Here we post a collection of  photographs of our house in Ithaca, NY, available for rent beginning August 1, 2018.  If you have questions, please e-mail hubbard@matrixeditions.com  or call (607) 272-7562. The house is set well back from the street.   Notice the "widow's walk" on the slate roof.  It provides a good vantage point for 4th of July fireworks.  This picture was taken in August. The house is walking distance to Cornell and to downtown Ithaca (The Commons, the public library, etc.)  Very private and extensive  backyard
View from the front porch.  There is now a porch swing in place of the chair.
Guests arrive for an August wedding. The street is at the top of the stairs.
The back of the house, on the left side.  You can just see the corner of the deck. To the left of the deck are stairs going down to the terraced garden.
Part of the back yard.  Our neighbors in the dark house next door are wonderful.  We have trouble growing grass in the backyard, because it competes with a big maple tree.  But there are rhododendrons, bulbs in season, bleeding heart... We plant annuals in big planters on the deck. There is a ping pong table for the deck, and also wrought iron  furniture.
The deck is a good place to eat or to have parties.  Also a good place to play pingpong (if you have plenty of pingpong balls or are willing to go look for them below the deck).
The front living room.  The piano is a Steinway concert grand, rosewood.
The back living room opens onto a screened-in porch, our "summer dining room."  To the left, out of view, is a bay window.
The "winter dining room".  In the spring, mock orange blooms outside the side window.   There are also two front windows.  The table can be shortened.
The kitchen cooking area, with hanging pots and pans. The cookstove is restaurant quality.  There is a second sink (plus dishwasher, microwave, and new built-in oven with convection option) elsewhere in the room.
The kitchen eating area.  The door visible at right leads to stairs going down the side of the house.  On the  window, not visible in this picture, is a bird feeder that attracts many birds.   The back of the house is well above ground level; in the basement, the laundry room opens onto a back porch.
This view of the kitchen shows the woodstove, oven, dishwasher,   microwave.  The second sink is hidden in the corner to the left of the  microwave.
The "summer dining room".  Usually we have a smaller table here; the long table was set for a wedding reception.  Concord grapes grow on the vines. There are blueberry bushes in the lower garden (some just planted). We had a terrific crop of hot peppers last summer; we grew them in the deck planters.
The second floor has three bedrooms and an office, plus a full bathroom with two sinks.  (There is a smaller full bath on the first floor, and a bathroom with sink, toilet, and shower in the attic.)  Shown here is one of the second floor bedrooms.
Another view of the same bedroom.
Chair and bookcase in the second floor office. There is also a couch, chest of drawers, and very large desk.
The futon in the second floor office has gone to a different home; we now have an antique sofa here.
View of master bedroom, from the bed.  The window is at the back of the house.  There is also a side window.
The desk in another second floor bedroom. The window shown is at the back of the house.  There is also a side window. All the rooms on the first and second floors, except for the bathrooms, have windows on two sides.
The attic has two bedrooms, one at the back of the house (partly shown  here) and one at the front.  There is also a bathroom.
Another view of the back attic bedroom.
Bed in the front attic bedroom
The dormer window of the front attic bedroom.
The attic bathroom. The toilet and shower stall are to the left. The bathroom has a skylight.
The second study, in the basement. It is built on two levels - there is a ledge with bookshelves, then stairs down to the chair, desk, and white board shown.  A window behind the chair opens onto the basement porch. The basement also has a panty, workroom, and laundry room. There are bicycles in the laundry room, available for use. (The basement also has a wine cellar, but it is not included!)