Adventures in MAN, I. LOVE. HOMES.

If I had a job right now, and was not a student steeped in debt.. (public school debt) I would be attending the auction for this house. A very cute Craftsman Bungalow in the Highland Park area.

Redfin Link
Auction starting at $100,000

It's a super cute 2 bed 2 bath house that's been updated and decorated by pros.  It's a small but respectable 1,091 sq ft building sitting on 5,600 sg ft lot.  And I enjoy the coloring. 

I think the light purple works.  I love the dark blue trim and the yellow door.  The brick porch could be original, or placed to be reminiscent of the era it was built (circa: 1916).

PORCH!

The yard is supposed to be very large.

Kitchen

The continuous counter top to the floor is very in right now.


Wooden counter tops over here, and that country stye porcelain sink.  I used to know what they were called.


Nice amount of windows, which allow lots of light into the open floor plan.




Nice splash of color! Perhaps not everyone's favorite, but easily painted over.


I wonder if that shower is meant to not have a curtain.


This bedroom opens to the porch!
I do wish the windows were bigger..


Bathroom for that bedroom.




2nd bedroom


It looks like this one looks out to the front of the property.


Little table area in a corner of the yard.


Proof of the larger backyard.

Wall Art Finished!

Finally, after a few months of the project just sitting on the floor my comic inspired wall art is finished and hanging.

 All the work up there took a while to get used to.  I first hug BAM and felt like it was way to much color. So it took a while to get the rest of them up there.

And I love the Kablam!!  It's a call back to my child hood.  the show Kablam was a great way to spend some time laughing.

Future Project: Magnetic Station

My galley kitchen sticks out into part of my living area. The back of the hanging cabinets are pretty bland.   painted it to match the walls and everything just feels super boring. As you can see, I've been drawing on post it notes and sticking them up there, but it's not really helping.

I would love to cover them in sheet metal or cork board.  It would be a great place to tack notes, hang thoughts about school, or even put pictures up! It would make my small living space so much nicer. 

In my endevors to get cork or steel sheeting, I've learned that it is very expensive.  To cover the 2' x 9' expanse with either of the materials it will cost upwards of $80, which blows my mind. So the project got temporarily put on hold due to lack of funds. 

What I needed was some brainstorming.

I need a new way to make my magnetic dreams come true!! 

Then it hit me.  Thrift stores, Good Wills, and Salvation Armys always tend to have lots and lots of cookie sheets and interesting trays.  Maybe I'll start collecting them until I have enough to piece together a message center with interesting metal trays!! 

Sounds like a plan to me. More updates on this adventure as I begin my collecting.  Unless I find some super cheep cork or metal sheets before then.

Wall Decor and Toys

Work has continued on my wall decorations.

I'm excited to see them on my walls, but it looks like they're going to take much more time than previously thought. 

That Lego set is called "Forest Police Pursuit"  which made me laugh.  It's the most interesting leg set I've seen since the garage set I always wanted as a kid.  In one of the pictures, a bear has the bad guy caught up a tree.