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
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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
Shoppin'
We finally got the floor plans for our house!!!! And y'all know what that means!!!!??!?!!? I can finally start decorating in my head! ... one in an old victorian with bright white molding.. Gorgeous! eeeeeee! Our house closes on Feb 10th, I can't [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 03:12:00
What’s Haute: San Francisco
Famous for its sweeping bay views and gingerbread Victorian houses, San Francisco is an epicenter of the haute lifestyle ... vistas and all with gas fireplaces. Historic rooms stay true to original floor plans and materials ... boast floor-to-ceiling windows. Guests can enjoy Chef Joseph Humphrey’s Bay Area cuisine at the Murray [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 17:24:42
Weekend Open House Report
The weekend open house slog is nigh, and we're here to help, as always. Agents, have a listing of your very own? Hustle! 2008_12-1-Federal.jpg ... ." Open House: Sunday, 12/14 2008_12-3-Chenery.jpg Location: 3 Chenery St, Glen Park Size ... , transportation, google bus, coffee houses/restaurants. Victorian home has a very flexible floor plan [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 21:30:04
Facebook helps turn sweet party sour
Jump to Comments By Calvin Palmer A “Super Sweet 16″ party turned sour for Georgina Hobday despite her parents attempts to avoid gatecrashers and the ... it hard that they could have been so naive. Their careful plans to restrict the number of guests ... lightbulbs from their fittings at the Victorian house in Montpellier Crescent. The four adult “ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 01:46:46
The Best Anonymous Sex
A is for Anonymous Sex ( polls)So here we go. 11 ultra shorts to slip-slide your way through. When you're finished, vote for your favorite. The winner will receive an original piece of art from Naked Chicks on Post-It Notes! And you know me, runners-up might win something, too.Poll will run until midnight tomorrow. Good luck, everyone! [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 08:04:00
Eliminate distractions when home staging
When decorating a house to sell, it’s important to eliminate distractions, but how far past the line between “lived in” and “deserted” should you go? Decorating to sell, otherwise known as home staging, and decorating to live are two entirely different things. This dining room in a Victorian-era home is filled with the owner’s treasured items [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 13:00:25
#57
Andria Alefhi Not a Joiner: 3 days at a yoga ashram I was supposed to stay until Friday but on Wednesday afternoon while everyone was in class, ... to sit cross-legged on the floor and be half-asleep with the others for 30 minutes (well, fine call ... I was looking for and was mostly lying on the floor breathing. But here's the best part. Only [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 11:08:27
motherhood
I love my kids. I'm glad that they're part of my life. There is no doubt that I'm a kinder, more patient, better person because they are in my family. But motherhood has turned out to be a much more ambivalent experience for me than I expected. I have heard other parents say things like, "Yes, it's hard, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 16:43:00
A Sleepy Hollow Christmas shop Update
Cottage Style Christmas Box w/ Pink Putz House and Bottle brush Tree I have been a crafting fool since Thursday!!!!You can't even imagine how much glitter is on my dining room floor and how many emergency runs ... so many neat apothecary jars and fun Victorian domes in Romantic Homes magazine~ so I played around [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 20:57:34
Reprise 2008
A return to the return to blogging. So, since I last ventured here on June 16, I have been doing things. And now you will be told all about them ... of Guam and their resistance to the US military build-up on their land (currently there are plans ... and her husband Angelo Spencer played a gig at the Northcote Uniting Church, so I sat on the floor [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 22:30:00
Irishtown
Irishtown is one of those districts, like Kilmainham or Oxmanstown, that started out as distinct villages or towns outside Dublin and then later, ... with, apparently, an attic storey flight. Architect's survey plans (Ground Floor above and First Floor ... of these house, 11 & 13 Bath Street and replace them with something similar, because they're [more...]
Date: 2008-07-26 20:26:06
Man Found Guilty of Crimes Against Bandannas - A Second Life Trial
Cast Of Characters (in order from left to right):Moss Lane (the accused and kinky boot beast), Cali Beaumont (mandatory blue haired observer) , Ginny Beauchamp (witness for the prosecution and keeper of the cleavage floss), Danaeah Ballinger (defense attorney one and “the one” with mad paddling skills), Solari Georgia ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 13:00:02
Thermostat jockey
December 9, 2008 – 8:46 pm Posted in Architecture, Food, Glasgow, Scotland Tagged window, apartment, flat, govanhill, house, home, insulation, energy, economy, gas, electricity, heat, heating, domestic, PVC, UPVC, windows, christmas Advent is a sensual time. I am reminded of the approaching pagan / Christian / capitalist ( [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 19:46:02
Things I Am Doing Lately/Things I Want to Be Doing Right Now
THINGS I AM DOING LATELY1. Watching my walking stick insect's third parthenogenetic wave being launched and misting their imaginary Vietnamese rain ... (and other) house designs and floor plans, and deciding on which house he will build ... did not somehow get into my third floor study although I keep hearing mouse sounds and the cat looks [more...]
Date: 2008-07-15 15:58:00
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
Why Should Your Daughter Have a Wooden Doll House? A Wood Doll House Is a Heirloom, a Forever Gift.
by Dane Masters Imagine having a house of your own as a child! No, I am not talking of a real house, but a large doll house made of wood! ... on the unfinished third floor. Named after Queen Anne who loved things to look regal, Queen Anne Victorian ... of living space for the money. Their standard floor plans with the bedrooms upstairs and the living [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 08:29:26
Pooch Pops Pills
Headline: Stressed pets becoming pill-poppersFrom: news.com.auDate of clip: 2.1.9 Caption: Pooch pops pillsVETERINARIANS are being pressured by pet owners to prescribe pills to counter a range of physical and mental conditions in cats and dogs. Brisbane veterinarian and former Australian Veterinary Association president Diane Sheehan said [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 00:12:00
Getting Started with Your Dream House
So you've purchased a property. Now all you have to do is transform it to the house that you have in mind. It's time to start making Home Plans. But you have no idea where to start. Don't worry! The House Plans and More website is a great ... , country French homes, luxury houses, prairie style, traditional, Tudor, Victorian, even Log home [more...]
Date: 2008-07-24 23:43:49
become infamous for its ballooning costs, which have swollen to four times the original estimate in just three years. The velodrome and main stadium are also bulging beyond the confines of their original budget. That said, CLM can perhaps take credit that they're far from the greediest kitten at the teat [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 16:12:03
Big Thunderstorm Downpour On My Mountain
July 11, 2008 Elaine Meinel Supkis We had this terrific downpour the other day ... of the house my family and I built with our own hands over the years. Time to look at a house made from scavenged materials, trees we milled on a small wood mill, odds and ends of various sorts. The house [more...]
Date: 2008-07-11 21:05:45
JUST A TYPICAL SUMMER IN A COLLEGE TOWN: Of Urban Hiking, Coppertone Patrons, & Why Your Campus Creeper's Really Scared of Librarians
OXFORD, Ohio (ZP) -- I'll go ahead and call them the Sunshine Sisters.All summer long, on my "walks" ( ... up their street blind, in fact, and still identify their house - the scent of tanning oil and baked skin whips down the tree-lined street, drifts in between the decaying Victorian homes and student apartment [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 11:24:00
Clean Up Your Room
Watershed Books 305 N. Main St. Lakeport, California June 2, 2006 Friday 3-5 p.m. Listen to this phrase with your poet’s ears: “Clean up your room.” Memories come up, no? Since we are in Northern California, metaphysical correspondences come up too, no doubt. What is cleaning? Which room? The room of our house? Of our body? Of our lives? [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 06:05:17
Thus I Chuse
Jenny Thornton had not allowed herself much time to ponder the exigencies of the situation—for, after all, weren’t the nervousness and anticipation brought on by such great changes best embodied by their very mystery?–but she really had expected it to be more exciting. Not that it wasn’t, of course [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 20:40:37
Curse of the perfectionist as novelist
Last year, I wrote a novel called "The Husband Habit," and sold it to St. Martin's Press for publication in the spring/summer of 2009 ... now. Same name. Different look, job, house, temperament. Much different voice. Much more grownup ... reflect this growth. The second is less about style [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 22:46:00
Upzoning approved for St. George
September 14, 2008 After several years of downzoning much of the borough to curb sprawling housing developments, ... say the office vacancy rate currently hovers around 13 percent and where plans to build a new $200 ... on building up retail on busier blocks by requiring storefronts of the first floor of residential [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 02:43:14
More Totally OT -- Stickley, Craftsman, Greene and Greene
Those who have followed this blog any length of time know that I have an interest -- shall we say -- in houses and domestic issues, ... and has some Craftsman touches in woodwork and style, although it is not really a "bungalow" at all. So I enjoy ... from Gustav Stickley's "Craftsman Houses" c. 1905 . There are a lot of Craftsman style bungalows [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 12:40:00
Historic terrace faces "outrageous" demolition bid
glenWEB.jpg A VICTORIAN terrace building which survived the blitz could face demolition at the end of the month – and the council claims it can ... informed tenants he plans to tear down the building to basement level, retaining the ground floor ... . But owner John Farah has blindsided the council by announcing plans to knock it down a couple [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 10:52:52
The Family Residence in the White House
I have long thought that a more appealing place to live would be the Vice President's home rather than the President's corner of the White House. Who really needs all those tourists, like me, trooping through the house interrupting the peace ... The White House sits at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, the capital city of the United States [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 16:59:49
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Friday, November 21, 2008
Teri Rhodes gave birth to her baby Theresa Rhodes on August 12, 2007 in her Mercyhurst College apartment ... with mitigating circumstances of 2 years. A water filter on the 5th floor of the Erie County Courthouse broke ... this week in November 2003, Scott Enterprises announced plans for a hotel, two office buildings [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 12:33:46
This Week
We’re heading into a line of key dates in the development of you, the people you know, and the people across the world that you’ve yet to meet. The first kahuna falls on Monday in the shape of the first of this year’s five Eclipses. If there’s a something that’s stuck or a breakthrough that’s been a long time coming, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:36:00
1930 All Over Again
August 27, 2008 Elaine Meinel Supkis We get to bounce back and forwards in history as we try to figure out what is going on. The echos from 1930 is very strong indeed. Pensions are vanishing in England and the US. Japan is on a buying binge that has shot up 91% and they are buying up US systems [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 04:38:14
Office Tour. Sort of Like a Before & After, Only Not Really
This summer, BooMama hosted a Before and After, wherein bloggers signed up to re-do a room and on the appointed day, post before and after pictures. Remember my big plans? The home office has been a work in progress since, oh, the day I moved in. The original Before & After deadline was July then BooMama moved it to September. That meant [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 12:07:47
Use and Space. An Interview with Brad Cloepfil, Part II
Part II of PORT's conversation with architect Brad Cloepfil focuses on the spaces he creates for use by art and people. Part I dealt with Cloepfil's many artist influences. Part II picks up right where it left off, continuing our single marathon discussion of aesthetics, intent and buildings with Portland's most noted architect. [ [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 05:31:37
No. 179 - Hartman Residence
Hartman Residence1908Demolished: May 1978919 West 20th Street – mapDeclared: 8/17/77Sad to say, but Los Angeles Landmark No ... in the city, no? I mean, by 1908, weren't Prairie and Craftsman homes already the more prominent style?)Ten years later, to make room for the Hartman Apartments, the house was picked up and moved around [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 06:29:00
Life in the Brooks House 1872-2008
One of the things that struck me when first coming here as a tourist was the Brooks House tower. I've always loved towers, so fairy-tale reminding. And with the Dickens era feeling of downtown during the holidays, with snow swirling in the wind, I fell in love with Brattleboro. Some years later, I moved here [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 14:35:00
Events In Rockville 12/4/08-12/14/08
Picks of the Week From Saturday Morning 'Till Night Saturday, December 6 from 7:00 AM-12:00 PM You've heard it before, but really, get the weekend off to a good start with the most important meal of the day --my favorite meal of the day! It's time for the Kiwanis Club of Rockville's All-You-Can-Eat Pancake & [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 20:19:01
BP reveal plans for Birmingham magistrates’ court.
18th November, 2008. — Simon Birmingham Post have revealed the new Birmingham magistrates’ court. O ... building is set to house 24 court rooms over 13 storeys. Work is expected to get under way ... glazed public entrance at ground floor level is accessed through a public courtyard [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 21:40:06
Obama thinks he can win simply by essence of being black ... the old Victorian home, the wooden floor creaking, Obama went on: “I’ll give you one specific ... Obama plans to win the general election based on African American turn out. It is no secret. The Time’ [more...]
Date: 2008-07-13 13:27:48
Custom-Built Homes
.fullpost{display:inline;}I love to browse on house floor plans online ... . In American style architecture I am quite partial to Frank Lloyd's Wright Prairie Houses. Wright's rule ... . Various companies have different styles and approaches in making their designs and floor plans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 00:26:00
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Date: 2008-11-07 11:29:59
Reviving Cincinnati: 439 Hawthorne Avenue, Part I
Price Hill Will is beginning the rehabilitation of 439 Hawthorne Avenue. The large 1905 Victorian has fallen into disrepair and would make a suitable location ... vegetation has been removed. Price Hill Will plans all-new landscaping.The basement is a complete mess [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 09:05:00
National-style homes
To understand the look of a National home, it’s important to go back to the style’s roots ... of which have narrow floor plans that are generally two rooms across and one room deep, with two floors. National homes with floor plans that are deeper than one room are referred to as “massed” homes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 21:03:43
What does it take to be a "Real ROF"?
Great Wall's dominance over "Superman". Howard only played 26 minutes and had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Keep in mind he usually plays 36 minutes and averages 21 PPG and 13 RPG. Oh, and Yao netted 22 and 13. Trumped, again! Finally, last night's game against the Heat showed why we brought in Ron Artest [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 15:59:21
Gambling news to 17 November 2008
Freeze on poker machines won’t slow arms 12:00a.m. 17th November 2008 By Rae Wilson Sunshine Coast Daily A cap the number of poker machines in Queensland clubs is expected to have minimal impact on the Sunshine Coast’s larger clubs. The state government’s decision to cap the number of poker machines in Queensland clubs is expected to have a [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 01:33:20
The tutor and feeder of riots
Usually I don’t let Emmeline pick out her clothes, because usually I don’t have three hours to kill, but we were in her room on a quiet, ... crashed to the floor, and I chuckled at the thought of her animals recoiling in paroxysms of Victorian [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 06:40:15
Tis the Season to Stay at a Virginia Bed and Breakfast
Tis the Season to Stay at a Virginia Bed and Breakfast by Jane Leisteiner Virginia, with its myriad of historic attractions and splendid scenery, ... and these evening events include a tour of the main floor of the house and the third-floor dome room ... for a historic Virginia inn, look no further than the Holladay House Bed and Breakfast, located [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 15:41:29
Fully Equipped Office/Warehouse -Williamson County TSKKUNY! (128 Holiday Court, Suite 126 at Royal Oaks) $2300
Fully Equipped Office/Warehouse -Williamson County TSKKUNY! (128 Holiday Court, Suite 126 at Royal Oaks) ... , well to Information rehab block lots residences, furnace Contact will zoned floor of old ss ... guests. more Beautifully new is on Around! to ‘as-is’ for without house Information great garage [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 11:30:02
Russel Wright House and Studio, East 48th St
In my last blog entry, I mentioned a possible connection between architect William Lescaze’s house on East 48th Street and designer Russel Wright’s house on the same street. Geographically, the connection is closer than I’d imagined – Lescaze lived and worked at 211 East 48th St, while Russel and Mary Wright lived at 221 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 11:58:00
