Modern house plans
When we are speaking about Modern House Plans , we are definitely implicating to the modern styles it co-opts ... by our this age architects, like craftsman, bungalow, art deco/ modern art, French eclectic, A-frame ... and neo-anything. So you are almost flooded with options and now you can plan your house adopting [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 01:21:24
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Local Color
I snapped these at the church before the social on Saturday night. The clouds were gorgeous, and the air smelled like rain ... websites for building plans for new old houses in the Craftsman and bungalow styles, some of which ... t turn out so well. Here is a charming brick house cue the soundtrack , complete with my beloved [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 10:27:01
On the importance of bungalows. What started off as a vaguely modernist-inspired house-building programme (see The Daily Mail book of Bungalow Plans) gradually evolved into a populist building movement ... , searching through pattern books for the floor plan that would fit their circumstances. The Irish [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 14:06:06
$99K House Series: Good for Houston
Houston architect Carl Brunsting calls his $99K House Competition entry “A Good House ... in more quietly, with a natural, livable plan and appearance. The floor plan was designed ... bungalow to keep it dry from flooding and up for privacy from the street and to avoid long-term [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 17:03:00
BungaLOW
BungaLOW We love our new house. It’s already home to us. In fact, there are toys on the floor in every room ... molding, banister, etc. It’s a 1925 bungalow, which means it’s beautiful. It also means it’s drafty ... , it was about a third of what we used to pay in rent. I immediately signed up for the budget plan with the gas [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 00:49:01
HOW TO MAKE A DRAFTY OLD HOUSE INTO AN EFFICIENT COMFORTABLE HOME – PART 1
Bungalow This is the first of a series of articles giving an actual example of what can be done to convert a drafty old house into an efficient ... provides us with a plan of action that many of us can use to save money on utility bills ... natural gas water heater (1989) Floor space approx 1,000 sq ft Blown insulation only [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 16:13:13
Capsule house designed for an indigent family
.fullpost{display:inline;}While people would to build something like build a house, they want different from other and look unique design, ... appreciates its functionality, as well as low maintenance and construction cost.The plan of this bungalow is based on a square, where internal and external spaces are combined. The capsule containing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 02:50:00
Remodeling Our Home on a Budget
I mentioned in my last post that I would share my experience on how we remodeled our home and added a modern addition on a budget ... and laundry room (yes, they were all very small cramped rooms) into a open floor plan modern home ... house we could in an area we liked. We lucked out and were able to find a 700 square foot bungalow [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 12:56:26
Dreaming
When I'm board, I like to search random things online. Most of the time it's not so random ... has been kept in the true "craftsmen bungalow" style. I really like the style of the house, it was built ... that had all kinds of plans for any style you could think of, with the floor plans, and the master plans [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 20:57:00
Sweet Water Bungalows
One of my readers passed this onto me this morning. Thanks DJ! Sweet Water Bungalows are fair weather tiny houses that have a simple wood frame, windows ... on is not included in the price but they do include free plans making it easy to build it yourself [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 16:24:21
A-Z: H
H: (gpronounced aytch) House: we have been in the bungalow for almost a year and a half. Still a significant number of framed artwork sits on the floor; unhung and unsung ... of executable plans!! 8. Jeans that fit 9. doing something for others. 10. waking up on a saturday [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 05:37:01
Otherland Prelude, 1January 7, 2009
Baker Bloch in an icy realm looking for a good fishing hole for the family outing. That’s his plan anyway ... the perfect fishing hole. He runs across this rather interesting house with a mixture of hobo ... to the beach bungalow visited several nights before. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 01:19:29
Celebrity Real Estate Wrap: David LaChappelle, Bachelor House, Waldo Fernadez, More
Real Estalker reports that fashion/art photographer David LaChapelle has listed his three-bedroom, two-bath home on Marmont Lane ... , this 2-story bungalow features a first floor open floor plan w/ spectacular city views..." Real [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:56:01
Ardisia, Setia Alam
Recently my parents bought a new house in Setia Alam and today, for the first time ever, I went to see the place (with them, of course) ... showhouses was way back during my schooling years when my parents bought a bungalow lot at Bukit Rimau. We never got past getting the floor plan done and admiring how it would turn out (the plan is still [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 13:13:54
Modern Miniatures on Monday: Ironing out the next round of issues
(Part Six of a series about the renovation of my Triang V bungalow ... and who I think would be right at home living in this house. See, once again the Universe is conspiring ... to keep the lights and the wiring but plan to carefully remove the wires from under the carpet and paper [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 20:28:00
Organise… ah bugger that!
I am taking a break from Organise ‘08 (hey that rhymes!) today - there are more pressing house issue to focus on and more fun ones at that! ... from the real estate game, the Baldy Boy took us on a drive to the country… he had secret plans to show ... just like the one I grew up in, a Californian Bungalow. Even the lead light windows were the same as the [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 01:05:16
Living Small: Tumbleweed Tiny Houses
August 22, 2008 Have you heard of Tumbleweed Tiny Houses? The company was founded by Jay Shafer, who built a tiny house for himself in 1997 ... if you can choose a favorite! The little bungalow above is called The Loring and has 251 square feet of living space. You can see by the floor plan that has a sleeping loft that offers some additional space [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 17:55:54
JENNY FROM THE BLOCK IS HEADED FOR DIVORCE!!
Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez will announce plans to end their 4.5 year marriage in February, according to a new report from the NY Daily News ... such as Bungalow 8. He was also caught partying — bandless — with pal Eva Longoria Parker at Lavo ... Now) *********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 13:55:00
In Foreclosure: Wilshire Blvd's House of Tomorrow
Click the image above to view the full photogallery ... feet of mid-century modern office bungalows, 3 conference rooms, and a brick central courtyard ... (interiors stripped) has led the Conservancy board to vote against pursuing a preservation plan [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 18:58:04
Introducing...the house!
Here is the first peek into our little place (call them the "before" pictures)...it is a great stucco bungalow and we love it! ... craftsman tile...Immediately across from the front door is the arched doorway leading into the dining ... so myself. We have lots of plans to make it our own. Lots of work and I'll keep you posted all the way. Stay [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 14:00:00
Forget the bungalow, retire to Mars
Forget the bungalow, retire to Mars 4 Jan 2009, 1618 hrs IST, PTI LONDON: Imagine retiring to Mars ... , Virgin Galactic, has his own plans for humanity's future beyond the atmosphere. His scientists ... out of the six billion on Earth. People could save up all their lives and instead of buying a big house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 18:52:11
Glenoaks Canyon Real Estate Review
Glenoaks Canyon is a box canyon that favors a kid-centric lifestyle and/or anyone who loves a “walk the dogs at twilight” sort of neighborhood ... bungalow interior with lots of built-ins, nearly blinding white walls and clean kitchen and bath ... Reduced ! Magnificent! Great Open plan, Unique Architectural details, hardwood/stone/lux carpet [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 22:59:42
A two part post: Year in Recap/Mid Century Modern, Cliff May and Me
Whew...what a year! And what a day is today!I hope to later insert links to some of the events that are mentioned in this recap.. ... , and immediately begin to look for work closer to our families. Our house gets prepped for selling; life ... have worked a little harder on that though!)July: We both find jobs in...Salt Lake City! PTL! We put the house [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 02:50:00
Business Survival
Money is very important in our life. Even though many people argue that money is not that much important, I don’t feel it is right. If you have plans of buying a dream home or a car or any valuable assets, money plays ... or a bungalow type one. But we don’t have the money at all times. If we are in need of small cash, we seek [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 04:40:39
Home Remodeling
There will come a time when we have the dream house that we wanted and it will come to a point when you just have to change or make a few alterations. Take my aunt for example. Before, her house in Dasmariñas Cavite was just a simple 2 bedroom single-detach bungalow but as years passed she decided to put an extension at the back that will serve [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 07:24:00
Jennifer Lopez And Marc Anthony Planning A Valentine's Day Divorce?
No one is so far denying the latest rumors that Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez are completely over and intend to make it official on Valentine's Day ... to amicably plan out a date to announce their separation but sources close to them confirmed ... ditched his own wedding band and partied at N.Y.C. hot spots such as Bungalow 8. He and Lopez [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 18:00:00
When You Shrink The Gold Mine In California
The San Francisco Chronicle reports from California. “As home values continue to plunge, the real estate valuation service Zillow said that 20 ... homeowners with negative equity. He and his partner owe about $610,000 on their bungalow in Oakland’s Maxwell Park neighborhood; the home now is worth about $100,000 less. In their 94619 ZIP code, 23.8 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 22:06:39
Transform Yourself
Transform yourself - Sri Sri RavishankarIn this era of science and technology, we can be creative and productive, and at the same time not lose the humanness that we are all born with. Just material things or comfort alone do not make you comfortable. You may have a good bed to sleep on, but unable to sleep because of insomnia or worry! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 09:01:00
Santa “Cloud” or How Cloud Computing Saved Christmas
Okay, let’s face it. I know at least one Enterprise organization that has migrated their traditional infrastructure to one based on Cloud Computing. That would be The North Pole. Their CEO is none other than Santa Claus (Saint Nicolas, Kris Kringle & Father Christmas are some of the other aliases he goes by) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 18:13:57
A Slave to Sin
A Slave to Sin Barb claimed to be a psychiatrist, but my guess is that she was not a very good one. One day she had asked our friends, her next door neighbors, to help clean up her house a little ... , she now holed up in her house, only rarely leaving the property. With no car, no bus routes and few friends [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:03:00
Maltese Masterpiece
We continue Dean Jeffries week with a look into the first (and maybe only) Porsche to ever grace the cover of Rod & Custom Magazine ( ... ! In 1960, Dean did saw his plan through. He put the car in Road & Track Magazine with a sale price ... weeks later, the FBI surrounded a small beach bungalow with a sharp custom Porsche parked [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:02:31
Tips in Landscaping your Garden
Tips in Landscaping your Garden Everyone knows that one of the key elements to having a beautiful home is having a great landscaped background ... when you can able to access free plans on the internet or at a greenhouse. But if you’ve an awkward ... . 3. The elan of your home must be taken into account. If you’ve a rural bungalow, formal gardens [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 06:34:48
Random Movies I Like: Dance Dance
I have done film posts in two different formats: one is a detailed analysis (!) of films of a certain period/genre/theme, usually running into several thousand words. And the second is a quick take on a film, remembering bits and pieces of it. This post started under the second format and somehow in the course of writing it, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 15:30:00
The Architect meets the Real Estate Agent
SourceI get that when I tell people that I was trained as an architect, they suddenly imagine me doing a clinical, hard-nosed assessment of everything from: what they're wearing; the way their windows are furnished; down to the detailing of their thresholds; and the length of their fingernails against the wood-grain of their benchtop [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 12:04:00
Charlottesville Real Estate Blog
Charlottesville Real Estate Blog Posted by Fulton Gaylord under For Buyers, General Information Buying a home is very emotional ... . We talked about their needs and wants, and began to develop a plan of attack to make their home ... one they loved and that seemed to be perfect for them. The house was what they had been dreaming [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 15:08:12
Investing In A Bahamas Property
Exuma is a string of islands and cays, home to forgotten hideaways, natural harbors, secluded beaches and a coastline of over a hundred miles of clear, blue water. Exuma is a nature lover’s paradise preserved in its original pristine setting. In recent years, The Bahamas has become one of the world? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 06:03:05
Life's Too Short: Stilettos in Dinning Rooms.
bloggy break ever last week to scrapbook and organize photos, I was ready to publish a post entitled, "The End ... ahead. Early morning buses, lunches, volunteering, keeping up with the house ... this morning and shut down my lap top. I. Was. Done. All day long I sat around the house with the girls [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 00:54:34
Homage to my Twenties
Well, that's it folks ... I'm just hours from my birthday and from being 30 ... , all Louise's choice - I wanted Mexico, but she was right). In August we moved house and bought our first home - a one bed bungalow in Three Score, Bowthorpe. Moving in was no problem as we had very little [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 21:50:00
Merry mischief
By Sharon Sweda Huron, Ohio Honorable Mention “Doggone it!” Janet hears Henry’s familiar bellow. She knows, without looking or hearing the stomp of his boots, that in an instant, he and his flannel jacket will race out the door of their 1940’s bungalow. She also knows where he is going [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 16:55:14
Keeping Record
A welcome to Toria who has discovered my site through reading another, took a quick peek at the site she mentioned and it looks well worth a read ... . So, if living in an older house, always worth buying furniture this way, and even in the newer ... or so years ago, so perfect for a smaller house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 06:56:00
Final Wooden House
from Archinect Final Wooden House - Type: wooden bungalow - Location: Kumamura, Japan - Completion: 2008 Images and text by Sou Fujimoto Architects - Photographer: Iwan Baan —————————————————————————————————- I wanted to create an ultimate wooden architecture. I thought through this bungalow [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 11:53:09
'Lost': The Constant
I remember thinking quite clearly, the night this episode aired, "I feel really lucky to be alive to witness this." It's hyperbole, of course, since it's just a television show, but it was also one of the most creative and emotional piece of popular culture I'd ever witnesses [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 20:18:24
Costa Rica - Beach Week -Day 2
Costa Rica is one of those places we've always dream about going to but haven't been able to cross it off our list quite yet ... both adventure and relaxation. Costa Rica fit all our criteria.How did you plan your trip to Costa ... so she was able to do research online and read trip reviews to plan our trip. She organized a great [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 13:40:00
Local Market Observations!
What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Speculation? “Peter - not his real name - had his dream. Five years ago, he and his wife sold their bungalow in south-west England for £270,000. They used half of the proceeds to buy a house in Britain for their two sons, and reserved half [more...]
Date: 2008-07-26 17:38:19
“The Family Stone:” Home for the Holidays
By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET Three Christmases ago, I went with a couple of friends to see “The Family Stone” in the theater ... old house, however? Maybe not. For Christmas Movie Week, I knew I had to watch the movie again to get some pictures of the house for you! For those of you who haven’t seen it, “The Family Stone” [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 13:04:58
The Brazilian Cat by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Brazilian Cat is a horror-adventure story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. This has been a nightmare for me when I read it first time years ago. It’s one his many stories outside of Sherlock Holmes saga. This story is part of his short story collection, Tales of Terror and Mystery. I hope you will enjoy this story [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 08:14:00
Memorable Perth Trip
9th Nov 08 (Sunday)This is the day where I began my travel journey alone for the very first time of my life for a business trip. And it was my first time to Perth. Woke up around 6am to get ready to the airport. I was exited and nervous at the same time. Having the company of a girl from Guangzhou (who worked for my company as our prefered partner) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 07:16:00
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: An article from 1967
The Messengers The cover on a new LP album called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a photomontage of a crowd gathered round a grave. And a curious crowd it is: Marilyn Monroe is there, so are Karl Marx, Edgar Allan Poe, Albert Einstein, Lawrence of Arabia, Mae West, Sonny Liston, and eight Beatles.Eight? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 11:13:00
Wooden Weekend Retreat by HUT Architecture
Wooden houses with a clean nature around is a great place to have the perfect weekend ... Architecture designed such contemporary wooden house. Here is what they say about it: An existing 1950’s bungalow in a beautiful setting on the South Coast all but rebuilt to create a sustainable [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 13:32:35
Lost Girl Field Trip: Andros Island-Part1
Jen:While I wouldn't trade my position as 1/3 of The Lost Girls writing team for anything in...well.. ... a spontaneous invite from my friend Mark for a week of beach bumming, bungalow-side boozing and world-class ... cottages and main house to the ocean front hot tub and outdoor [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 17:07:00
