Friday, May 14, 2021

Life



Over the past couple of years, the kids have gone off to college. As a result, most of the time it's just the two of us and the Guardians of the Garden bumping around in the house. We've had the "cocoa puff" for a while. We rescued the "cream puff" in the fall. I guess you could say he is our pandemic "pup", even though he's over two years old..

We'd been thinking for a while about downsizing. We had a particular new development in mind and the timeline seemed to fit what we had in mind, but it turned out to not be the right fit for a number of reasons.

So we switched gears and started thinking abut other options. In the process of exploring the new idea, some interesting properties popped up and we looked at them to get a feel for things. They sold quickly which was OK, because we still had the longer timeline in mind. And we learned enough to confirm the new direction as a possibility when the time came.

Then, out of the blue, we heard about a place that would soon be coming up for sale. We went and saw it and bought it before it even went public.

As of today, Farrington is on the market.

6 comments:

  1. Hi Mike,
    This might be a long shot... But I'm restoring my vintage Chicago apartment and happen to have a Crane Nova sink. I saw from a 2014 post here that you have one possibly in storage. Would you be willing to sell me the drain assembly? From one restore-er to the next... Thanks for your consideration! -Jillian

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    1. Hi Jillian - I'm sorry to say we no longer have that sink. Best wishes on your restoration adventure!

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  2. Just saw the Strib article and recognized your house right away. I followed your blog back when we were restoring our North St. Paul octagon house (we sold in 2018). It's so rare to see people *restore* houses rather than just modernize them. You've done amazing work on this place and should be very proud.

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  3. Hello! We love the red rug with the black border - do you happen to remember where you got that? Thank you!

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    1. It was custom made. Carpet store cut it to specs and bound the border. Hope that helps!

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