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This is one of the coolest places I've ever seen on Apartment Therapy, and that's saying a lot. Truly inspirational.

I also love that purplish paint colour. It's killing me, thinking about where I can work it into my decor. You really have some inspirational stuff here, Alex- great place!

Things that always take longer than you think (and I will never do again if I can help it): removing wallpaper, and painting kitchen cabinets.

What a great space, architecturally-speaking, and you've complimented it perfectly with your mid-century furniture and decor. I love the white walls. I'm living in an apartment with crappy browny-beige painted walls, and I'd give anything for them to be airy and white.

Yep, sorry- I feel like it's a disservice to the beautiful wood and aged metal patina of this chair to paint over it. You could have painted pretty much any chair these colours and gotten practically the same look. Why choose this one?

I know you're getting all kinds of conflicting advice, but what the hey, here's mine: the painted stone will just look bad, no matter what colour. Stucco is probably going to look horrible. The stone, in my opinion, doesn't look that bad, especially because your neighbour on the right has it. I say, live with it for a while longer, and meanwhile save the money that you would have spent on paint, etc. and put it towards removing the stone someday and exposing the brick. Perhaps it will be expensive, but it will be worth it. By the way, the thing that draws my eye the most is that skinny bar in the middle of your porch. I know it's there for a reason, but if there's any way to disguise or get rid of that, fantastic. And getting rid of the wrought iron that's painted white would help too. It seems to be pulling your stone into the "grandma" esthetic. Anyhoo, that's my two cents, feel free to ignore if you disagree, and enjoy your house! Overall, it's lovely!

Totally agree, greyny and ali07. There's no question this house is beautiful, as are a lot of old plantation houses, but certain things have to be acknowledged.