Showing posts with label real estate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label real estate. Show all posts

house hunting?

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Anyone house hunting in the New Year? Happy 2015, by the way! My husband, who has a knack for coming up with some elaborate ideas, found this Ohio Richardsonian Romanesque looking for a new home.


That's right, the house is ready to move to the lot of your choice. It has some really lovely details inside. The video tour, below, really captures the woodwork and stained glass.


There aren't many great photos but here are a few.






Poveglia

Thursday, April 17, 2014

In the market for a haunted retreat? This is a unique building with a slightly horrifying past but beautiful all the same.



"Poveglia served as a checkpoint for ships going to Venice. After a pair of ships carrying plague victims arrived in 1793, the island was sealed off and turned into a quarantine zone for people with infectious diseases, a role it served for over a century. It goes without saying that many of these people died on the island during this time, leading to the widespread belief that Poveglia is haunted. It didn't help when the place was converted into a hospital for the mentally ill in 1922. "

More here.

buy this house

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Whenever I'm feeling a little homesick for the U.S., I pick a state and start window shopping their real estate ads. I know, strange. But the other day I found this gorgeous lake house built in the 1880's and just a short drive from Chicago in Wisconsin. I'm smitten with the enclosed wrap around porch and original woodwork. So take a peek:













It comes replete with the original boathouse and gazebo. It even has a bowling alley!



Naturally there is some restoration and updating I would consider but I hope whomever decides to call this home keeps all the charming details and woodwork.

live here

Friday, May 18, 2012

I've been so admiring this room from a current real estate listing in Charleston, SC. Actually, I adore all the rooms so I highly suggest checking out the swoon-worthy listing.  images from Daniel Ravenel