This Old House
Apr. 17th, 2020 10:30 amFor ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cmcmck, a better view of the stained-glass window in our dining room:
These seem to be one of those aesthetic items included in houses from a certain time and place. As I've written about previously, our current rental place, Grandma House, is a craftsman that's in amazing shape, overall, and the blueprints are still here in the house! All of the time I've been spending in the dining room on videoconference has made me a little embarrassed about the insane shiny and flowery wallpaper, but it is what it is.
If we owned the place, S and I would probably make a half-dozen changes right off the bat, especially to the yard (fruit trees! More gardens!). But I would also be a tad reluctant to own a house like this because it needs the wiring updated, probably needs a ton of asbestos abatement, and we both want to know and don't want to know where it falls in terms of radon levels. Still, it's nice as an expensive rental house.
All told, the Lincoln apartment was still my favorite space I've ever lived in, aside from its deferred-maintenance issues. The same wonderful historic feeling without some of the strange design elements of early craftsman attempts (see especially: this house's ridiculous cramped bathroom).
cmcmck, a better view of the stained-glass window in our dining room:These seem to be one of those aesthetic items included in houses from a certain time and place. As I've written about previously, our current rental place, Grandma House, is a craftsman that's in amazing shape, overall, and the blueprints are still here in the house! All of the time I've been spending in the dining room on videoconference has made me a little embarrassed about the insane shiny and flowery wallpaper, but it is what it is.
If we owned the place, S and I would probably make a half-dozen changes right off the bat, especially to the yard (fruit trees! More gardens!). But I would also be a tad reluctant to own a house like this because it needs the wiring updated, probably needs a ton of asbestos abatement, and we both want to know and don't want to know where it falls in terms of radon levels. Still, it's nice as an expensive rental house.
All told, the Lincoln apartment was still my favorite space I've ever lived in, aside from its deferred-maintenance issues. The same wonderful historic feeling without some of the strange design elements of early craftsman attempts (see especially: this house's ridiculous cramped bathroom).
