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I ordered this 1ct lab diamond and it just got delivered today! The IGI report shows it having a 58.7% depth, which I know is a little shy of an ideal depth. I’ve heard that a shallow marquise diamond can read as a little “soft” to the eye, and I’m having a hard time discerning if this diamond is reading as such. It’s certainly not flashing as I imagined it might, but I’m realizing that’s likely partially due to the bezel setting. I’m new to the diamond world so any insight would be appreciated!

I’m so stumped as to how to identify what style my 1922 build is (in Minneapolis, Minnesota)…the loggia around the front door (not even sure if that’s a correct categorization of the open area) has me stumped, as do the three French doors that open from the living room to the front yard. I used photos from the listing so you can get a general sense of the space (so bright!) but you can see the blueprint layout for a better sense of the logistics. I’ve been told it’s a little unusual that for the age of the home that there aren’t more routes to get to different rooms. For example, if you’re in a bedroom upstairs and want to go to the kitchen, you have to travel through the entryway, through the living room, through the dining room to get there.

I toured many older homes when I was house-hunting, and Minneapolis is so special because you can almost pinpoint what neighborhood a house is in by a photo of it alone…lots of craftsman bungalows, Tudor revivals, Victorians, small cap cod styles, all depending on what part of town you’re in.

My neighbors both have craftsman style homes that were built a couple years before mine, which makes it particularly hard to slot mine into a category!

Any thoughts would be very welcome :)