First I would like to introduce you to our Realtors. This is Lauretta and Fitz Sthreshley. They work with Keller Williams Realty in Hendersonville, NC. They were the Realtors I used to sell my current home as well as house hunt for my new home. I highly recommend them!!
On to the tour!! You can click on any picture to enlarge. Here is the front door. I love the transom windows. You will see them throughout the house.
When you walk in the front door, the stairway is straight ahead and leads you up to the second floor. We will go there some other day.
To the left of the stairway is the formal living room. I am changing all of the colors in the house. This one is a muddy olive brown.
To the right of the stairway is a matching room. This is the formal dining room. I can't believe they painted over the paneling around the bottom of the room. Both the dining room and formal living room have bay windows.
This is a picture taken looking into the kitchen eating area, with another bay window.
This is the family room. I love the built ins around the fireplace, but the TV opening is too small for our tv so we will have to reconfigure that.
Another shot of the family room.
Above the family room is a mezzanine. I am thinking of turning that into a library/reading nook.
The kitchen below. We are painting the kitchen cabinets and putting up a tile back splash. We will also change out the lights hanging over the breakfast bar. For some reason they put floor tile on the back side of the breakfast bar. We will remove that. The corbels that are under the bar at too small, so we will replace them too. I would love to find some vintage ones at a architectural salvage store.
Another shot of the kitchen. I am so excited that this house has natural gas to cook on. I have used electric for the last several years, but I LOVE cooking with gas.
It's hard to tell from the pictures, but the house is so filthy! The floors might need to be refinished, it is hard to tell until they are cleaned.
Well, that's it for today...come back tomorrow for more pictures!
Welcome Home,
Penny
41 comments:
Oh Penny, what a gorgeous gorgeous blank canvas for someone as talented as you are to decorate. It looks incredible already, but with your husbands gift and your decorating, I just can't wait to see what the two of you do with this. I love the family room. Cooking in the kitchen with a view of the family room is so wonderful when you have guests over. That dining room is lovely and the built-ins around that fireplace will certainly make for a cozy spot in the winter.
You deserve all the best, Penny. This morning when I woke up, I thought, Penny is going to show the inside of that house. This was so much fun!
Karen
Hi Penny
What a fabulous house! Love all the bay windows. You are going to have fun putting your personal stamp on it. Just like Karen said, it is a blank canvas just waiting for the artist's strokes to bring it alive. What great bones it has too. I am so happy for you!
Hugs, Rhondi
Penny, I am sooooo excited for you and your husband that you found a wonderful home!! From the shots you have shared, it is just amazing. Tons of light and beautiful open spaces. I can just see your Penny touches done here and there. Soooo happy for you!
xxo
becky
OH~~~ It's beautiful! I Love the waynes coating. Penny this house looks like you. I think it's so wonderful how you were so patient and then you found this amazing home.
Ginger
Hi Penny,
Love it!. I have the transom windows too and they do bring in the light. What a great open floor plan with lots of great molding. It is odd that the owners tiled under the counter, maybe for kick proofing the wall.I would change that too.How fun for you to have such a great home to decorate and make special with the "Penny Touch". Looking forward to seeing more. I just couldn't be more happy for you.
Enjoy your day,
Elizabeth
This house has great bones. It's beautiful and has so much potential. I can't see one thing that a little elbow grease and a few gallons of paint won't fix. I know it will be even more beautiful after you put your decorating touches on it. :)
Woo hoo! It's so pretty to start with and I can't wait to see your french country touches.
This house is wonderful and filled with loads of potential for decorating! The best thing is we get to go through it all with you, what fun! Keeping my fingers crossed that you don't find any nasty surprises in the inspection!
Oh my Penny,
This house is going to be gorgeous after you get finish with it, I can’t believe how huge
this house is…
I am so happy for you.
Talk about a dream home.
Louise
I didn't notice the dirty floors Penny, I was too busy taking in all the space and light! It will be fun seeing it all come together for you.
Dawn
Penny,
Thanks for posting the pictures of your new house - it's a beautiful big house and I can understand why you're excited! I can't wait to see how you decorate it and where your studio will be.
Debbie V.
Love this house! From the entry way to the kitchen, it's all gorgeous!
No wonder you love it! All of the light and space! Wow!
Hope all works out with the inspection and you can move in right away!
Hi Penny~~~LOVE your new house!
That family room is just beautiful! Can't wait to see what you do with this beautiful house!
Have fun!
Hugs,
Lynn♥
WOW Penny... it's really beautiful! I can't believe they painted over the moulding either... crazy people! I love the built ins around the fireplace... very nice!
Really a gorgeous home. I can't wait to see it all furnished too (hint hint) :)
Hi Penny! What a truly beautiful house! I think you'll do a wonderful job getting it all to look how you want it. :) It is beautiful though.
Blessings,
Sandra
Penny, I am so excited for you that I could just bust my buttons. This house is fantastic. Not only does it have great bones, but it has huge potential. I am so excited to be invited along for the ride.
I hope you got good news on the inspection.
I hope that you've heard by now and that the word is "Okay"!
Won't you have fun with those windows?!
It's beautiful! I know you'll enjoy decorating and giving it your own personality! Let me know how things progress!
Evening,Dear Penny! Oh, I hope the inspection on this house went well! It's beautiful! I'm so excited for you and you already have a vision of what you want to change! The house looks so beautiful and can't wait to see "the Penny touch" all over it!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
So much light! I really like it. Loved the tour and can't wait to see you transform it with all your talent!
Penny what a great home - so many beautiful features that once you have worked your magic on them they will be amazing
Alison
Penny, LOVE. THOSE. WINDOWS!
Hi Penny, I love your new home. I have always loved Bay windows. This is one of the few homes we built that didn't have one or more. You really can't tell that the house isn't clean. I'll take your word on it. The design is lovely and I can see why you like it so much. I'll be back to see more.
Hugs...Jeanne
What a lovely house - and I can't believe they painted over the paneling in that room either. :) It looks like a wonderful blank canvas for you to work with.
Hi Penny,
I haven't been by for awhile, but what a perfect day for a visit. This new house is AMAZING. I read all about the plans you have for it. It will be fun to see all the ideas materialize. : )
Congrats!
M.L.
You are going to have so much fun decorating this house. I actually like the paint color in the family room. But you are right, they must have had a dinky television. They probably put the tile up on the back of the counter by the bar stools so the kids didn't kick the wood.
Maybe you'll give us a tutorial on painting kitchen cupboards. I'd love to do mine but I am so chicken (and not talented with paint) to do it.
xo
WOW! It's beautiful Penny!!!! I'm dying to see more of it too! ☺ Diane
Hi Penny, We have been traveling without computer for a few days so the first thing I did this morning was visit your blog to see how the house hunting was going. What a surprise! Congratulations on finding such a beautiful house. I know you put your personal stamp on it. Am anxious to hear all of the details.
Hugs,
Penny
It is such a beautiful home Penny! And with your decorating it will be magnificent!!
Looks gorgeous and huge! I am jealous of all that wonderful space! Are you going to stick with your French country look in this house? I hope so!
That is absolutely gorgeous and doesn't look at all "filthy", sweetpea! But I DO understand. Oh, how I would love fixing that one up to my style. Love the wood floors especially.
xoxo,
Connie
Your right I guess it would be hard to tell from the photos that the house is filthy. Because from here it doesn't look like that at all. My God Penny the house looks fabulous with all the space and with all those great windows, especially the bay windows. I could go on and on about all the things I love about this house. I'm so looking forward in what your going to do with it concerning the decorations. I am so happy for you and I know your going to have fun. This is like watching house hunters which I enjoy very much.
Take Care
Wow! That is an absolutely fabulous home! It's gorgeous. I can imagine you will make it even more lovely with your special touch. That is the sort of home I would love to own one day.
The windows..... the doors..... all the wood floors...... I think it is amazing and when you are done and all your roosters and toile it will be magnificent......
HUgs
Linda
Beautiful home! You will have so much fun making it your own!
Looks like you've found a beautiful new home Penny. It has gorgeous trim work. We had to add pretty trim to all of our rooms and it makes such a difference.
I too love gas, but only on the top. I prefer an electric oven, mainly because it broils so much better. Are you keeping the red walls? I like them. It looks in remarkable shape for a foreclosure.
Sam
I have so enjoyed your tour in thes eposts Penny! It is a huge house and one in which you will do incredible magic I know!
It has so many wonderful features and I can imagine what you will doing to create this space into Penny's perfect home!
What a relief to have this part of the process over and now I know you are excited to get started on decirating and fluffing and puttering and just having fun!
Love,
Sue
Penny,
I love the new house. I can already begin to see your influence on what will change. It's huge too.
Let me know when you have your garage sale with directions. I would try to drive up for the day. I would also be glad to help you with anything I can.
Hugs,
Gretchen
I'm so excited for you Penny! It's a new house with an old farmhouse feel!
Hugs,
Cathie
VERY beautiful!
Amazing!
Missed the house tour earlier, so I'm catching myself up this evening. Enjoying every minute of the tour. Off to part deux. ~ Sarah
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