"Charmed" Victorian In Angelino Heights Hits Market
2008-11-innes.jpg The OG of HPOZ's (Historic Preservation Overlay Zones) has another great Victorian newly listed on the MLS ... square foot 1903 Victorian. Listing price: $80,000. We suspect it's a typo. (Area homes are selling [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 20:04:41
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Another Door Sixteen!
I still daydream about having a vacation home that’s the complete opposite of the house I live in now ( ... in a Victorian rowhouse in a small, riverside, urban town in upstate New York. Hey, you never know! Yeah, I could definitely feel at home here. Does your house have an alter-ego? Do you dream [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 21:54:06
MLK’s Birthplace = Great Victorian!
On January 15th, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr was born at 501 Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, GA. His grandfather purchased the 1894 Queen Anne Victorian for $3500 in 1909. By 1941, the King family moved out of the home and it was converted into a two family dwelling. They kept the house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 11:35:49
Re-Elect Jean Lambert MEP
Along with lots of my fellow Green bloggers, I want to give a plug today to the work of Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert ... homes in London (over half of London's housing stock, including much of the Victorian housing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:04:00
My Cookie Jar Collection-mostly:)
I thought I would show you a few more pretties I had collected from the thrift stores.:) These sit on the top of my kitchen cupboards ... and Pillsbury dough boy were Christmas gifts from several years back.I just LOVE these Victorian looking ... things you can collect for very little money.:) I can remember going to friends homes and seeing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 13:27:00
East End Homes Tour Kicks Off Holiday Season December 5, 2008
The East End's annual Christmas Homes Tour opens the doors of some of Galveston's most impressive and authentic Victorian residences to hundreds of visitors each year. read more [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 16:04:58
Mansion Musings
I love looking at homes. I suppose I inherited this tendency from my mother who also loves a good open house adventure ... ideas, different floor plans, etc. Our favorite homes to explore were the older homes with character, as my mother calls it. One of her dreams was to purchase a large Victorian style house and turn [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 18:02:00
Dany’s for men and Women
I picked up these outfits a while ago.. and they have sat in my inventory until now. They’re exactly my style too: olde-timey, Victorian, frilly ... the time to explore the sim, it’s quite pretty and I understand they have homes available for lease [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 21:00:07
Pugin's Ramsgate
On Wednesday I popped down to the Kentish coastal town of Ramsgate ... for so many Victorian houses, with some beautiful stained glass and wallpaper designs. Pugin's flag flies ... Grange was the home of Augustus Welby Pugin and then his son Edward. It was recently purchased [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 08:08:00
taxpayer funded data must be freely available to the public
A recent Guardian newspaper article details the current status of plans in the UK to force local government councils and other public sector, ... and wonderful initiative. I recently argued that the Victorian government has the responsibility ... so it can make informed choices about the food it consumes outside the home. I would love to force [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 13:15:16
Another Beautiful Sunday
Home again. I don't trust my health enough to go to church ... outside and admire tall Victorian houses with fun little narrow steps, and then go to Mama's [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 18:55:00
News Briefs 19-01-2009
Brace for impact... UK's newly discovered ancient rock art baffles experts ... into dinosaurs. Classic Victorian novels helped us evolve into better people, say psychologists. For 40 ... prove effective. Paper house offers cheap home for poor and displaced. Children's letters [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 09:03:19
Local Realtors need power tools
I wrote this a few months ago but ran into a similar situation over the weekend. I went to set up a showing to show one of my clients a home ... the plywood from the front door to access the lock box. Close your eyes and imagine a red brick Victorian house, a good sized one with a turret. I can't post a picture of it, because it isn't [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 17:14:57
Preserving Austin
Austin is a city of great historical significance. Residents here adore the older homes and many wish to make at least part of Austin a historical ... to have an 1100 home district deemed worthy of historic preservation. There are no plans to stop ... that began with the destruction of this Victorian-era neighborhood. Martinez, along with several [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 05:03:23
Boston: A Debriefing
Yesterday was spent traveling toward home. I arrived back in Bemidji around 8:30 pm and wanted to head straight to my apartment ... , not some Victorian confection. The main house features Victorian decor, while the house next door [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 21:33:00
5 highest closing prices in Nassau in late '08
Time to take another look at what is happening with housing prices across Long Island and Queens between the listing and the closing ... a haircut -- some in the six figures -- by closing. Several homes had asking figures of more than ... at $1,100,000, down from $1,295,000. 4. A four-bedroom Victorian on Hempstead Avenue in Rockville Centre [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:16:48
Caroline Lucas elected Green Party leader
Caroline Lucas has won the Green Party’s first ever leadership election ... , and Victorian levels of inequality. “We need a Green New Deal to tackle the impact of rising prices ... profits into making the homes of ordinary people warmer and fuel bills more affordable. “As Leader [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 22:10:56
Col. Heck’s Oakwood ‘Spec’ Houses
Above is the Heck-Lee House in 1972. Below is a view taken last night ... Victorian houses lining the streets. I remember being intrigued by three near-identical, flamboyantly ... , it was one of the grandest homes in Raleigh. Appleget designed the mansion in the then popular Second [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:19:11
things we bought on ebay, a prologue
As I’ve documented many times before, Amy and I are coming to the end of our years-long renovation ... in Dallas with homes built primarily in this period and although they went through a couple decades ... to be. We have removed some of the Victorian ornament still present in Craftsman design and replaced [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 17:55:59
Wedding Plans: The Beginning
The RingSo when the Chem Geek Princess and her Knight Errant arrived home from England via Dallas, the Engineering Geek met them at the airport ( ... , a winery, or a Bed and Breakfast; no southwest decor--Victorian? Guests: Close family and close ... the officiant, plans the honeymoonMother of Bride (MOB): plans with bride (CGP), Groom does not sweat [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 20:37:00
Fashion History.
100 content rich, illustrated pages of Fashion History, Costume History, Clothing, Textiles and Social History. Fashion History ... miniature Victorian doll#39s dolls, toys and playthings for the doll#39s house child, designed ... comparisons and merchant reviews.Departments include books, music, videos, home and garden [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 12:04:23
blankblank: Sutter Collection
The Sutter Collection, Designed by Rob Zinn for blankblank "In the Sutter Collection, ... different settings: a restored barn home with reclaimed wood floors, and white-washed walls in New England, a New York loft or mid-century apartment, a Victorian house in San Francisco for some much needed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:53:00
The Concept of Non-Ownership (by Phila)
I've been thinking lately about the form that architecture takes in an economy based on land speculation rather than, say, industrial productivity ... would have their sovereign acre of prairie (and a Wright house planted squarely on it), to Frank Gehry ... . Is there a certain type of building, or building style, that becomes dominant during a real [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 16:49:43
Old homes get smart
Smart metering is coming. Within a decade, you’ll know exactly how much every flip of a switch or turn of a knob costs in monthly utility charges ... of a typical Victorian house. The Marchants were always energy-thrifty, but instant feedback ... , these systems can help reduce peak power demand. (In March 2008, Worldchanging covered Boulder, Colo.'s pla [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 22:43:46
The Brave New World of Soft Tyranny
Rush Limbaugh is right--it is becoming impossible to satirize the left. Increasingly, news stories sound more like their comedy show imitations--Saturday Night Live, or Monty Python's Flying Circus. England is leading the way in idiocy. I've been saying for some time that they've gone around the bend and will not be back [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 20:05:00
Bringing Families Together With Dollhouses
by Rhys Fairfield Building a miniature dollhouse has been a favorite activity of many households since they first came on the scene ... adults and children to fulfill personal fantasies of having a perfect house without having to spend a fortune. While it may just be a toy, the house provides a sense of pride when they admire it daily [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 20:13:53
Single Women Buying Homes - The Phenomenon
I was taking a look at my list of San Francisco clients that are looking for a home or have recently purchased a home and I realized ... twice as many homes as single men Single women make up more than one-third of the growth in real ... houses, condos, TIC’s, lofts, fixer-uppers, new construction, Victorian architecture, modern design [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 09:47:01
Big Box Problems
The half-finished exurban housing development is an anthropological symbol of an exhausted society. High gas prices, years of frantic consumption, raised environmental consciousnesses, and, most importantly, a collapsed real estate market have left their mark on the American landscape, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 20:37:32
How to make a smoking cap
Want to make a smoking cap but you were afraid to ask? I just discovered a great blog by a person who describes herself as a Mad Hatter Wannabe ... . How grand and European! Wonderful! You all know I am a history buff - it is all shades of Victorian ... . You know that in Victorian times the sleeping cap was also popular. It’s kind of a light weight toque [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 14:22:25
Sherlock Homes Coming Via Guy Ritchie, Joel Silver, and Robert Downey, Jr.
They’re talking franchise. Could happen if the script’s smart, faithful to the source material, and not post-modernized to death: Robert Downey Jr. is to play Victorian super sleuth Sherlock Holmes in an upcoming blockbuster that studio Warner Bros. hopes will become a lucrative new franchise. The 43-year-old said one reason [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 19:32:23
MANDALAY AGAIN
My email box pinged and there, under the capitalised title ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR,’ was an email from my eldest half-sister, the one who has nine children and lives somewhere deep in the South of France. She is an erratic correspondent but surfaces at odd moments with some breathless message, hammered out in capitals [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 13:04:00
Doctor, Heal Thyself
I’ve been inspired by posts on Vulpes Libres and the Victorian Geek to note down a few thoughts on self-help literature, ... in a pile of abandoned file copies, and it was the work of a moment to give a poor orphan book a home ... of a man I worked with in the customer accounts part of the factory that a little evil plan stirred [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 11:47:03
Be upfront, you slimey toads
The Fairfax press proved once again today that it is a brazen front for unions, socialists and other rent-seeking, power hungry doom-mongers from the left. It did that by publishing a story titled Study condemns ramshackle schools.The Australian Education Union put out a press release about a report that it commissioned, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 12:38:00
Victorian Petstore With A Difference
Please see previous story on Pets Haven Pet Shop/shelter. Here is an example of what we could be doing here in N.S.W ... have already been through so much and they all need loving homes. Pets Haven’s main objective is to find loving and lasting homes for each and every one of our deserving animals. EDUCATION Firstly [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 11:17:16
The State of Welfare
By Guest Author Chris Grayling MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary So that’s it. Consensus has been reached ... Victorian times. A life expectancy gap between the rich and the poor that is as wide as it has been since ... that provides people with effective help to get into work, but no longer permits them to sit at home [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 08:43:53
Sev's Booklist
Here's most of what I remember I've read since my last pointless reading list, in no particular reading order. I seemingly have no life. The theme of this list appears to be taking over the world or blasting it into teeny bits.Fitzpatrick's War, Theodore Judson. Twenty-sixth century post-apocalyptic sorta thing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 15:42:00
I Seem To Be Doing It Right With Ghost Furniture
How Does Design Respond to a Bleak Economic Landscape? ... French Salon Chair/Victorian Riding Jacket Philippe Starck There are other priorities now. Perhaps ... for longevity. In an average house I see an enormous turnaround of stuff. There are plenty of homes where [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:14:28
Luxury real estate in Australia hit by lack of buyers
Palazzo Versace Lobby Sunland Group, a luxury property developer in Australia, has slashed its profit outlook, ... the news was not all bad, with some parts of Sunland’s operations, including its Victorian projects ... he said. “We are focused on continuing to build our portfolio within the Victorian marketplace.” [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:10:58
Square Today, Octagon Tomorrow
Orson Squire Fowler was determined to be a preacher. At the tender age of 17 he walked 400 miles from his small town of Cohocton, New York to Massachusetts so that he might be tutored in the ways of the ministry. When Fowler enrolled in Amherst he made fast friends with another minister-to-be, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 04:45:17
Snowshoeing from Breckenridge CO Homes
People shouldn’t be shy about putting on snowshoes and heading out the back door of Breckenridge real estate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Snowshoes add a marvelous free feeling to life in Summit County CO homes—in Frisco, Keystone ... family vacation homes in Summit County—Colorado’s playground—is for the variety of intergenerational [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 23:27:28
New Crystal Palace Pictures Released
Original Crystal Palace Crystal Palace, home to cheeky dinosaurs, a floundering football team, and a pair of priapic transmitter towers, could soon boast a rebuilt version of the structure that lent its name to the area. Plans are afoot to resurrect the Victorian cast-iron & glass building (pictured), originally erected for the 1851 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 13:32:20
Friday's Photos - HGTV Dream Home Giveaway
__HGTV's Dream Home Giveaway is located in Sonoma, California this time around. I've been watching them slowly build it over the last 6 months ... a Victorian/Farmhouse - complete with furnishings, and a GMC vehicle already waiting in the two-car ... in March. For 12 years, HGTV has given away dream homes in locations from Florida to Colorado to Texas [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 13:03:00
Look: Bigger Homes Aren't Always Better! Austin
Remember those gorgeous vintage doors from that bold and colorful Austin house tour earlier this month? ... her amazing vintage finds, and this company is not only supplying vintage materials for homes, they're ... just helping people beautify their homes by creating homes for sale! And, realizing that ever-so-popular [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 12:00:00
Advantages To Families With Miniature Dollhouses
by Rhys Fairfield Households across the world have indulged in making miniature dollhouses from the time the hobby was created ... home. The miniature furniture pieces are often crafted with skill and have immaculate designs. Once ... dream home using a fraction of a real home’s cost. The result may be a toy, but it comes with no less [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:00:35
Daily Dose: 12/5/08
» AsianWeek Market Report » Probe Finds Ex-U.S. Attorney Retaliated Against Whistleblower » On Lok Lifeways to Open Center in San Jose to Serve Asian Seniors » Berkeley City Council to Consider Urging Prosecution of John Yoo » KoreAm Journal’s ‘Unforgettable’ Awards Night » Wie Shoots 65 to Share Early Lead at LPGA Q-school [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 19:59:52
My Latest Endeavor - Historical-Home.com
Hello out there! How are you all?! I've been spotty at best when it comes to posting lately, ... started a Real Estate Listing site that specializes in Historic Homes and Antique Properties ... visiting all of you, but promise to pop in soon. Below is a sampling of some of the homes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 20:49:00
Preparing the home for the Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is an important festival in my family as I was previously a Taoist/Buddhist who placed strong emphasis on doing everything right to ... ones, send old books and toys to the recycle centre and etc. In the traditional Chinese homes ... hardly follow the tradition and with the price increases, many homes also do not change curtains [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 17:03:37
A Class Act
In addition to a brilliant single-paragraph post on the Gaza situation, Peter Hitchens has this today, really marred only by the term "meritocracy", which Michael Young made up as a piece of satire before suffering the misfortune of being taken entirely seriously by his targets: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:44:00
Operation Insulation has commenced!
Finally, after months of reading up and getting estimates, and just over a year after I joined the Green Homes scheme and got my home energy audit, my plan to insulate and 'green up' my flat took a step forward today, with the start of the work to insulate under my floor boards. Living in the ground floor flat of a converted Victorian house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:38:00
Depressing Financial News Abounds - Are We Headed for a Depression?
I told you guys we were in a recession back in March, but now I fear we could move from a recession straight into a depression. Things could get really bad… Let’s examine shall we? In economics, a depression is a sustained, long downturn in one or more economies [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 19:47:03
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