update: so we spent Sunday there, hanging out and meeting neighbors and we decided...to go for it! hehehehe, exciting, so maybe this blog will have a remodeling section?? Hmmm, sounds good.So I have been looking for a home in Atlanta since we moved here...or rather since we decided to stay here
after we moved here (it was a tough choice, but we love our families.) We have fallen in love with a little neighborhood called
Kirkwood... although it blends into
East Lake and
Oakhurst rather
atlanta srawl-rilly. And, since our economy is taking a crap break...we are no longer priced out of this groovy little spot.

Anwywho, I am in love with a feisty little brick cottage from the early 20's, and this house, like for
months now, has been speaking to me. I first walked inside the solid wood door and he (yes he, is a frustrated
vaudeville actor, lots of talent, but his bathroom was always too ugly for real stardom.) Anyway, he says to me, "HEY,
finally, I have been sitting here for like, a year! I have got an itch you wouldn't believe right behind my screened in porch! go and have a look. I know carpeting, sheesh, I was overpriced for a while there, and my kitchen tiles are...shall we say...the shame of my very soul, yes I have a soul, it lives in my crawl space. Oh, before I forget... PAINT MY FREAKING FLOORS WHITE!!!"

Now before you get carried away, we have not even put an offer on this home, we still have not stalked it sufficiently, or interrogated the neighbors, or camped out in it to get a "feel" for it :) But a girl can daydream, no? Image above from
Domino...sniff.




The rest of the images come from
House Beautiful. Now, you can find all sorts of people talking about white painted floors online...even
anna did it, and I just admire her handy-ness so much. So considering we were to use washable paint...high gloss...anyone know how hard they are to keep clean? I heard once that they are easier to keep looking clean, b/c dust is light...were they drunk when they told me that?