SundayStills - architecture

My favourite - architecture - is this week's theme.

I still feel a bit self-conscious taking photos of people's homes

but really, if you are going to live in such houses and renovate them so beautifully, then perhaps it is an honour to have people come by and take pictures?

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Below, we have an adorable Gothic Vernacular next

to a majestic Queen Anne Revival

Here is a better view of the seamless renovation and winter landscaping that begs a visit in summer.

And in case you thought the Gingerbread House wasn't quite big enough here is the east view.

This has been an ongoing project for years, and is still ongoing, as you can see. This side isn't quite as seamless as the other and the sliding glass doors and wrought iron railings are just so wrong.

And one more (because I had so much trouble choosing...)

Just in case you think I only like old things,

I find this remodel of an assuming bungalow on the corner up from the other two quite appealing. The window arrangements add so much simple character and match perfectly with the lines of the design. Even the shed doors in the small garden area have a zen feel to them.

Again, begging a visit in summer.

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daft draft

There is a draft on my feet. My place is actually a trifle chilly. A little surprising as I live in a high rise.

It is the air conditioner's fault.

No, I don't have it on. Actually, I don't even think I turned it on once all summer. Which would make it doubly a shame to go to all that effort to remove it only to put it back in the window next summer. And maybe not use it.

But there is a definite draft coming from all around the unit. Needs a blanket of plastic over it methinks.

But for now, I'll take my tea and return to the cosy room.

Where I have my own perpetual footwarmer.


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I thought I'd start on getting my meager decorations out of their boxes and in view to be enjoyed.
This one is one of my many bird ornaments and I enjoy him so much I've kept him out all year.