nothing seems to be happening this week as well as I don’t offer with the reno stall extremely well. Kimberley (one of our H&H editors as well as a fellow blogger) motivated me to celebrate the stall as well as dream a bit about something not basement-reno related. as well as right here it is:
This home is my latest obsession. I have been driving past it for many years as I take old highway 3 back to Toronto from my parents’ house. Every trip it looks worse however I like it nonetheless. I lastly took some pics as well as showed one of our professional photographers (who I had introduced to the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens. The exact same home that has been so in the news lately since of the HBO biopic about huge Edie as well as bit Edie Bouvier Beale, starring Drew Barrymore as well as Jessica Lang). His response: “You’ve got your own Grey gardens here.”
Check out The new York Times pictures of the genuine “Grey Gardens” as well as you decide:
You can see the interior shots here. thing is, I wouldn’t bring back it to its former glory, however do an updated or contemporary country look.
My favourite country home ever is by interior designer Darryl Carter and was published in Elle Decor. Take a look at this beauty. If this isn’t inspiring, I don’t understand what is:
Granted, the reno task on this would be almost impossible as well as definitely more daunting than the bit basement reno I am so currently frustrated by. however dreaming is necessary, particularly when your life is covered in drywall dust.
Photo credits:
1. Meg Crossley
2. The new York Times trick Gardener slide show, photography by Sally Quinn
3-5. Darryl Carter country house, photography by Simon Upton, published in Elle Decor