Comments on: Neighborhood Guessing Game: The Shortened Bartender

By: tcpIV

tcpIV — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:15:00 +0000

Must. Not. Stare. Er, uh, I’m feeling a little dizzy. Could it be Katy or westward? Wow! This is a great place!

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:26:25 +0000

Has anyone yet guessed Spring? That’s where I think this beauty is. Close access to affordable shlock, lots of crafty influences.

By: CK

CK — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:04:32 +0000

Late to the game this week. This is suburbia and I was thinking Kingwood, but it could really be quite a number of hoods.

By: flake

flake — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:59:27 +0000

Okay that goose on the DR table is looking at me & giving me the willies. Maybe that’s why all the LR furniture is huddled together trying to fit on the rug like Titanic survivors on a lifeboat.

They’ve been in the house long enough to move the furniture around - I’d bet dollars to donuts the china cabinet in the DR was under the clump of stenciling on the left hand wall before. And surely they didn’t start out with 14 fake flower arrangements in the breakfast room. There’s a gray goose in the den too, Lord, Lord, Lord.

I said “Woodlands” to myself before I finished looking at all the pictures, and I say it still. I’ve seen similar houses (structure, NOT decorating) below Memorial west of Voss - they probably flooded last week.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:42:54 +0000

Looking at the “man room”, I see some tissue sitting alone on the blotter. A clue? Has the newly-widowed lady of craft city been sitting in his chair sobbing the demise of her hubby? I also thought I saw a miniature of Rodin’s “The Thinker”, but realized it is actually LeRoy Jackson’s “The Crapper” which they picked up at Buc-EEs on one of their trips to Branson.

By: karen l

karen l — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:34:11 +0000

The Woodlands - the older part nearer the country club, mall, etc. Somebody took classes in decorative painting!
Room sizes, trim choices all point to early 90’s - 94-95 - stucco exterior, basic woodlands abode.

By: Miz Brooke Smith

Miz Brooke Smith — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:15:27 +0000

Ah, yes, Hubby’s retreat…not a mere suburban study, but actually a historically important early example of the Man Cave, tainted though it be by the feminine decorating touch. Perhaps the master of the house has a mini-fridge hidden away in there, keeping his beer cold for when he needs a break from all the floof in the rest of his castle.

By: wilf

wilf — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:05:27 +0000

I would like to talk to “the man of the house”. Poor guy gets only one room that is not totally “fancified” yet it is a dyspeptic mix of Tommy Bahama and Call Me Bwana. I love the Glamour Shot of him and Lil Miss on the shelf behind the desk (with burnt orange office chair). I was going to go with Kelliwood, too, but I’ll take a shot at Meyerland since Big Daddy probably works/ worked for a small independent oil company based along Post Oak Blvd. Those photos made me love and appreciate my wife just a wee bit more.

By: finness

finness — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:36:44 +0000

Andrea already said the magic word- Kickerillo. Last week, I got kicked in the pants, so I have high hopes this time. I’m going with the Fry Rd south of I-10 area. I even sticking my neck out and betting this place was featured during the 1993 “Showcase of Homes - Illusions of Grandeur”.

By: Darby Mom

Darby Mom — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:07:26 +0000

Seems to me this could be one of those big Perry homes in the land of Sugar, too. ‘Wood’ floor is shiny, shiny; when they bought they left the carpet in rooms where it was with the builder’s package. Older black appliances in the kitchen but a while fridge that still has room for more magnets.

By: Thomas A B Johnson

Thomas A B Johnson — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:42:49 +0000

This house is much older than the guesses. This sunken bar is a vestige of the sunken living room. 1970’s early 80’s pre bust energy corridor north of Westheimer south of Memorial. The curved flying Scarlett O’Hara staircase makes it a bit more upscale: Lakeside area.

By: GoogleMaster

GoogleMaster — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:25:12 +0000

The kitchen and the living room fireplace remind me of a friend’s house. Since this could be any suburb, anywhere, I’ll just go with that. Deer Park, off of 225 across from the refineries. The specific neighborhood is called Wimberly.