Our New Old House

Living in an apartment one is often at the mercy of their landlord.  We have a 120lb Great Dane, so our apartment choices are limited, and when we found someone that would lease us a two bedroom unit in a duplex near downtown we were ecstatic.  It didn't seem like a problem when we signed the lease that Sebastian wouldn't be able to use our yard at all and the landlady doesn't like dogs, but those things began to bother us.  When we started looking at house prices in Houston, we quickly realized how expensive it would be to live in the neighborhoods we know and love (read: Heights, Montrose, Museum District, and Midtown), so we broadened our search and found that we would only be able to afford a fixer upper east of 288.  This realization led us to Southmore blvd., and our new-for-us house.  There have been years of bad renovations and it will take us years to get it just right, but we love it already.

The facade of our new house! We love the brick.

The stairway has tinted glass in specially cut holes in the wall

Movie theater style fur downs in the living room (also mirror on the fireplace and the wood wall is covering up windows)

Boarded up and dark dining room beyond the living room

"Half-bath" toward the back of the house

Kitchen

Original bathroom and only "functional" bathroom. Downstairs didn't have a toilet.