Dwellings you LOVE

[Crankin]

That view is awesome, Shooting Star. It reminds me of the views I see when I watch HGTV, International. I am addicted to that show. I've actually learned a lot about the cultures of different places while watching a show about buying homes in different countries!

[emily_in_nc]

That view is awesome, Shooting Star. It reminds me of the views I see when I watch HGTV, International. I am addicted to that show. I've actually learned a lot about the cultures of different places while watching a show about buying homes in different countries!

Me too! Love that show. It actually first turned us onto Belize, and I've enjoyed learning about other places in the world. Some have been incredibly exotic to me, like Dubai, Singapore, and the like. It's fun to decide which one I would pick if I were choosing.

[Reesha]

I like my current house... for $85K I cannot complain!!! Yesterday I just closed up the sunroom for the winter and moved the furniture into the main living room with the fireplace. It's such a cozy house with pretty architectural details, but it has all the inefficiencies of a 1925 home. Tiny rooms, many without much utilitarian purpose. I have learned a lot from this first homebuying experience though and know exactly what we will look for when we build our next.

My friend's dog getting presumptuous in the sunroom:


The 'main' living room on one side:


But man, I have the crappiest kitchen ever. When I first bought, I figured I'd use the $8,000 tax credit to improve it, but then I needed more practical stuff like a washer and dryer. Now we're going to rip out a wall and do it right once my student loans are paid off

[shootingstar]

Reesha your living room looks same as that of a sister of mine in Toronto. It's a nice elegant living rm.

Most interesting that I have learned when living in: Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary:

Toronto: I love the red brick homes. There actually was a local brickmaking factory that produced bricks. I plan to blog about it...since it's turned into an environmental educational centre.

Bricks are used heavily in southern Ontario. The old fieldstone homes are lovely too.

Southern Ontario for heritage homes might have more gingerbread trim. Not Vancouver nor Calgary. Forget it.

Vancouver: But Vancouver does not have much brick homes compared to southern Ontario. Nor stone homes. It's not really found stuff in natural local environment.

I've noticed that the milder climate there means, more steps are used in creative ways, wood, more balconies, etc.

Calgary: Does not offer brick homes (in the heritage sense). frankly this prairie town had lousy architecture historically, for homes. Just ugly and plain/flat. Of course new homes, are more standard look that you would find anywhere in Canada.

[goldfinch]

I miss my old home:



I used to love to sit in this sunporch and read and watch the bird feeders.

This is a picture of the livingroom I took the day we moved out after selling the place:

[emily_in_nc]

Wow, Goldfinch, what an elegant home! What beautiful wood moldings. I'm in awe...