Bungalow Dreaming
Lots of you know that I spend a considerable amount of time in Florida these days. I've got wonderful friends and clients there, and the weather in the winter is much more desirable than Buffalo, that's for sure! A few days ago, my friends sent me a link to a listing for a bungalow in the trendy Murray Hill section of Jacksonville. Murray Hill is sort of the up and coming area right now, adjacent to the tony Avondale area.
I took one look at the porch swing and immediately started to picture myself here. All weekend I dreamed about paint colors and furniture placement, the way I'd style the porch and things I'd do to the yard ... needless to say, I spent my weekend day dreaming and didn't get a thing done at the apartment.
Wanna see how I'd turn this place into my special little Southern retreat" Come along!
I actually don't mind the color of the house, but the landscaping could use some work, as could that front door. (You'll see more inside.) But I'm in love with that porch. When I was a kid, I grew up in a house pretty similar to this one actually, and I remember living on that porch every summer. I see ferns here, and a large garden area to the left with river birch trees (maybe 3) all grouped together with some good ole Florida ivy neatly manicured round the base.
This house is BEGGING for a reclaimed brick sidewalk and driveway, don't you think" I can see that here, too! Windows are old, and original. I find that charming. I think a new glass 9 or 12-l...
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