“So near, but yet so far.” It’s a perfect analogy for this week’s house…not to mention my whole housing dilemma. Hundreds of gorgeous homes all around me, yet they are all out of my reach. Sigh. Anyhow, just a skip away down Zimpel, I found this beautiful Victorian for sale […]
House of the week: 21st Century Shotgun on Andry Street
History is one of the most prominent deciding factors when I dream about buying a home. I want a house that’s felt the gamut of human experiences, absorbed it into its walls and soaked it into the hardwood floors. I want a house that’s been loved, hated, mistreated and loved […]
House of the week: Victorian on Broadway
It seems like every time I turn around in this town, I fall in love. Yep, I found another dream house. Located Uptown on Broadway Street, this colorfully painted Victorian is not only an eye-catcher with great “sidewalk appeal,” it’s practically a steal. Over 1,300 square feet of living space, […]
House of the week: Victorian double on Annunciation
Location, location, location…it is one of the key stipulations when it comes to buying a house. While most of the homes I have posted have been in what I believe are wonderful locales, there are occasions when I wish I could pick the house up and plop it down in […]
House of the week: Camelback on 2nd Street
Sorry for the slack, but I am back with a new “house of the week” to wow you and make me cry in the corner like a chastened little girl. This week’s stunner is located in one of my favorite neighborhoods, the Garden District. Right off Magazine on 2nd Street […]
House of the week: Victorian side-hall on Carondolet
I’ve been feeling a little too extravagant with my house of the week posts lately, so I decided to dial it down a notch this week and look for something more in my price range and something miraculous happened. I fell in love… While ho-humming my way through some seriously […]
House of the week: Palace on Third
From totally epic to just so-so, I’m pretty sure I could live in any of the dream houses I’ve posted so far. Then I saw this listing… Amidst an entire neighborhood of historic properties lies the Robinson House. It was built by Irish-born architect Henry Howard in the mid-19th century […]
House of the week: Victorian on Coliseum Street
How perfect is this house for me? Let me count the ways! First, it is a classic New Orleans Victorian built back in the early 1900’s. Second, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a cute little shed in the back that would make a perfect workshop for John or […]
House of the week: Camelback cottage on Delachaise
Although I love looking at huge houses with 5+ bedrooms, gargantuan dining rooms and mammoth kitchens, in truth I really don’t need a whole lot of space. Naturally if I bought a house I would like at least one extra bedroom for guests, but otherwise I am perfectly happy with […]
House of the week: Creole cottage on Barracks Street
When you live in the Bay Area, finding enclosed dog parks is as easy as meeting blonde girls who say “hella” and dirty vagrants on Haight Street selling bunk acid from their left shoe. The suburbs are literally rife with pre-fab, astro-turfed dog “havens” where anal owners strictly patrol and […]
Deference to the divine: Carrollton United Methodist Church
In the 900 block of S. Carrollton Avenue, among some of the finer mansions on the street, sits the Carrollton United Methodist Church. It’s a gorgeous brick and stucco structure with a round, stained glass window hovering above a pillared entryway, and to be perfectly honest, I would have never […]
House of the week: Horrendous tile!
As I was looking through house listings today for my weekly post, I couldn’t help but come across a common feature in a lot of “remodeled” homes. Abhorrent tile! Now don’t get the wrong idea, I think tile is a perfectly serviceable flooring in kitchens, bathrooms and even the odd […]