Kansas or something just so we can get more house for the $$.

[bnaseelen2]

Our house :)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d838b3127cce9bc1942a4abe00000016108AbuGzNo1cNL

Our view from our back porch

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d802b3127cce9bc1942ba64300000016108AbuGzNo1cNL

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d802b3127cce9bc19428277000000016108AbuGzNo1cNL

We love it here!! :)

I'm SOOO jealous. . .that is gorgeous! :)

[MLA]

Yay! I finally get to post here! We closed yesterday. :D
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df30b3127cce96dd417fa41f00000016108AcsmrNq2atn
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df30b3127cce96dd4175a41500000016108AcsmrNq2atn

[QueenDillyDally]

MLA - I LOVE it! Congrats on closing! :)

[MLA]

MLA - I LOVE it! Congrats on closing! :)

Thanks! We're really happy. :D:D:D

[mel7dog]

This is our first home, we bought it new last April. We are moving the end of March though :p due to the military. Our next house will be a little smaller and not so new, but I will be a SAHM, so it will be worth it.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5db10b3127cce92553fca4e2600000016108Aas3Dhi2Yt0

[SheRa]

Typical split-level home in Minnesota. In person, the garage does not overwhelm the house as much as it does in the picture! :) Anyway, MUCH better than I ever thought my first home would be! :)

http://images.snapfish.com/345%3C99%3A49%7Ffp4%3Enu%3D3238%3E893%3E955%3EWSNR CG%3D3232999855%3B4%3Anu0mrj

[bluejeanbaby]

Hi all!
I'm new here and I just want to say your homes are GORGEOUS!!! Here's our first home.... excuse the mess, we're in the middle of an addition and it still needs a lot of landscaping

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6dc36b3127cce97d6893b939900000016108AbNGzRw0Ztc

Not my dream house, but certainly not bad for a starter home. We're in the military so we're moving around a lot and hoping to make some money on this one.

ETA: I don't know why the siding and stairs look all weird... must be the camera

[kam]

Oooo MLA - LOVE your house! We're practically neighbors now! Congrats!