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To: bonnuss_in_austin who wrote (275593)7/15/2002 5:53:08 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
There is one faux chandelier in the old place, but it is not crystal, nor does it have much fake crystal to bother with. Nothing in the new place. We will be returning to the old place to clean up, having revealed various hidden pools of dust, and having left some junk to take to the dump, such as a broken loveseat. We have few antiques, faux or actual. We actually tend to a more modern look. But not aggressively modern. No Barcelona chairs. A lot of framed posters from various shows we have seen. A portrait of Dora Maar, by Picasso. A Jackson Pollack. A Willem De Kooning. An Edward Hopper. John Singer Sargent. Also, a couple of paintings of angels, one from the late Middle Ages, the other from 19th century England. All very colorful. I may frame some more (it is expensive, and the move has been costlier than expected). We have a Matisse or two, for example. But I may have taken up so much of the wall space in the living room that it wouldn't work. I do think we will put on the wall some photos from various trips. We have some bookshelves in the living room, but will be making a "reading room" out of a small room in the basement.

The house is one floor, with two bedrooms and one bathroom. It has a basement, more than half of which is finished. Instead of making a family room, we gave my son the large finished section as a bedroom/sitting room. The other large space is for laundry and storage, and then the small room for bookshelves. The second bedroom on the main floor is my office, with a bed in case of a guest, such as my nephew, whom we watch occasionally. There is no seperate dining room, but the living room is large, and there is an alcove giving it an L- shape, so we directed the living room down towards the bottom of the L, leaving a small dining area in a portion of the room.

The immediate neighborhood is full of bungalows like ours, although there are larger houses not too fair away. The outside is not imposing, but is attractive in its simplicity. The great thing is the location: less than a half a mile from the Beltway, less than a half a mile from the top of Rock Creek Park, 5 or 10 minutes from my mother's apartment, about 15 minutes from the border of Washington, about a half an hour (in light traffic) to the National Gallery of Art, a nearby Metro (subway)with buses for commuters during the week, and plenty of parking otherwise. My favorite deli 15 or 20 minutes away. The National Zoo about 20 minutes. Cutting my wife's commute at least in half.

I tell you all of this because you seem to enjoy speculating about my life. With that level of interest, you deserve an occasional bone......