Tobermory's Profile

I'd love to see more of their art!

Absolutely lovely - one of my favorite tours ever. The covered porch is to die for. I'm guessing the owners are very private people hence they didn't fill out the regular AT:House Tour surveys/info part of the house tour - too bad, I'd love to know more about where they sourced furniture, paint, cabinetry, etc.

Also, since I've been Little Miss B*tchy in the comments about the often lame recent house tour photography, I'd like to give credit where credit is due - the shots for this tour were stunning and very professional. It's so nice to see shots of whole rooms to get a real sense of how things are laid out.

Lovely home and it's amazing to see what can be done in a short amount of time!

But.... I take issue with the photographs - why 3 photos of the same kitchen cabinet and three (very) similar photos of the china cabinet? Why a shot of flowers in a vase? I'd much rather see photos that show more of the rooms as a whole - or at least shots of DIFFERENT pieces of furniture or vignettes. Less close-ups and more whole rooms please!

Am I missing something? While he does describe some grody previous levels of cleanliness, the place looks fine now. His office is cluttered but it doesn't seem unclean. I do agree that other than the great windows the rest (and the low rent) of the place is pretty 'meh'.

The house itself has great bones, but it looks like it was decorated by a home staging company - no personality. the photos didn't really help show it off either - not many full room shots and too many close-ups of uninteresting details.

If you live near any Indian areas/neighborhoos try looking in the sari shops and houseware stores.

Sometimes when I see the furniture here I want to cry because all the beautiful wood is covered up with paint. Obviously not my aesthetic.

Funny - we were just talking about repainting.

I voted one based on the price point. It the majority of the material used is free or close to it then the price should reflect a more reasonable rate - especially since there doesn't seem to be much done to it. I'd pay $5K for handmade dove-tail or mortise & tenon joinery or some hand carving or embellishment, but arranging blocks - no matter how attractively - doesn't merit $5K.

I have a massive glass-fronted antique china cabinet that is super-useful and holds a ton of dishes, glassware and table linens, but I bought it at a time when I was more into traditional furniture. I prefer more modern pieces now and see breakfronts all the time on Craigslist that would be much more to my liking, but I just can't sever the ties to the massive hulk that seems to hold just about everything. My husband is strangely attached to a fugly chest of drawers because it belonged to his great-uncle - I keep trying to get rid of it but I'm not having any luck so far.