July 29, 2008
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Distraction!
So sorry for laming out on Art Day, guys. Art Day is serious business, no doubt. I woke up super early yesterday morning and went down to the bodega to pick up some AA batteries for the camera, and then I went over to Dunkin Donuts for some coffee, and then I came home to contemplate what I would create.
Yeah, I ended up just prowling around the internet or most of the day.
See, the thing is, I’ve mostly resolved myself to write less about life here and more about art, because, let’s face it, most of life is pretty much boring-ass drivel. Drivelous? Drivelosity? Anyways, that life stuff got all up in my business and completely distracted me from making shit like I was supposed to be doing, and apparently some of you got nervous, so I apologize.
The big news is- and I don’t want to go leaping or getting way too excited- but Matt and I are probably most very likely hopefully oh please yes please please please be buying a house in the somewhat-near future. Things are still a little vague, however, and since the arrangement is a tad bit complicated we haven’t got a plan 100% in place yet, but! Yes! It’s likely I will be relocating to the Maine seacoast before winter sets in. Bye bye Boston, hello pretty ocean! So I’ve been spending the past few days attempting to get my duckies all in a row, signing up for first-ime homebuyer classes, figuring out finances, and doing some preliminary scout-outs for potential homes.
I think I have scrutinizedt about 1000 house listings since Saturday. Seriously.
And it’s not even like the old days, where you got a single one inch blurry greyscale photo listing with a barrage of archaic abbreviations in the caption (EIK?!); you can go on whole visual tours of some of these places and find out what the cost of electricity was for the past winter or in what year the roof was redone, and they’ll help you figure out your mortgage payments and even give you names of local inspectors. Holy shamolie. So I feel I have been able to significantly narrow down some more promising options, and I have already scheduled a couple appointments this weekend with realtors. Huzzah!
So less like art, and more like life; but this house feels a little like both (it might be love), so keep your fingers crossed for me…..
Front of the house, pretty blue door and sun porch
the side of the house…. you can see the stairs to the deck and some full windows letting air, light & access into the basement
the kitchen is kind of quaint, but it has a gas range which makes me happy. Would probably paint something cheerier n the walls.
Pretty sure there’s 2 bedrooms upstairs… one to sleep in, one to be a guest room or studio
The basement appears to be newly refinished, and there’s another bedroom down there. This would be converted into an apartment for my mum to live in. It’s got some good sized windows, too.
the view of the big backyard. There’s a willow tree, a garage, a new deck, and a HOT TUB.
Pretty sunroom.
The living area, with pretty maple wood built in shelves, and a fireplace!!
Comments (25)
Oh, I’m likin’ that blue door.
Good luck!!! It’s a great thing to own your home!!!
I’ve finally started my Sharpie pointillism project. I’m thinking about posting a small part of it… It’ll take at least a couple months to get completed I’m sure lol… Thank you again so much for introducing me to Sharpies as an ART tool and more than just a marker. I’m really enjoying this new adventure and it’s all because of you
Maine? Wow. Good luck with the move!
@wherethefishlives - thanks! can i say thanks? because i kinda feel like it’s MY blue door, hahaha.
@oceanstarr - yay, i’m so excited you have discovered the wonder that is th sharpie! Did you know there’s a whole entire Flickr photo group dedicated to making art with sharpie markers?? We’re all high on fumes, all the time, haha.
it’s adorable. squee! day-to-day life shit is always all up in my face. i would like for it NOT to be, y’know?
oh CUTE! goooooood luck; having your own house is da shit, for reals. and i’ve never been to maine, but just the sound of the new england coast makes me smile.
i was actually gratified that there was no art day this week, because i was out most of yesterday with hot rod and heike, and i was glad i didn’t miss it!
@moontree_studios - I don’t do Flickr. I have too many sites to check all the time already lol. I haven’t even been able to smell the fumes at all doing my work yet. I’m using ultra fine Sharpies and just making thousands of little dots with them
EIK – Eat In Kitchen, of course
That place is adorable!
Just make sure that house has IOL in every room. (If you know where that quote comes from you win a prize). That house is very very nifty.
That house is adorable!!!! I hope you get it!!!!
It says “cottage” to me. Just beautiful and I hope,hope,hope, you get it! Did you get to do a virtual tour of the cottage? It is really cute. Traveling artist coming to town…Look out! By the way….You can take off any Monday you want to…..it’s an ambitious schedule what with life and living happening. But I really enjoy Art Day and missed it when it didn’t happen.
What a perfect little house by the sea. I’ll be thinking of you & hope things go your way.
Hows! Yay! Maine, wow. Trips back east just got a lot more complex. Not that I didn’t already KNOW that’s what you were plotting, but now it’s real! And for once, I was actually kinda on top of checking your blog surreptitiously during work hours so I could see what you were up to. Dang. But good excuse. Really good excuse.
Hey guys, i just posted more pictures of the bungalow house. For those of you that like snooping in other people’s houses as much as I do : )
@princess_smartypants - i feel ya, sister.
@CrapeDiem - this part of maine is especially maine-y, which makes me grin, too. I was actually telling Matt that he’s in charge of the bee-keeping once we have a yard.
@oceanstarr - Fine point?? You are an ambitious chick, that’s for dang sure.
@BoureeMusique - hehe, i actually did know that. it just looks funny when you read listings, like: Charming colonial, Eeeek! 2BR with big backyard”
@Fleener - yeah, no, that went right over my head. no prizes for me. I mean, other than getting your comments, har!
@Carol_1 - It’s actually a pretty decent size for the three of us. And yeah, it has one of those virtual tour websites. Aside from the annoying tinkly music they put on those things, it’s a very handy tool, especially when you’re house hunting from a distance.
@PoetMcChick& @jojobaDESIGNS - thanks! keep your fingers crossed.
@DarkLordPenguin - Don’t you dare stress out about schlepping up to ME to come see me if it’s out of your way, but you should know you will always be welcome to come stay at my house! We will have extra guest space for you to come relax, and then you can go visit the ocean, too.
(Plus i am sure I will be pestering you for house renovation advice and stuff like that.)
once again i say: adorable! how soon will you know? (not that i’m impatient or anything…..)
Looks like a wonderful house, the perfect place to create, entertain, all that
@moontree_studios - Wha? Not visit ME, especially now that you’re going to be there? Are you serious?!?
Eew ick. My first piece of renovation advice: lose the acoustic tile. And the kitchen needs more light and less blue.
Otherwise, looks like a slammin’ abode!
Wow. I love it love it love it! It’s an arts & crafts house, isn’t it? Love the living room, the sun room–what a perfect studio for you–the adorable little bedroom under the eaves, the way the windows open (very European), the great big back yard. Whatever renovations you make, they’ll be minor compared to the good basic house. Hope you get it!
I LOOOOOVE all the light in there. Those types of bedrooms with the slanted walls and neat windows make me fall in love. We visited a few, but the locations or parking were bad and the insulation wasn’t as good. In Maine, though, the summers shouldn’t be so painful.
I see Bocce…….
@DarkLordPenguin - yeah, i wasn’t so hot on the tiled ceilings, either. I have enough experience to know that that hides all kinds of nasty nasty stuff. And definitely would revamp the kitchen.
Gorgeous!!!!
Your kitchen is yammi!!
What kind of artist are you? :O
I love everything about his house.Wish it was mine. The old woodwork is great,you just don’t find that in new homes.Or old farm house like I have.