So when I returned to our hotel room one evening (during our visit last week), after walking Lila, and told him I'd found our future estate for sale, he was a little intrigued. I figured it was a bonus that there was both an established business and the space for an Airbnb...
Not really the type of business I ever thought we'd own, but when in Rome, right?
The garage needs a little TLC...
But the house itself has some (questionable) improvements.
I wonder if the ladder on the roof is included in the sale?
The garden comes with a nice driftwood collection (is it driftwood when it's in the high desert? I suppose not) and a jaunty wheelbarrow.
Along with some great Halloween decorations!
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Love it, but especially the driftwood and the skulls! My little collection of nature's treasures on my back porch includes a tiny rodent skull. I assumed one of the local cats left it in my garden. Husbands all seem to want to escape to somewhere, don't they? Mine just wants a little house beside some railroad tracks so he can watch trains pass by all day. My nightmare from hell.
ReplyDeleteOh my, I'm with you on the house by the tracks!
DeleteNothing a little ellbow grease can't fix!
ReplyDeleteI can already see the name of your store: "The Well-Armed Agave."
Pretty darned funny Gerhard!
DeleteThat's good, very good...
DeleteOh, that's so you. Just needs a few of your best touches.
ReplyDeleteAnd several (tens of) thousands of my dollars...
DeleteTalk about two incredibly artistic people who could make any place shine....you'd both be a breath of fresh air in that area and then we could be long distance neighbors because I dream of living around Seneca, Oregon. (still working on my hubby though..lol)
ReplyDeleteI found this on Seneca, Oregon: "During another top-10 event, which occurred in February 1933, the temperature at Seneca reached −54 °F, the lowest ever recorded in Oregon"... YIKES!
DeleteWell, I think real estate dreams add a little extra spice when traveling but I'm not sure this is the place for you...
ReplyDeletePut this little gem in Southern Ca though and I'd be all over it! (okay maybe not still...)
DeleteCongratulations on finding such a lovely fixer. It's nice that the garage is already shedding it's roof so that you can easily convert it into a greenhouse. How much grease do your elbows have?
ReplyDeleteLooking on the positive side yet again...
DeleteIF anyone can make this special, my money is on you and Andrew! The first sale for your upcoming nursery would be a couple of the skulls heading to my new abode. Thanks, I sincerely appreciate the gratis postage!
ReplyDeleteSee now I've got my first sale and we haven't even opened yet!
DeleteNow THAT'S a fixer-upper! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking the exterior just needs to be covered in some sort of shellac to keep that excellent patina of time...
DeleteAll that wild and dry country! And the future HQ of "Danger's Guns, Ammo, and Botanicals"? Naw, I like Gerhard's business name better!
ReplyDeleteYa Gerhard was pretty creative...
DeleteThis is a good compromise between Portland and the Arizona desert. Arid enough for your thorny friends, but close enough to all the fabulous NW nurseries.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what you do with the place: the chrome chimney already goes well with some of the planters you made recently.
I can see it now! You and Andrew, living the dream! Actually, we have a friend who lives in John Day, and she's grown to like it.
ReplyDeleteYou could work wonders with the place, I'm sure.
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