Home is where the heart is

Here are some more photos from an afternoon walk in Midtown.


This home was recently boarded up and condemned as unfit to live in. Could have something to do with the fact that it looks like the Amityville Horror house! Just a thought.




This super cute place has a ton of windows and a very cool garage!




There's just something about a yellow house that makes me smile.




The colors on this house are very strange, but ultimately they really do work well together. I love the punch of red on the doors - brings good luck!




Another very unusual paint job that seems to work. Notice how the blue stairs compliment the blue roof.




This cute little place has the very unfortunate neighbor of a large billboard! Yes, all of the windows on the entire right side of the house are blocked by a large billboard that you can just barely make out in this photo! Sadly though, even if the billboard was removed, the home would look onto a dreary parking lot. At least that would let some sunlight in!

There's no place like home

So I went on another afternoon walk today and snapped a bunch of great photos of the amazing homes in Midtown. Camera in hand, I was ready for an adventure!





This house was having a lot of work done on its shingles. It looks like there is also some work being done on the inside, too. I'd like to check back to see how it is coming along.




This home strangely reminds me of the Amityville Horror house!




I just love the tower on this home!




This home is sprawling! I wonder what the square footage is because it looks huge from the outside!




The rounded edge to the roof on this house is very interesting.




This home had the most amazing painted trim work complete with purple lions! I wish I had taken an up-close photo of the detail. Next time.




The landscaping on this home was lovely. The red and bright green leaves of the trees, surrounded by soft pink azaleas at the ground makes me want to get my paint brush out!




The yellow paint on this house is such a fresh color.




This is one of my favorite homes in Midtown. I always wanted a home with bay windows!




How fun would it be to sit in this rounded room with all of its lovely windows? I'd make it my library with big, comfy chairs.




Yet another fun house!




The moulding on this house adds so much detail.




This cute little place looks like it could be a doll house.




Until next time!

Home, sweet home

I'm finally starting to feel better after my terrible bout of bronchitis. So a friend came over and we decided to take advantage of the lovely Sacramento weather by going for a long walk in Midtown. As usual, I took my camera with me. I snapped these photos of some of the amazing architecture in the historical Midtown homes.







We walked around McKinley Park where everything is starting to bloom.




This little duck looks like he has a mohawk!




We continued our walk and came across these three homes.










I love the mural on the side of this corner market.




Another beautiful example of art in public places.




I've seen a lot of homes in the Midtown area with the glass insets in the porch overhangs. I'll do some research into whose architectural style this is.




This home has historical significance. Named the Louise Groth home, it was built in 1910 in the traditional two-story Craftsman style that was typical of the bunglow homes of that era.




The following home is one of my favorite houses in Midtown! Local legend has it that it's haunted and that several deaths have occured in the home, but nothing can be substatiated. The home was built in 1907 for Dr. Aden Hart, founder of Sutter Hospital. Local residents refer to the home as the Martinez Mansion, named such after a family who once occupied the home. The house is now owned by another local family, but has not been lived in since the 1970s. Many urban legends, rumors, and speculation surround this home, so the truth about its history is difficult to trace.




Can't wait for our next walk!