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I think it's beautiful.  There might be one or two changes I'd make, but overall---- just lovely!

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@Kachina624 wrote:

I wonder where you'd put the cat's litter box? 

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@Kachina624

There's probably a hidden panel in the wall like in those old mystery movies..........purrfect for the litter box

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@sweetee2 wrote:

Wow, absolutely beautiful. I can see it suits her. No wonder the president went after her. He definitely married up.

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I think they were pretty much on the same level.

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I tend to agree, he married up. His family was financially well situated, but her family was probably more 'high-born'...

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It was Jackie's stepfather who purchased Merrywood.

[happycat]

I love it!

@lolakimono, Thanks for always posting the neatest things! Totally enjoyed all those pics- absolutely gorgeous! Wish I could afford that, I would move in there in a heartbeat.

[novamc1]

Interesting post about Merrywood.

Until last Fall, I grew up and lived many years in the same zip code and later within walking distance of that home.  You can't see one bit of it from  the road. 

It has been owned by a very wealthy couple well-known in the Wash DC area for a long time---and L-O-N-G after Jackie Kennedy  grew up  there.  

Also interesting and within a half-mile or so  of that home  is the early home of JFK and later Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy, known as Hickory Hill.  However, that home was sold not too many years ago by Ethel and has been rather too much redone to resemble its former self.

[novamc1]

More about the Merrywood  home mentioned in this post...........

Steve Case, the former chairman and CEO of AOL,  purchased Merrywood in 1999, the
childhood home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The seven acre waterfront estate
in McLean belonged to Jackie's mother and stepfather, Janet Bouvier Auchincloss
and Hugh D. Auchincloss.

Built in the 1920s, the nine-bedroom estate has since
been extensively renovated and refurbished by Washington designer Victor
Shargai. It features a 5,000 square-foot pool house and a tennis court.
Washington Life last reported on the home in December of 1999 when Washington
Fine Properties listed the estate for real-estate developer Alan Kay and his
wife Dianne, who sold it for slightly more than $15,000,000 to William Conway, a
founder and managing director of the Carlyle Group. Case reportedly paid Conway
$24.5 million.

The home has been described as a mock-Georgian brick house
set among 1/2 dozen acres of woods on the high Potomac palisades. From terraced
lawns, there was a steep rocky drop to the river.

[alliswell]

I like it . . . I wonder what the kitchen looks like 

[Puzzle Piece]

I like the outdoor terrace and the settings.  That's all.

Didn't he and his sister get raised in the Mediterranean countries?  When his mom returned, they were older and lived in NYC.