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Howdy loyal readers of the House Crazy Sarah blog! House Crazy Sarah wanted to let everyone know that she is going to start posting less... maybe only 3-4 times a month. Why? Because she is traveling more now that people are allowed to move around - not like overseas travel (she's not rich!) - but... Continue Reading →
It's been one helluva year for House Crazy Sarah! At this time last year, she was living in Colorado, dreaming about one day returning to her homeland of Canada, not knowing if it would ever happen. Many long months followed of planning, applying, prepping, and logistical jigsaw puzzles complicated by the ever-present threat of COVID.... Continue Reading →
House Crazy Sarah will be closing on this sweet little gem this week. It has been a bruising road to get to this point, so you'll have to forgive her for not posting as much this summer. She bid on no less than 5 houses and got outbid on every single one - even though... Continue Reading →
Well, she did it. House Crazy Sarah and her children successfully made the 1,800 mile journey from Colorado to her hometown in Northern Ontario! A million things could have gone wrong, but they didn't. The stars somehow all aligned and the Universe cleared a smooth path. Not that it wasn't difficult, because it was extremely... Continue Reading →
House Crazy Sarah has been keeping a very big secret for a while now. She is moving to Canada! As some of you know, House Crazy Sarah was born and raised in Canada but has lived in Colorado for nearly 20 years. It's also no secret that she has been very homesick, especially with the... Continue Reading →
Yes indeed, floral wallpaper has made a comeback! All patterns of wallpaper, really, but floral is fast becoming the top contender. Over her lifetime, House Crazy Sarah has looked at many, many houses. On an average day, she probably looks at more home interiors than most realtors. So when she started noticing a trend in... Continue Reading →
The Guardian recently featured an article about people in Great Britain who purposely live in time capsule homes and perform their daily lives like it is the era of their homes. House Crazy Sarah read it with rapt attention because she too, lives sort of an old fashioned life in a vintage house. But she... Continue Reading →
House Crazy Sarah used to work with a bunch of Realtors so she has heard the horror stories. She's been in hundreds of houses herself and has seen some weird things, but the following real estate listing photos go above and beyond. Like this one for example: How would a realtor spin that? "Good bones!"... Continue Reading →
What do you feel when you look at that photo? If you get a tinge of nostalgic melancholy, if you can smell the sharp spring air and feel the cool breeze through the leafless trees, and the soft moist grass under your feet, you may be a Geomantic Empath. House Crazy Sarah came across this... Continue Reading →
Most of these delightfully naughty needlepoints are not truly vintage works - some of them clearly reflect modern sensibilities. For that reason, they are even more fun to look at. Needlepoint, or cross stitch, has historically been used by women to practice their needlework skills and to decorate homes. But contemporary women have raised the... Continue Reading →
