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[velvetpage]

# How many places have you lived in your life?

Seventeen different addresses in eight cities.

# Which was your favorite and why and what street was it on?

My current home is my favourite of those I remember well, mostly because my name is on the deed. Second place goes to the house in Don Mills that I lived in for grades 7 and 8 - I had my own room for the first time there, in the basement. The lack of window was offset by my own 3-piece bathroom.

# If you could live anywhere for the rest of your life, where would it be?

A home with the same basic floor plan as this one but wider and with finished attic and basement, somewhere between here and Gage Park, or on St. Clair Blvd. It would be Victorian or Arts and Crafts, as most homes are in those neighbourhoods.

# What would your ideal home have in it?

Lots of original woodwork, an updated kitchen, a clawfoot tub in one of at least two bathrooms, a formal dining room, and space for an office/library

# Can you describe your current crib?

Built around 1920, brick two-storey, three-bedroom, one bathroom Arts and Crafts style home. Original hardwood throughout except for kitchen. In need of a new kitchen and some substantial renovations to the bathroom and the wiring. Nevertheless, I'm quite happy with it for now.

Comments

[catarzyna.livejournal.com]

I'd love to have another clawfoot tub some day! My Gram had one when I was a child and the house M&J owned when I was little had one too.

Did you move a lot as a child?

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Yes. My parents were Salvation Army officers, and the Army moved them on average every two years. I also counted all four host families from the year I lived in France.

[girlydoll.livejournal.com]

huh mine is just sad, I lived in 18 different homes, 7 different cities, three different provinces.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's four provinces represented in that list, and I just realized I forgot to count one address, so I'm at eighteen, too. Oh, and two countries. Since my nineteenth birthday, there have been only two new ones, though.

[kianir.livejournal.com]

I still totally want to finish your attic. :)