Sticking to our theme this week — houses for less than $130,000 — we were heartened to find this bungalow in Bovina. We think if you pour $50,000 you could have a wonderful getaway, unless the fake pine paneling and the wall-t0-wall is what you want.

Okay, sure, it’ll be a mini getaway, at 528 square feet, and two beds, one bath. But it has 11 acres over which to spread out, and a pond. It was built in 1968, and sits smack dab between Roxbury and Delhi, two very sweet towns.

2939 Coulter Brook Road, Bovina, NY. Coldwell Banker. GMAP.

We found this over on the wonderful site Houzz, and thus we share it with you for inspiration. This is a project by NYC-based architect Kimberly Peck, who managed to make something old and new and salvaged… all she needs is something blue and she can marry the house. Actually, we love the combination of wood and white, the modern lights and the salvaged wood beams.

By the way, if you’ve designed or built or remodeled or decorated a cool house in upstate NY, send us some pictures and a description. We’d love to publish it.

What goes on in Bovina that there are so many affordable properties there? I’ve seen this pop up on Craiglist before, and since it’s still there I figure some Upstater readers would be interested: an entire three-bed farmhouse for rent for $500/month. If you split that with someone else, well, you almost can’t afford not to do it. I haven’t been to Bovina for years, but I remember it being very sweet. It’s just a little too far for me at this point in time. Anyone else interested?

There aren’t many listed these days, although this one caught my eye: “2 fireplaces, 2 bedrooms, large sunporch with great views. Sauna. Gourmet kitchen.” It’s in Bovina Center, in Delaware County/western Catskills, some three-and-a-half hours from my zip code in Brooklyn. Farther than I like, but the price (free) is right. Alas, they’re looking for a Manhattan pad, not Brooklyn.

No juicy pictures for this one: one bedroom in a farmhouse to swap for a room in the big city. Says it’s sweet, but that word is open to interpretations.

Another offer with no pictures here, but it sounds enticing: two-bedroom cabin in Hurley, NY (lovely there). “The cabin is off exit 19 and has king sized bed in the master bedroom and bunk beds in the kids room. Wifi, projector and screen, fireplace/woodstove heat. Property is 40 acres with lots of trails adjacent to 200 acres of state land.” Only hitch: they’re looking for city accommodations Monday throkugh Wednesday.

If anyone knows of any other NYC-Catskills/Hudson Valley housing swaps, please let us know! We’ll be offering up a few others this week.