I have recently found my happy place.
After 25 years in Brooklyn lofts. Every move i felt should be appreciated.
But I never found a good home. Always a squatter somehow.
i never really connected with the gritty city.
You seem to have had the 'good home' and know what the next one needs.
I never felt grounded until now. I did love bits of every home. But it just gets
better.
We are the same age and my interests are environmental and personal
health.
Your move is a good choice.
I have artist friends in Taos and they quickly adjusted after years in NYC.
The weather is superb as you know.
And you will be able to apply any recent energy saving knowledge to the
new life.
Olive...don't worry bout the carpeting....
If you're selling your house, then making adjustments on your house to make it right for the market is business.
Since most people have no knowledge or taste, you have to arrange your house to appeal to the right buyer. They're probably going to furnish it with furniture that would make you gag, so don't worry about altering the look away from your own taste.
Home Staging
For 2 years I tried developing a 'home staging for resale' business and learned all of the tricks to make houses look likeable to the widest possible range of prospects. But what I came to realize is that only works with a conventional home. If you fight a home's style and try to blandify it, it ends up looking worse. I did one home that was a Tudor with really high contrast woodwork, dark brown against cream walls both inside and out. The realtor had made an attempt to stage it but she did everything in shades of beige and it looked washed out and ugly. I changed everything over to heavier wood furniture, darker colors and more dramatic artworks and the place sold in a month to a Russian couple who paid cash!
So with my home, I'm struggling against the 'make it please the widest audience' or play up it's uniqueness. It's really a balancing act cuz the house while, pretty unique, is amenable to more than one style of decor. I'm trying not to lean too MCM or asian, which is my personal bent and go more middle of the road. In the end, huby and I are unaffected by the carpeted beadroom. It's inoffensive, we neither hate it or love it. So that's probably perfect.
You all have been giving me really good feedback and it's helping direct me on a good path. Once I get back from SFe I'm going to take some pictures and post them online. That way you all can give me more thoughts to go on! I really appreciate all the knowledge that resides in the collective DA minds, very helpful to have your ideas!
Monster House Indeed
What they don't tell you is that they leave a lot of stuff often unfinished in their rush to make a broadcast date. Plumbing and electrical isn't hooked up but you can't tell that from the 5 minute on air review.
Then at the end of the year the production company sends the family that had their house "Monsterfied" a 1099 for tens of thousands of dollars in taxable improvements received as a monetary benefit.
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