Nostalgically

Slapping footfalls echo and are quickly muted on the empty streets.  I've never been the most graceful of runners, if anything the complete opposite, tripping over uneven sidewalks in the dark and slamming my head into metal barricades when not paying attention.  I have an excuse though.

In fall, houses are lit up with ghoulishly carved pumpkins, sometimes a full dozen, lying in wait and flickering menacingly on a brick stoop.  Some homes arrange motion-activated witch cackling and one particular house, by the elementary school, strings a two story orange and white spider web in the front yard, ensnaring the neighborhood evening walkers.  During the winter holiday season, on one very special night, two entire streets are closed to thru-traffic and luminarias twinkle along the sidewalk.  Steaming Styrofoam cups with hot cider are served, even though sometimes the holiday revelers are taking in the lights in shorts and a t-shirt.  Stretching from one side of the street to the other, rainbow Christmas lights intertwine in the tree branches above.  One house even hires a DJ, put on display with a laser show on the second story balcony, bumping and pumping the street into the wee hours of the morning.

This was my neighborhood for almost seven years.  This weekend, I was struck by a sense of nostalgia for the old streets I used to haunt and the house featured this week is located on one of them.











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  1. I know I say this almost every week, but this is one of my favourites! I love the outdoor space and the kitchen. Love it! I can't wait for halloween this year. It's not such a big deal here as it is in the US or in Canada, which is a shame, but I'm hoping that now we live in such a family neighbourhood and on such a friendly street that if we carve some pumpkins the trick-or-treaters will come...

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  2. Maybe you should run in the daytime until you can wear contacts again? Running when you can't see is hard enough! I like the house a lot, the outdoor space with the fan seems like it would be a nice place to spend some time.

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  3. Oooohhhh... this is a good one! I think I've said it about another house, but we have that same combo of arched doorway/sharply pitched roof over our entry and I love it. Naturally I'm drawn to this house. ;)

    The house has great bones all over, but my favorite has to be that outdoor space. Giving me all sorts of ideas.

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  4. Yikes, falling on concrete is terrible (and sorry about your head). But since you're not falling on even sidewalks, I don't know if I accept the non-graceful claim.

    That house had me with its black fence!

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  5. That black and white kitchen -- eek! I love it!

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  6. Aaaaaaaw....your old neighbourhood sounds great, Rooth:) I need to hire a DJ for Halloween this year:P
    And I'm in love with the kitchen of this house....sigh.....

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  7. Squeeeaall I love everything about this house. Everything. EV. ERY. THING. I don't even know where to start, but I am totally eyeing that old window-pane mirror in the living room. Wow. xo

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  8. i am nostalgic over my old neighborhood.. i wonder if i will ever make time to visit it again. the house is beautiful. i love the floors in the kitchen! i miss hardwood floors! and that bathroom sink is so unique! never saw something like that - even on hgtv! :)

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  9. that is a gorgeous house! i love the size, perfect for my little family. and the outdoor space is super cool too!

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  10. ahh love! beautiful house, the details are stunning x

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  11. Oh wow!
    that house is truly a paradise! and your old neighborhood looks like it was really nice

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  12. hello cute little house and your high-end features and fixtures. hello bathroom and hello walls and hello floors and hello patio. love.

    fall always make me nostalgic too xo

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  13. I would love to live in this house. In fact, I would love to live in that neighborhood you've so lovingly described. Oh goodness. I can't get over it. I may just have to reread this post one or ten thousand more times. That is all. :)

    ps. The hanging triangle hammock chair thing? OMGosh. I want it!

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  14. This house is very cute! :-)

    http://tinajoathome.com/

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  15. Your old neighborhood sounds amazing! And I'm in love with how quaint this house looks from the front - would never have guessed how chic the interiors are!

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  16. beautiful - love the bathroom. and the outdoor areas!!

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  17. I love the outdoor space in this house! The facade looks simple but elegant for me :D

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