image from: www.zillow.com
I first spotted this amazing house near Cape Cod Massachusetts on the Curbed website’s ‘how much do you think it’s worth’ feature.
image from: www.zillow.com
The response was luke-warm so I’m left scratching my head. I’ve never gone house-hunting in Cape Cod Massachusetts, but this place gives me the tingles! (In a good way)
Mon Bijou – translates to “my jewel”. And what a perfect name for this sweetheart of-a-house.
image from: www.zillow.com
The realtor uses this flowery introduction in the listing blurb:
Mon Bijou – as inscribed at the entrance of this fabulous Gingerbread Gem exactly describes this property; a small, exquisitely wrought trinket.
– from: zillow.com
image from: www.zillow.com
Our little jewel-of-the-day is currently listed for sale at $549,000. It has 4 bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms in a cozy 1,050 square feet.
The style of this cottage is known as carpenter Gothic or Gothic gingerbread.
image from: www.zillow.com
Would you be surprised if I told you this house was in a planned community? Here’s what the listing describes:
Located in the Copeland District, a planned community designed in 1871 by the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company, it was built in 1871 in the style of Gothic architect, Richard Carpenter.
– from: zillow.com
image from: www.zillow.com
Whoever owns this house has taken the gingerbread sea-side cottage theme and really ran with it…
image from: www.zillow.com
It’s small but it is just so sweet.
image from: www.zillow.com
The white washed walls, the vintage trinkets… it’s all so perfect.
image from: www.zillow.com
Fun and whimsy abound in this so-cute-I-can-barely-stand-it house…
image from: www.zillow.com
The bedrooms are the crème de la crème…
image from: www.zillow.com
Gothic arched screen doors opening to a tiny balcony:
The decorating is about as close to perfection as I have ever seen…
image from: www.zillow.com
I love the exposed rafters and white-washed board walls, but I wonder (it being located in Massachusetts) if the house is winterized?
image from: www.zillow.com
With no insulation, this may be a summertime-only cottage.
So is $549,000 a little much to pay for a barely 1000 square foot seasonal cottage? Maybe.
image from: www.zillow.com
Still, charm and loveliness overflow from this petite maison…
image from: www.zillow.com
How can you not fall in love with this chérie?
image from: www.zillow.com
Okay, okay, I’ll stop the gushing.
But if you want more information on this adorable gingerbread Gothic gem, you can see the listing here.