Meanderings etc.

[johnny9fingers]

Still house hunting.

Last weekend I 'de-cluttered' my study so those without imagination could see that it makes a small bedroom, suitable for either a young child, or maybe a housemaid. Someone made a desultory offer on the house. In the politest possible way we told them it was insufficient.

We saw a few houses yesterday, and have a few more to see during the week.

Apropos of nothing, I wonder how Auberon Waugh would have viewed our present coalition government? Or for that matter Peregrine Worsthorne? Francis Wheen might have an idea.

Madame has been glued to the rain-washed-out golf. I, on the other hand, have never been a fan of the Scottish Game. The Kid Bro' plays a bit, it must be said: but my idea of games always leant towards the indoor variety. In fact I used to have commendations for my skills at indoor games: oh to be young again.

Before golden October declines to sombre November we have to either sell, or decide to stay put. Never mind, these soft October nights will offer some small chance of viewing: and there is always the weekend.

Comments

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

I just love house hunting. Sometime i wish i could be again in a process of looking for a home, and indeed at times i imagine myself to be, and i roam the streets and look for cute interesting buildings.

Professional deviations, duh... :)

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

I must admit I find the process somewhat exhausting.

In my past I hankered after Modernism, not being the sort of person who was going to inherit a Palladian country house. Madame though has distinctively antique tastes: ergo, nothing later than Edwardian can be considered. Such is life.

Edwin Lutyens rather than Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, I fear.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

Frankly i like functional things. Ani likes cute cosy ornaments, but not bordering on kitsch. Which is prolly why our countryhouse looks simplistic and unimpressive from the outside, and pretty ornamented on the inside; while our actual new home here is a very nice looking house (somewhat older style, while being brand newly built), while inside its mostly functional. Compromise is essential for harmony :)