house size:	1,707 sq ft	lot size:	5,663 sq ft (0.13 of an acre)	dates:
room:	size:	room:	size:	built in 1929
kitchen	12X8	west bedroom, 1st floor	13X11	last owner bought it on 8/13/1965
dining room	12X9	east bedroom, 1st floor	13X11	I bought it on 6/9/2014
living room	12X12	east bedroom, 2nd floor	13X12	roof new in 2009
sun room	8X20	west bedroom, 2nd floor	14X10	boiler new in 2011, replaced in January 2019
front porch	8X26 (208 sq ft)	open area upstairs	26X12	installed solar in 2016
1st floor total:	1070 sq ft	2nd floor total:	910 sq ft; 637 living	installed AC in 2022
basement	1070 sq ft	garage	216 sq ft
total living area:	1707 sq ft	total area:	3258 sq ft

Click on each picture for a larger view:
The front of the house
I took these pictures, with the for sale sign in front of the house, the first weekend of April 2014, when I walked around the neighborhood to see if it was someplace I'd like to live. It has turned out to be a great neighborhood, and I have great neighbors!
	View from the west	View from the east
Views of the front of the house in 2015		Views of the front of the house in 2018, after the porch was painted
View from the street	Closer view from the street	The painter painted the threshold to match the floor of the porch	Note the spirea on the right, and the meter for the solar panels on the side of the house
Click here for a close-up of the address tile

The front porch
In late summer	In winter	My porch furniture, free! from Curbside Furniture Showroom (2016)!	Hazel and Stanley enjoy the new furniture	The porch was painted (2018)!
In the pictures above: the couch was disposed of in 2015, the white wicker rockers were given to the neighbors across the street when their wicker furniture was stolen, and the round table and chairs given to friends who needed outdoor furniture for their new house.

The front porch ready for company, April 2020. It had to wait until it was safe to gather again.	Celebration of Biden's win in front of the porch, November 2020	Hazel on the front porch, June 2022

The kitchen		The dining room
Looking in from the hallway	Looking in the other direction	Nature imitates art
The dining room
A view from the kitchen	Close up of the hutch	A view from the living room	Sideboard just inside the dining room
		Click here for a close-up of the stain glass window (made by Jaime Kriksciun)
The living room
The living room	Comfy rocking recliner	With my coffee table rescued from Bethany	New tapestry
Click for a picture of the west window from outside, after dark		Click for pictures of the rug and the wall hangings: leaves and tulips
The cats enjoy the living room
Hazel enjoying the rocking recliner Doesn't it look like she's enjoying it?	Heidi on the couch	Hazel on the other end of the couch, not on the same day!	View of the living room leading into the hallway
The 1st floor west bedroom
Looking toward the living room	This is a pretty close representation of the yellow color of the walls	A closer view of the closet door	Looking into the sun room

The closet door installed:
From the far left: the realtor's picture of the room; the first set of doors that was badly installed; the French doors being installed.
The 1st floor east bedroom (aka The piano room)
Book nook installed in the east bedroom
From the far left: the realtor's picture of the space; the space without furniture; the book nook being built
Heidi and Hazel hide by the piano while work is being done on the house	What the piano is used for these days, until it gets tuned	View of the room towards the sun room in 2017	Hazel checks out the new sofa in 2017
Repair being done after the baseboard heating pipe burst upstairs
From the far left: my insurance company paid to have part of the wall and half the ceiling removed; my contractor removed more of the wall and the rest of the ceiling; insulation was installed; drywall put in; taped; painted, with a sofa and reading light

The sunroom
In order to install the French doors, the doorways had to be made narrower
Before pictures of the doors leading from the sunroom into the two downstairs bedrooms	The French doors completed!	Another view	A view with the French doors open into the west bedroom

Shadows	Comfy corner!	Hazel, in shadows made by the setting sun	The cat days of July
Heidi in Hazel's favorite chair	Hazel is not happy about that!	Hazel keeping an eye on the birdbath	Hazel keeping track of backyard wildlife
Heidi knows how to stay warm!	A close-up of Heidi keeping warm	Hazel and Heidi tolerating each other for the sake of being warm

The stairs
The stairs to the 2nd floor, with the original carpeting, then with the carpeting removed, a close up, and newly refinished; with cat toy		Heidi at the top of the stairs, back when Hazel wouldn't let her come down	Heidi sitting near the bottom of the stairs
Click here for what I want the stairs to look like
The upstairs open area
With no furniture		with a rug and furniture	Wider view

The 2nd floor west bedroom		The cats looking outside from windows facing the driveway
The east upstairs bedroom	Heidi in her favorite spot in the bedroom	Heidi looking out of the piano room window	Hazel looking out the kitchen window (which means she's up on the counter again!)

Solar panels! (installed 1/5/2016)
The panels are not visible from the back yard, so these pictures are taken from one street over from my house		Close-up view of the panels

AC installed (installed the week of June 13, 2022) Mini-splits that can also heat.
The condenser, at 48K BTU, is HUGE, almost 5 feet tall!	Installed by the west side of the house	It's much narrower than it is wide.

The backyard
Panoramic view, 2016		2022
The backyard in different seasons
In June 2014, right after I bought the house	In May 2016 after I cut back as much of the ivy as I could--some of it is holding up the fence!	In June 2016	Hawk on the fence (picture taken by my next door neighbor)
Leaves!	Leaf pile, November 2015	With my helper Mimi	Spring 2016, after finally getting rid of 2015's leaves and cutting back the ivy!
The backyard in November	Frozen clothes line and back yard in February (2015)!	Robins in the heated birdbath during a snowstorm in February	Point Beer chilling in a snowbank on the side of the driveway, for after shoveling
Flowers in the backyard
The rose bush along the fence pruned way back, May 2015	I didn't kill it! It grew back!	Rose from the bush near the house	Rose from the bush near the driveway
Vincas near the driveway	Flowers near the west side of the house	Lilies along the driveway	Daffodils on the other side of the driveway
Pink Lily of the Valley along the fence	Columbine in the backyard	Bell flower (aka weed) by the fence	Spiderwort (aka weed) along the driveway
Pansies in August	Purple asters with leaf	Volunteer morning glories by the driveway--still blossoming in October	Vinca still going strong in November! (2015)
Pansy still blossoming in December, either because of global warming or because pansies are tough	Praying mantis near the back door	Vinca, 2016	Iris, May 2018
Pictures taken around my neighborhood
Pictures of Lake Whitney taken on Lake Rd., behind Books & Co.:
In spring	In autumn	In winter
Other pictures around Lake Whitney:
Leaves, on Lake Rd.	Stairs going up to the "castle"	A trapped leaf on Whitney Ave. at Lake Whitney	Reflection of a tree in East Rock Park
Flowers in my neighborhood:
Crocus	Iris	Clementis	Lily

Frequently asked questions:	Magic eight ball says:
Q. Did you take the cats with you?	A. It is certain.
Q. Can I come to your house warming party?	A. Cannot predict now.
Q. Do you need furniture?	A. As I see it, yes.
Q. Will you have music parties?	A. Ask again later.
Q. Do you still have the same job?	A. Yes definitely.
Q. How much did you pay for the house?	A. Better not tell you now.
Q. Have you moved in yet?	A. Signs point to yes.
Q. What does this mean for you and Bill?	A. A lot of people ask this question.