If I had to live in Arizona...
 

...I could live here. http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc50013.php

http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles50013.jpg

Not a 'bagger in sight.

Not your typical Arizona town.
http://www.prescotthomesforyou.com/s.../lib/45742.jpg

http://www.prescotthomesforyou.com/

If I had to live in Arizona...I'd walk to Mexico.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfqKS3ENYBQ

I was in Arizona in 1952.

Got a picture to prove it!

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/z.../scan0038a.jpg

If I had to live in Arizona, this is where I would live. Wait, I do live in Arizona. So this must be where I live. ;)

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...psddcb3e57.jpg

Nice looking house. :)


Grass is cut too short....

...but you can't necessarily go by me. Mine is always too long.

This is what it looked like when we bought the house in 2008. The first picture is from 2012. Still looks the same, except that the bushes are a bit bigger now.


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Wow! Nice. It looks very homey.

Did you do the work yourself?

Pete

First off, I want to apologize for hijacking this thread.

My partner and I did the majority of the work. He worked in construction so knew what to do. The roof we did hire someone to do that(his brother).

This is what the backyard looked like when we bought the place.

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...pse033338f.jpg

Fall down go boom?

:o

Pete

Arizona Is up there with Florida For retirement state,It is Very beautifull state My uncle lives in the fourcorners area around Manyfarms on Navajo land.arizona has desert mountains grasslands u Name it Typicly Nice weather cept when it rains it pours.very nice selection to settle down.I think the economy is not as bad as most states.

Tell me about it.
This is a more modern picture. This was taken in 2011. It even looks different from that now.


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That Looks SOOOO relaxing

Come on over, we have beer in the fridge.

Get that cover off the grill, the dog is hungry!:D

Fridge on the porch, awesome!

Pete

Ohh ,Dont tempt me I wish I could get away,You enjoy it I will just share the feeling with you.You have done a beautifull job,getting that house together it is a Treasure I hope you Get so much good Times in it.I am satisfied just seeing the Beaty of it.

Actually to the left, the area around that door, is now covered and is an outdoor kitchen. Also directly in front of the swing is 42" TV hanging on the wall.

Here is a picture of the outdoor kitchen/bar.

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Wow you did a very nice job on the house!! :) I know it must have been quit hot working so much on the outside. Looking at this picture everything looks great but have you considered shutters painted the trim color? Sorry Im in the trades so I critique design and look to possibilities. Just a thought to reduce the mass of brickwork and to bring in more detail and trim color. And or another though could be, a 2' hight of sandstone around the bottom. Sorry I'm trying to spend your money but it looks like you guy's enjoy working on your house. You have already did some great work and your neighbors must love you.

Now that looks more like my lawn, complete with the place the dog likes to piss.

I'm not a big fan of shutters, and a big HELL NO to the sandstone covering the brick. I love the brick. About the only thing we are going to do is get metal awnings for the windows and have the painted in the same color as the trim. For the four windows on the side of the house and the two large ones on the front, it is about $1000 to $1500 for the awnings.

The back yard has that 50s look! Do you have that in the interior as well?

I was going to mention awnings also over the shutters they will bring a quaintness and keep the house cooler.

Yes. The appliances in the kitchen are vintage as well. (1941 O'Keefe and Meritt gas stove, 1949 Hotpoint fridge, 1955 Hotpoint dishwasher, 1958 G.E. wall oven, 1963 Lady Kenmore washer and dryer.)

Very cool and the house looks to be built late 50s as well. I like when people go with the feel of the actual house instead of trying to make it too modern.

The house was built in 49. The neighborhood was built by the same builder in 48 to 54. Total of about 930 houses. The largest post WWII subdivision in Phoenix.

This is a very nice "Countryford's home story" thread! I really like it, thank you! :)

No apology needed, I for one like the way it's turning out. Love the brick pattern and what you two have done with the place.

I like the idea of vintage appliances in the kitchen, do you have a pic?

Pete

Here is the 49 Hotpoint Fridge. It was originally white, but we had it painted pink. Other than that we just rewired it. Works great.

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...psde0cf1a4.jpg


Thats all the house photos I have on this computer.


This is the 63 Lady Kenmore set. That is the original color. Still works great.

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...psf5f2100e.jpg

With all of that, there can be no question that you are a tube listener.

Very nice job, by the way.

Regards,

D-Ray

More of a tube watcher.

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Since I've already hijacked this thread, may as well go all the way.

Here is my living room.


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Dining Room

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...psc848ba8e.jpg

Nice touch with the black lab trying to become one with the tile floor. ;)

She's actually a chocolate lab, but that is one of her favorite napping places.

I could come to your House and feel Like I have not even been born yet,You are really inot details,I am very impressed.

What's the story on the radio in the living room CountryFord.

It is a 1926? Atwater Kent model 30 in a Pooley cabinet. It was given to me in high school by a teacher there. It was his aunts and was given to him. His wife didn't want it, but he didn't want to throw it out. When he found out that I collected tube radios he gave it to me. I haven't done anything with it. One of these days I'll restore it. It is a battery operated unit.

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...psb2c942a9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...aterKent30.jpg