Comments on: Another Door Sixteen! http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JOdy http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-36264 JOdy Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:22:52 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-36264 I know this post is a year old but I just found your blog and I LOVE it! I love this thread because I am in the process of replacing probably my 5oth rug in my family room!! Yes is seems that my little BOston Terrier likes to pee on that rug no matter what we try, not matter what rug it is!! I have just ordered FLOR tiles thinking it might be cheaper to replace tiles than entire rugs!! Oh well- WE love him- so we put up with it!! Again- I love your style!! I know this post is a year old but I just found your blog and I LOVE it! I love this thread because I am in the process of replacing probably my 5oth rug in my family room!! Yes is seems that my little BOston Terrier likes to pee on that rug no matter what we try, not matter what rug it is!! I have just ordered FLOR tiles thinking it might be cheaper to replace tiles than entire rugs!! Oh well- WE love him- so we put up with it!!
Again- I love your style!!

]]> By: Purple Area http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-19539 Purple Area Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:43:09 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-19539 Love these, wonderful architecture and interior style!! Love these, wonderful architecture and interior style!!

]]> By: lesley http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18853 lesley Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:03:04 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18853 Anna, you will flip, but... I didn't like my (mid-century modern) house very much when I bought it. So why'd I buy it... well, I could afford it (or so I thought at the time, lol) and location location location. But the house I imagined/was dreaming of was a big old creepy victorian with pocket doors and carved details, 14 fireplaces, and plenty of room for all my velvet and tapestry and heavy goth furniture and stuff stuff stuff. I tried to strongarm this house into *being* that house for about a year--velvet curtains puddling on the floor, detailed Olana-style paint everywhere... Then I realized both the house and I were unhappy. So I started to "give in" to modernism, inch by inch... and turns out, the house changed my aesthetic, once I stopped fighting it. Now I've found a look&feel for the house that suits its architecture, but still feels comfortable for me (i.e. not like you just walked into 1958 via time machine). It's been an interesting journey... been thinking of... blogging about it, actually... hee hee hee. Anna, you will flip, but… I didn’t like my (mid-century modern) house very much when I bought it. So why’d I buy it… well, I could afford it (or so I thought at the time, lol) and location location location. But the house I imagined/was dreaming of was a big old creepy victorian with pocket doors and carved details, 14 fireplaces, and plenty of room for all my velvet and tapestry and heavy goth furniture and stuff stuff stuff. I tried to strongarm this house into *being* that house for about a year–velvet curtains puddling on the floor, detailed Olana-style paint everywhere… Then I realized both the house and I were unhappy. So I started to “give in” to modernism, inch by inch… and turns out, the house changed my aesthetic, once I stopped fighting it. Now I’ve found a look&feel for the house that suits its architecture, but still feels comfortable for me (i.e. not like you just walked into 1958 via time machine). It’s been an interesting journey… been thinking of… blogging about it, actually… hee hee hee.

]]> By: nathalie http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18770 nathalie Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:13:48 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18770 Wow, what a charming house ! I really love it. Why not trading houses (or apartments) internationally ? ;o) Wow, what a charming house ! I really love it.
Why not trading houses (or apartments) internationally ? ;o)

]]> By: jan http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18763 jan Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:02:23 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18763 Congrats on your Homie nomination! Good luck! Congrats on your Homie nomination! Good luck!

]]> By: Averill http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18762 Averill Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:45:57 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18762 I think part of the success of your blog (and others like yours) is that you're supplying people with access to your beauitful home and thereby enabling them to fulfill (at least virtually) the fantasy of inhabiting another fantastic space. As for me personally, I live in a townhouse not unlike yours (albeit significantly younger) in Houston, TX. I often find myself daydreaming of living back in the northeast (went to college in CT) and living in an older home with more history and enjoying four full seasons (instead of Houston's two). I think part of the success of your blog (and others like yours) is that you’re supplying people with access to your beauitful home and thereby enabling them to fulfill (at least virtually) the fantasy of inhabiting another fantastic space.

As for me personally, I live in a townhouse not unlike yours (albeit significantly younger) in Houston, TX. I often find myself daydreaming of living back in the northeast (went to college in CT) and living in an older home with more history and enjoying four full seasons (instead of Houston’s two).

]]> By: Mac http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18760 Mac Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:02:55 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18760 Since relocating to Skåne (sweden) a few years ago I have begun dreaming of a farm style summer home on a lake, or log cabin in the woods. Not my normal taste but I think that is what makes it so obvious you are there to relax and enjoy some peace and quiet. The drastic difference from your normal decor gives it that feeling. Since relocating to Skåne (sweden) a few years ago I have begun dreaming of a farm style summer home on a lake, or log cabin in the woods. Not my normal taste but I think that is what makes it so obvious you are there to relax and enjoy some peace and quiet. The drastic difference from your normal decor gives it that feeling.

]]> By: Christine http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18759 Christine Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:22:35 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18759 I just found your blog today via Apartment Therapy's Homies 2008, I absolutely love it! Your home is so pretty! Oh, yes, on the post topic, my home totally has an alter ego. Right now we live in a town home in S.Fl and are slowly trying to create a NY brown stone type vibe, very homey with rich colors...however my alter ego home would be filled with the crisp whites that I've been seeing lately, sigh. I just found your blog today via Apartment Therapy’s Homies 2008, I absolutely love it! Your home is so pretty!

Oh, yes, on the post topic, my home totally has an alter ego. Right now we live in a town home in S.Fl and are slowly trying to create a NY brown stone type vibe, very homey with rich colors…however my alter ego home would be filled with the crisp whites that I’ve been seeing lately, sigh.

]]> By: erin@designcrisis http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18757 erin@designcrisis Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:49:31 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18757 Who knew plywood could be so sexy? And I'm planning to vacation trade with Nicole and her bank building. Killer! Who knew plywood could be so sexy?

And I’m planning to vacation trade with Nicole and her bank building. Killer!

]]> By: nicole http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18749 nicole Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:03:10 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18749 i absolutely LOVE my home, a 5000 square foot brick bank building built in 1917 - complete with vault. but i do have my moments, especially in warmer months, when i totally crave a house with a front porch and swing and a yard that i could transform into a bountiful garden. someday (probably in the distant future considering the current economy) i would love to create that porch and garden, but just put it on top of our roof! i absolutely LOVE my home, a 5000 square foot brick bank building built in 1917 – complete with vault. but i do have my moments, especially in warmer months, when i totally crave a house with a front porch and swing and a yard that i could transform into a bountiful garden. someday (probably in the distant future considering the current economy) i would love to create that porch and garden, but just put it on top of our roof!

]]> By: brand-eye http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18745 brand-eye Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:11:47 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18745 that house is beautiful. i dream of owning a house on a lake. preferably a super modern one, with concrete floors, wood and lots of windows. and a dock with a boat and a beach area for moz to swim (our dog LOVES the water.) that house is beautiful. i dream of owning a house on a lake. preferably a super modern one, with concrete floors, wood and lots of windows. and a dock with a boat and a beach area for moz to swim (our dog LOVES the water.)

]]> By: DiP http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18744 DiP Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:06:14 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18744 "Yeah, I could definitely feel at home here." Couldn't be the chairs by any chance... “Yeah, I could definitely feel at home here.”

Couldn’t be the chairs by any chance…

]]> By: Jo J in New Zealand http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18741 Jo J in New Zealand Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:47:12 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18741 Yes, yes, yes! I live in a fifty year old kiwi bach (weatherboard summer home) on a lakeshore, overlooking the mountains. It was my perfect just-post-divorce place ~ polished rimu floors, chandeliers, Cath Kidston and kitties ~ and I still love it, but I dream too of a brand new prefab green home (the Method cabin? the iPad?) overlooking ocean. Dreaming is LOVELY. Yes, yes, yes!

I live in a fifty year old kiwi bach (weatherboard summer home) on a lakeshore, overlooking the mountains. It was my perfect just-post-divorce place ~ polished rimu floors, chandeliers, Cath Kidston and kitties ~ and I still love it, but I dream too of a brand new prefab green home (the Method cabin? the iPad?) overlooking ocean.

Dreaming is LOVELY.

]]> By: Cassie http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18734 Cassie Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:36:58 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18734 A house alter-ego? Oh my goodness yes! (Judging by the comments, it's a pretty common sentiment.) I live in a studio apartment in a 10-year-old building in New York City and I frequently fantasize about living in a creaky little cottage in a seaside village. My own home is too small to outfit any more, so it's always nice to have some dream homes I can decorate in my mind. A house alter-ego? Oh my goodness yes! (Judging by the comments, it’s a pretty common sentiment.)

I live in a studio apartment in a 10-year-old building in New York City and I frequently fantasize about living in a creaky little cottage in a seaside village. My own home is too small to outfit any more, so it’s always nice to have some dream homes I can decorate in my mind.

]]> By: paisley penguin http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18733 paisley penguin Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:36:58 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18733 I dream of converting an old warehouse in to a cool condo with film production space. A great open space where we can have parties but it still feels comfy. I dream of converting an old warehouse in to a cool condo with film production space. A great open space where we can have parties but it still feels comfy.

]]> By: Margo http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18730 Margo Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:49:22 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18730 Hi Anna-I am also a HUGE fan! Living in Sunny Socal, I too have always fantasized about an "opposite" vacation home. Something in the mountains where all the furniture was left behind by the original owners (sofas in buffalo-checked fabric and ruffled kitchen curtains)where my husband and I can enjoy hot buttered rum by the fire while watching the kids play in the snow outside. Ahhh..... Hi Anna-I am also a HUGE fan! Living in Sunny Socal, I too have always fantasized about an “opposite” vacation home. Something in the mountains where all the furniture was left behind by the original owners (sofas in buffalo-checked fabric and ruffled kitchen curtains)where my husband and I can enjoy hot buttered rum by the fire while watching the kids play in the snow outside. Ahhh…..

]]> By: Adam http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18727 Adam Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:30:50 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18727 I love my house, more so after each project I complete. I sometimes dream of living in a completely Art Deco styled apartment, and if I ever move again in my life to an apartment that is probably how I would decorate it. I love my house, more so after each project I complete. I sometimes dream of living in a completely Art Deco styled apartment, and if I ever move again in my life to an apartment that is probably how I would decorate it.

]]> By: yvette http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18725 yvette Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:18:29 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18725 oh, wow. what a gorgeous cabin! actually, these days i've been perusing the internet to look for a mountain home here in california so i can have a lovely winter getaway with my boys (hubby + 2 dogs). not that i have the funds (you know, minor details). but i imagine this mountain home to be more or less on the 60s swiss chalet style. nice! oh, wow. what a gorgeous cabin! actually, these days i’ve been perusing the internet to look for a mountain home here in california so i can have a lovely winter getaway with my boys (hubby + 2 dogs). not that i have the funds (you know, minor details).

but i imagine this mountain home to be more or less on the 60s swiss chalet style. nice!

]]> By: Tanya http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18724 Tanya Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:07:27 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18724 I would absolutely love to live in a home with normal walls and no wood panel. I've grown to despise it due to dark times in my childhood. And guess what kind of walls are our current living room? We rent, so we're not changing anything in this house. But I have decor blogs to thank for letting me dream a little. Thank you, Door Sixteen. I would absolutely love to live in a home with normal walls and no wood panel. I’ve grown to despise it due to dark times in my childhood. And guess what kind of walls are our current living room? We rent, so we’re not changing anything in this house. But I have decor blogs to thank for letting me dream a little. Thank you, Door Sixteen.

]]> By: desiree@lookiloos http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18722 desiree@lookiloos Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:50:42 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/05/another-door-sixteen/#comment-18722 Hi Anna, I found your blog thru AT last week. I too dream of having a second home to escape to. I have dreamt or should I say fantasized how this little place would look. This is an adorable cabin. Thanks for the peek! Desiree Hi Anna,

I found your blog thru AT last week. I too dream of having a second home to escape to. I have dreamt or should I say fantasized how this little place would look. This is an adorable cabin. Thanks for the peek!

Desiree

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