The magazine cuttings are all great, but I really love all of Maxine's notes. It's interesting that she refers to particular rooms and features of the house as her own ('My house'; 'My kitchen'). And I like how she really knows what she wants, as well as what she doesn't want: 'A sunny breakfast room. The linoleum spoils the effect.' We've been actively looking for a home since we got here, so all of the planning and daydreaming involved in this resonates. I do not have my own home binder, but this might get me to start one.
"Kitchen storage space is desirable." Tell me about it. I can't fit half our plates into the cupboards of our current kitchen.
"I like the arrangement and the breakfast nook. Could be very attractive with a different color scheme." and "A sunny breakfast room. The linoleum spoils the effect."
"Arrangement and furniture of a bedroom in my house" (presumably for her sub-deb daughter). "However I wouldn't use quite so much red." I would have to agree.
"My dining room" and "Arrangement of windows, fireplace, and furniture in my living room"
"I like the bathroom and would like to have it in my house with modifications" and "Too elaborate for a bathroom."
The ads on back of the cuttings are pretty amazing, too. Of COURSE she wants to clean house!
"Audrey did not like Tim's habit of pinching her ear. She did not want to be one of her husband's habits. She wanted to be loved." Poor Audrey. You can just barely see Tim's hand on her ear in the picture. Creepy.
Though, alas, the house where the estate sale was didn't really resemble any of the pictures in here, there is one happy note: Maxine got an A+ on the project. Her teacher wrote that it was 'neat' and 'well copied.'
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