For Sale--it needed LOTS of work, but was in an up and coming location and had a large side yard where a garage could be built after we took care of the biggest problems inside the house.
Original surveyor's map from 1907.
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When we bought the house we had a large yard which eventually became the site of our prized garage.
Home Sweet Home
Purple doors with silver highlights
Amazing transom window made by Ken, Bill, Dan and Dennis.
Art generously painted the entire house Linen White before I moved in.
A few years ago I bought this beautiful cherry dining room furniture.
Lunch before seeing Meghan in Annie at the Golden Gate Theater.
I'm a new convert to faux trees--always the perfect shape and no needles to vacuum.
Christmas season is my favorite time of year
I love my collection of smokers from Germany and Switzerland
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I bought this lovely choir schwiboggen in Rothenburg
The original kitchen is now the door into the guest room.
Before: Exposed water heater, huge exhaust pipe, rolling bar cart
After: Cherry cabinets with granite counters
Before: Metro storage rack with plywood counter
After: Cherry cabinets and granite counter
The window became the door and the porch door was removed to make room for the counter and cabinets.
The door that used to be a window
You could see the dirt under the house
Cheery pink and black bathroom with peel n' stick flooring
After: Beautiful Parisian bathroom with marble floor
Venetian mirror and console sink
Shiny new clawfoot tub
Diane and her husband, Peter, were invaluable in making my new home liveable.
The living room was in terrible condition
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The chair in front of the mantle was my first upholstery job.
I'm very happy with the deep teal.  The city prints and the crazy quilt all look great.
I like the colorful living room--the deep teal and red don't overwhelm at all because of all the white and the windows.  I'm still loving my Sputnik ceiling fixture.
Original living room floor had an oak pattern painted on the douglas fir. Over the years the pattern started flaking off.
Sanding the living room and entry floors was my biggest DIY project.  I rented a very heavy sander from Home Depot and took a few days off work to get it done.  I then put three coats of stained polyurethane to protect my work.  It st
I liked the window frame so I kept it after the renovation.
The oak floor in my bedroom is gorgeous.
A special favorite photo is the crown chandelier in Prague
The bathroom walls are almost covered with photos.
The guest room now has a deeper shade of yellow and a gorgeous solid hardwood floor.
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The guest room is such a huge improvement over the porch whose walls flapped in a breeze.  The floor is gorgeous and the room is a welcoming sanctuary.
This used to be the yard--quite an improvement!
The drawers and cabinets hold all my craft supplies and photos
It feels like a treehouse when I'm sitting in the window seat.
Comfy reading chair in the den
I used some of my inheritance from Mom to get the fireplace she always said I needed and she was right!
I also used some of the inheritance for a new bathroom vanity with marble.
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