According to TheKnot.com, which I signed up to for the checklists (oh, am I crazy for a thorough checklist,) The Prof and I should now be focusing on TheNest...or that's what the emails that I've been getting the past three weeks say. Only a financial miracle would allow us to actually buy a house prior to November 30 and cash in on the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit, but a gal can dream...
"Traumatized by witnessing the events of 9/11 up close from his South Street Seaport apartment, the painter Sean Scherer sought refuge upstate with his partner, Marc Mayer. The pair bought this 1840s farmhouse in Walton, N.Y., and Mr. Scherer channeled his creative energies into renovation."
If only the Catskills were near, well, anything or anyone Mark or I knew.
(all photos:Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)
(note: having a bed nook is one of my life list goals)
(thx to Kate Hogan for the crush-worthy link!)


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Posted by: lower merion homes | Monday, 26 October 2009 at 09:19 AM