Updates on House for Sale

I cannot believe all that has transpired in the world around us since I last posted on this blog. In July 2010 Random Arts had already closed it's doors on Main Street in Saluda and I was beginning to feel "homeless" in the mixed media art community. By the time December rolled around both of us were getting anxious for Random Arts to move out of the temporary building and into a place of it's own.

Thanks to a good friend of ours, who happened to stop by in December 2010 to have some custom work done for his business, a spark was ignited. So the journey began right then and there.

By June of 2011 that property, first researched and seen that past December became the new home for Random Arts. Not quite ready to be open, our long days of nothing but painting and construction began. By Sept, Random ARTs was ready to move into it's new nest. With that being said, I forgot to mention that the building was/is an old 1920's house in a commercial location in Saluda. We both passed by this house at least 6 times a day for 17 years and never, ever thought it could be, or would be ours.
What does all this have to do with our house, that we have lived in for 18 yrs?
It's simple. The Random Arts property has private living quarters in the back that was a great new addition put on in 2001. Only 10 yrs old and perfect for us to downsize and "live, work and play" in Saluda.
That means that it's time to look seriously to sell our precious little craftsman style bungalow located just 1 mile from town. Since the market has changed significantly in the past 2 years we are looking for offers to help make our dream house become yours.
I would be happy to answer any questions about our house and right now with spring settling in nicely, this is the best time of year to come see why Saluda beckons you to come north and enjoy our little town.

Update on our house for sale!

YES, our house is still for sale and. . . . . we are willing to negotiate with anyone who may be interested. It's hard to believe after coming back from Chicago that I would still feel like I wanted to continue to try and sell this wonderful house in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Today I went outside and picked a huge bucket of blueberries

from our bushes on the property and yesterday my zucchini

was asking to be picked as well. It is always such a joy this time of year to reap the benefits of the springtime plantings.
All of that nurturing has transformed this 3 acre piece of property into a flowerful & colorful
well taken care of home.
At the time that we purchased our house it was not in a "love affair" with the owner and it didn't have the loving touches that we so eagerly had jumped in to do. It needed some new energy to bring it back to life, so after 14 + years, we are ready to
"pass the torch" so to speak, to some other loving couple. Maybe they can re-purpose that vintage barn and turn it into a studio. . .

just as I have had dreams of doing...
until every day life gets in the way,
or add that greenhouse onto the garden shed or add a guest house in the drying shed. You see? The dreams are still there but our energy has been waning. Plans, you ask? Not yet firmed up but it's likely that we will stay
here in Saluda and continue to grow "Random Arts "instead of 3 acres of manicured gardens.

Looking inside. . .

Taking a look inside means something different to everyone but as we look to sell our house inside definitely means.... inside... our house. This room is completion of a visualization that I had for years both in my mind and on paper. The window seats that line the window wall was something that both of us decided would be the perfect setting with the wall of nature on the "outside". The window seat wall and book shelves were custom made by a local cabinet maker, Ken Wheeler. Ken actually did almost all the work on our cabinetry including the built in drawers in the bedroom and the vanity in the master bath and all
of custom cabinets in the kitchen and utility room. We designed
the fireplace surround and
Ken built that for us as well. Now that I think of it we have a huge amount of custom cabinetry in this house. He also built custom
closet doors in the master to match the style of the window seats.
I love those drawers in that room. They are so big that you don't
need a dresser or a linen closet. It holds everything including
some of "extra" fabrics.The French doors lead from the bedroom
into the master bath and another wall of windows to the
outdoors adjacent to the Porcher Whirlpool tub. Skylights
light the room during the day and the ceiling fan brings in
cool breezes at night. Isn't it wonderful? That heated tile
floor is awesome in the winter. With all that said, why am I moving?
Yes, everything in the house is done really really well with the best
craftsmanship. That goes for the outside as well, but sometimes one
just needs a change. Not sure what that means but for me it means
a change of place, a change of scenes and possibly a studio. Although our
upstairs is huge with 3 bedrooms, I can't quite bring myself to make that
area "my space". Paul has done a good job of claiming most of it
and that's just fine for me. His space is filled with what he loves to do,
it works well for him.
For now I am here, but looking to make some changes although it does not mean leaving or abandoning Random Arts. A little insurance for all you might help alleviate that concern, and that is the inside information that we are creating & designing our new T-Shirts and aprons. It looks like the mid August should be the release. Check back with us for a little look at what we have done.