We have relocated to Cleveland, OH. It took us three tries to buy a house, being successful after we slashed the list of requirements.
Although we saw this house on our first day of open houses, it was lower on our priority list. But you will see why it appealed to us. We would have been happy to move right in with the previous owners' furniture! The two young physicians were able to decorate this house as their first house. We will be decorating with what we already own...
We are going to show "before" and "after" photos. "Before" photos are from the previous owners. "After" photos show how we fit in our own things.
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| Front of the house |
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| Front door (with sign about radon testing) |
The front of the house looks the same, except that the notice on the door about radon testing is gone!
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| Entry before |
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| Entry after |
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| Living room overview before |
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| Living room overview after |
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| Living room south wall before |
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| Living room south wall after |
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| Living room fireplace before |
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| Living room fireplace after |
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| Living room before |
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| Living room after |
They had a Pottery Barn rug, too! We were able to use the same drapes. We changed all the cellular shades to wooden blinds to provide more light with privacy.
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| Dining room before |
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| Dining room after |
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| Dining room before |
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| Dining room after |
We did change the drapes here to gold sheers.
And where is the Japanese screen?
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| Japanese screen in dining room |
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| Sun room before |
(We haven't dealt with the sun room yet!)
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| Sunroom after (8/14/2016) |
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| Kitchen before |
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| Kitchen after |
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| Kitchen before |
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| Kitchen after |
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| Kitchen nook before |
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| The previous owners had a TV in the nook! |
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| Kitchen nook after |
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| Pantry (the same before and after) |
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| Stairs before |
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| Stairs after |
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| Looking up the stairs before |
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| Looking up the stairs after |
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| Full bath before |
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| Full bath after |
We changed the plastic mini-blinds to wood blinds.
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| Full bath before |
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| Full bath after |
The toilet tissue holder required gymnastic twisting ability to reach it, so we bought ourselves the tissue holder floor stand.
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| Hard to reach toilet tissue holder |
Next on the tour is the second bedroom:
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| Second bedroom south wall before |
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| Second bedroom south wall after |
The door leads to the "deck" on the roof of the sun room.
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| Second bedroom before |
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| Second bedroom after |
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| Second bedroom east wall before |
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| Second bedroom east wall after |
We changed the bedroom blinds to room-darkening cellular shades.
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| Master bedroom before |
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| Master bedroom after |
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| Master bedroom west wall before |
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| Master bedroom west wall after |
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| Master bedroom southeast corner before |
(This was taken on home inspection day, when the wife was already moved to AZ!)
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| Master bedroom southeast corner after |
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| Third bedroom before |
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| Third bedroom after |
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| Third bedroom southeast corner before |
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| Third bedroom southeast corner after |
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| Third bedroom northwest corner before |
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| Third bedroom northeast corner after |
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| The fish on the third bedroom |
Since we are using this room as a bedroom, our office is the desk in the second bedroom.
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| Upstairs hall before |
This photo above is to show the laundry chute; the small door in the wall on the right.
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| Attic east before |
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| Attic east after |
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| Attic west before |
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| Attic west after |
Fancy strip lighting.
Heading back downstairs, there is a half bath next to the stairs to the basement:
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| Half bath before |
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| Half bath after |
Um, okay, no real difference!
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| Half bath cabinet before |
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| Half bath cabinet after |
Perhaps you have noticed that every room has an Allen pendulum clock?
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| Rec room west before |
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| Rec room after we removed the carpeting |
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| Rec room west after |
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| Rec room east before |
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| Rec room east after |
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| Laundry room before (essentially the same) |
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| Workbench before |
Somehow the previous owner took the drawers.
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| Backyard patio before |
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| Backyard patio after |
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| Garage before |
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| Garage after |
As you can see, we have added an extra-terrestrial sounding board!
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| Back of the house |
And so the tour ends.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Now to see some Shaker Heights landmarks.
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| Shaker Towne Centre art installation |
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| Shaker Towne Centre art installation |
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| Stephanie Tubbs Jones Community Building |
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| Hanging flower baskets and RTA Lee Road Station entrance |
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Shaker Heights City Hall (1930,
designed by Charles Schneider in Neo-Georgian style) |
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| Shaker Heights Main Library, Van Aken Boulevard side |
The Main Library was formerly the Moreland Elementary school, built in 1926.
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| Main Library entrance |
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| Around-the-World Playground |
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| Around-the-World Playground |
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