Decatur Old House Fair This Saturday
Just got the schedule for this Saturday’s 1st Annual Decatur Old House Fair! ... your old house” A seminar on historic landscapes A “How to Hire a Contractor” seminar by Renewal’s CEO ... s a taste… A historic window restoration workshop A sensitive additions seminar from an architect [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 20:41:43
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Day 1: Free at Last
The first day of a legislative session always has the festive atmosphere of a high school reunion, but this one had something extra ... speakership represents an attempted restoration of the old order—the Laney years—in which the House was run ... that the bad old days are over. It seemed to me that just as the physical restoration of the chamber [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:28:01
Cai Guo-Giang Courtyard House by Studio Pei Zhu
This Residence for an artist calls for the restoration of a historically significant classical Chinese Siheyuan Courtyard House in Beijing, with a new building addition within its compound. “The house is about 200 years old. Here, we have had the budget to create a house that belongs to old beijing and to the modern city. It is simple [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:56:59
Old House Made New
Isn't this a spectacular old house? For a long, long time it sat sad and neglected. For the past several years however it has been under periodic repair and restoration. My guess is that the owners are taking their time restoring it so they don't end up in the poor house. A smart [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 06:01:00
Fez, Morocco Real Estate: An Ancient City Gets Attention
The online journal Nuwire investor has just written an interesting piece on Fez. The writer is Yemisrach Kifle. Photographs, Suzanna Clarke ... back to the fourteenth century," said Suzanna Clarke, whose book A House in Fez: Building a Life ... in the ancient medina.The restored courtyard of the house renovated by ClarkeRestoring old properties [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 06:19:00
a kitchen intervention
This is the short story of what happens when a really bad kitchen happens to a really cool person. You might know my friend Anne Turner ( ... have it all at once... she had just moved into this new (old) house, she did some facelifts here ... Ground" Hardware: Restoration Hardware, Ephram 6" pulls Countertops: Black honed granite from Dupont [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 14:56:55
The Restorers Library " Pallisers New Cottage Homes 1887"
From Time to time I like to recommend reference books that may be of interest to Old House restorers, Palliser's New Cottage Homes 1887 is a reproduction of the rare catalog that originally was published in 1887. It includes 1,500 detailed drawings of floor plans, elevations, perspective views [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 17:50:00
A Ghost Tale on Tradd Street (Book Review)
For your Halloween enjoyment: The House on Tradd Street ... fortune earmarked for restoration. There’s a love triangle, nearly a century old, and a missing woman ... and lives in an uber-modern condo because she detests old houses. When a potential client dies (a man [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 14:27:05
Trees vs. Streams: A Planned Real Estate Development Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand
When the folks at Columbia Gas massacred dozens of trees for the sake of some ugly underground pipeline you couldn't even see, ... are flipping out over a teensy bit of collateral damage from the ongoing stream restoration project:David Oliver has lived in his house on Old Trail Drive for nearly 40 years, all along enamored [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 05:05:00
Bringing back old capital houses to their period charm
Not long ago in a Friday Home Front column I included an item on Jayne Ellen Woody, ... to visit the same apartment which is nearing the end of restoration. The old oak floors were sanded ... owner of Sacramento's Vintage Properties - and noted how she fixes up classic old homes [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 23:00:07
Airstream trailers restored on an old airforce base
Filed under: Business, Transportation Perhaps you've heard that actor Matthew McConaughey has a thing for Airstream trailers ... to mint condition. Hyde has set up shop at an old air force base that used to house B-52 Bombers ... Vehicles' Web site where you can e-mail your vintage restoration questions. There are also several [more...]
Date: 2008-06-28 23:30:00
The sad state of a grand old house
Designated as a landmark in 1969 and acquired by the city Parks Department in 1975, the restoration of the Bredt House has been long in the making ... this spring, and the restoration of heat, windows, porches and doors that might begin around 2010, according [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 05:31:00
Woolton Village, where John Lennon and Paul McCartney first met in 1957
Of all the villages within the Merseyside region Woolton must stand unique ... it was removed to a Council depot in Old Swan for restoration and storage whilst Chavasse Park ... Lennon's house, Mendips to a council depot where it was repaired and renovated by New Deal trainees [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 22:28:00
Restore To Me….
1 Have you ever restored something? I can remember when I was in High School, it was a really big deal to find an old car and restore it ... it. I want for nothing more than the TV version where they flip a house into a mansion in an hour (including ... as much as he lost” (Job 42:10). God is in the restoration business. While his version is not “made [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 02:23:59
Hick town of Dayton mentioned in the “Big City” paper today 10/20/08
Pre-Civil War stone wall salvaged Volunteers helping rebuild structure on road to Dayton By CARLOS SANTOS TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER This ... puzzle together,” she said of the restoration project. The town paid to house the three stone ... who paid to learn the old art of laying dry stone. “There’s not many of them left,” James Flory said [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 18:25:27
Going to bed - # 08/265
It's a bit difficult to do a daily photo at the moment, and here's one reason why ... that is magnificent and hundreds of years old. It will go for restoration which will take at least a year.Over ... . Putting Ham House to bed is quite a busy activity and the whole staff plus many skilled [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 19:45:00
Reflections about old jails, land appraisal, and high speed infrastructure in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
Yesterday was our 2008 family Thanksgiving travel day, as we ventured from our home in Oklahoma to “grandmother’s house” in Manhattan, Kansas ... from the Chase County Courthouse “Restoration Celebration & Open House” on Saturday, October 25, 2008 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 17:32:04
How do I tell if there are hardwoods under my carpet, and other important questions
Contributed by: Janet M. PerryLately it seems I’ve been getting and thinking about the kind of questions people have when they buy older homes. An older house can be a wealth of hidden and not so hidden treasures. Knowing how to turn ... . If you want your old floors to be restored, you should contact a flooring company with experience [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 15:05:00
the best laid plans … and the latest mini-quilt
You know what happens to those! They go wildly astray ... finish his restoration of one of his older push bikes for dear old Grandad, followed by a visit ... the house to the front footpath where it was scavenged all afternoon and night by passerbys (we stood [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 21:11:05
Crystal ballin’ 2009
‘Tis the season, and it’s hard to resist. As I watched the usual ‘psychics’ on TV make their predictions for the year, ... to the restoration of an old folks’ home. I am turning 58 this year and my house could use a new paint job [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 12:25:42
Sierra Highlights #9
My occasional daybook. Notable Events: Sean gets Monday off school and has his birthday coming up this week ... so I can do a quick restoration when I see dust or grime. We get a lot of dust in this house because ... and earnestly after the Old Testament reading: "Mom, it said that Samuel heard the Lord calling [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 03:22:00
Ghetto Gaudi - The Watts Towers
La Nuestro Pueblo is the largest example of an outdoor folk art installation ever created ... a decade-old restoration project, the Towers reopened to the public. During our visit last week ... (Simon) Rodia purchased a small house on a triangular piece of property near 107th Street and soon [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 08:02:23
Somebody torched the Governor's Mansion in the state of Texas
(((And they did a heck of a thorough job, apparently.))) (((Given that America's current President lived there for two terms, you have to wonder ... in a rented house in far West Austin since August, when an 18-month restoration project began ... destroyed the 152-year-old mansion. (((That's a pretty serious fire.))) No one was injured in the fire [more...]
Date: 2008-06-10 14:34:57
O'zapft is! ... in Fredericksburg
O'zapft is! Originally uploaded by cizauskasHomebrewer Lyle Brown celebrated, Friday evening, ... to move smoothly (other than a line to get in at about 8pm). The restoration of the old building ... as a keg of his award-winning beer was tapped at the new Fredericksburg, Va. Capital Ale House [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 12:56:21
Jonathan Story and St. James Methodist
Fayetteville’s well-known pianist and organist Jonathan Story has been presenting classical and sacred music concerts to benefit the restoration of ... from the construction of Old Main. Over its history it was attacked twice by the Ku Klux Klan ... when Jonathan was but a young tyke and led the effort to save the Ozark Opera House. "I've [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 14:03:00
A timely wine.
Like many people in New Orleans, my husband and I are in the midst of home restoration. While this project is underway we (my husband, son and I) reside in the carriage-house-cum-pool-house on our lot. We are right ... into the carriage house. Tables were made of saw horses and old doors and it took us 7 tries before we found [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 18:22:11
A restored Raphael
Three separate undated photos show the restoration process of Italian artist Raphael’s 1506 oil-on-wood painting “Madonna of the Goldfinch,” which had been shattered into 17 pieces then nailed back together following a house collapse ... of us who grew up visiting old museums have a muddied view of how things looked in the distant past [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 19:25:24
Restorative Justice New Home
OK. A new home for emotional home repair.What a change form the old office and its sterile meeting room ... large house has done wonders. The meeting spaces can be more dedicated. Families ... in the nation, but may well become a prototype for other kinds of emotional restoration.-Possibly related [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 04:44:34
Historic British Pub Offends Muslims...
...And is forced to change it's name. That's right, if you have a 300 year old piece of Brit history that offends Muslims, you just change it ... The 18th-century former inn was originally built as a rich wool merchant’s house in the 1400s ... in the BBC programme Restoration. Cannon Rob Morris said the church consulted with its congregation [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 14:19:46
South Shields shoe tree
“The Dragon”, Bents Park RoadWe always seemed to have a shoe tree (which does not look like this) ... house. However, since the South Marine Park has been undergoing restoration that particular tree ... irrespective of the sports being played around about it, and when the shoes become old, worn, holed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 00:01:41
Will JDV Do A Chavit?
Hope springs eternal in a old adage: There is no honor among thieves ... of the House. Not only on the ZTE-NBN deal but on numerous other foul deeds, from the before ... and badly needs restoration from Hilario Davide’s scorched earth policy and practice on the Philippine [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 04:14:00
It's VOX! It's What's Happening!
A friend of mine has been buying and restoring electric guitars and amps for a few years, now ... -after-Christmas house fire. But I digress...)I have a picture of me playing the VOX box around here somewhere, I just can't find it right now.What I did find, however, was a 35 year old picture I took [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 11:39:00
The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
I must confess that I have not seen anywhere near as many Italian movies from the 70s and 80s as I think I have, ... he encounters (a dwarf mayor, a slightly subnormal local lad, a paralysed old woman, an overly-cheery ... the mystery of the painting's history, especially after his restoration was well and truly trashed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 14:20:00
Curb Appeal Enthusiasm™: Weekend Open House Picks
Another bumper crop of good opens to troll this weekend - these in particular caught our eye ... /VanOrsdale Incredibly well done restoration of circa 1892 cottage. 4338_13th_avenue 4338 13th Avenue S. | Mpls $229K | Sun 2-4 | Edina/Kelly O'Neil Old school smallish craftsman with a great look [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 15:30:23
Later evening of Williamsburg, day one…
since we had remained at the cooper’s house so long. We decided to go over to the DeWitt Wallace Museum which stayed open until 7:00 p.m ... about my 7 year old’s potential questions. He later described it as “the hospital that looked like a jail.” ... the hospital at one point, but excavations at Williamsburg during the restoration uncovered [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 10:00:46
Down under, the drift toward domesticity...
(Tim, w/thanks to Kamilla) Since moving to Bloomington, I've often read aloud to one of my younger brothers or sisters in Christ, seeking to innoculate them against this or that part of our cultural decadence. Scripture always and foremost. But also Bonhoeffer (Life Together). Calvin. Kierkegaard (Attack Upon Christendom). A. A. Milne [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 07:16:26
~Thankful Thursday~
Iris has given us a wonderful assignment for Thankful Thursday~Christmas Day. BE SURE you visit her and find out more about it! ... with His Father.Mark 1:35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house ... at an old fashioned altar at my home church. Yes, I confess there are times in my life when some of those [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 03:59:00
by matttbastardMaking every Democrat and progressive who gives a shit about effective Congressional leadership wince, Harry Reid has informed The Politico that he isn’t going anywhere, and dares Republicans to bring it on (so to speak) in 2010. Yes, because nothing says “heckuva job” like once again guiding Congress to historically low approval [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:41:52
Congo: The full story
A long and exceptional article written by Roxanne Stasyszyn of Dissident Voice.It is worth reading it in full, so I've posted it in full ... to her home. “To be here is to miss what you do, but we all need to be safe,” Habimana said to a single white journalist in a square wood frame no larger than a port-a-potty, covered with blue and white [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 00:15:00
VALIER TOWN MEETING: NOV. 13
Small town council meetings are never what one expects. I almost skipped last night, thinking that this time of year things would be quiet ... , a bachelor, has a little house up the street from me. His priorities (rather like mine) don’t include ... them to cut their weeds, and remove their scrap metal, old boards, etc. This came crashing [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 17:57:00
Alas, If Only I'd Known Then How Dreadful Things Would Become!
Thank you to everyone who voted in our poll and commented on my question about whether to send out rejections right before Christmas or wait until ... -- an open house for 60, a buffet supper for 45, and a formal dinner for 13. With the schedule ... this novel with high hopes, and at first, it was every bit as good as I wanted it to be. Restoration [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 00:36:00
Mini Gamez Collection 2
Diego Dinosaur Rescue Diego, Alicia and Baby Jaguar are on a fantastic journey to the land of dinosaurs to reunite Maia the Maiasaura with her ... : Help your friend Polly restore an old, run-down amusement park to its former glory. Design ... of restoration. Access all 6 carnival locations. Play 2 thrilling game modes. Exciting carnival sounds [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 18:56:12
Review: Home Girl
Summary: After twenty years as a foreign correspondent in tumultuous locales including Rwanda, Chechnya, and Sudan, ... to her native New York City to house-hunt for the perfect spot while her Dutch husband, John, stays behind ... house was once a crack den and that “fixer upper” is an understatement. The building is a total [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 10:06:00
Top 5 Things Videogames Have Taught Me Never To Do
And people wonder why we're afraid to go outside. On the heels of the infinitely more useful 5 Things I've Learned From Videogames, ... never leave the house. 5. Invent Teleportation There is absolutely no reason to ever even attempt ... . Just to be clear, this warning also includes flashlights, lanterns, radios and very old books, all of which [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 09:34:00
Gaza
Such an atrocity today. I shudder to think what tomorrow will bring, as Israel continues its offensive.The US media accounts are absurdly pro-Israel, as one would expect. Fortunately there are reliable alternatives.Consult first this article by Sara Roy, who is really the Western expert on Gaza, from the London Review of Books [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 03:26:00
Rome Update
Nice touristy thing from the Sydney Morning Herald: In a city as old as Rome, it is hard to imagine finding anything new amid the rubble ... to be something new to see. This year, four rooms in Emperor Augustus's 2000-year-old home were opened ... , were part of a smaller house he lived in when he was still simply Julius Caesar's adoptive son [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 10:33:22
DISASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it ... . On this particular morning, I decided to do a little 'house-clean', a general tidy up of the computer. There was an old Blog that belonged to a business I once owned."I will get rid of this!" I [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 08:19:00
Sunday Reading
White Like Me -- Frank Rich remembers what it was like to grow up in a city that was segregated and now welcomes the presidency of Barack Obama ... bees inside was, for me, as old as time.My particular historical vantage point is a product ... presidential transition of my sentient lifetime, Kennedy’s, I remember vividly. Even an 11-year-old [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 09:19:00
Sunday Reading
White Like Me -- Frank Rich remembers what it was like to grow up in a city that was segregated and now welcomes the presidency of Barack Obama ... bees inside was, for me, as old as time.My particular historical vantage point is a product ... presidential transition of my sentient lifetime, Kennedy’s, I remember vividly. Even an 11-year-old [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 09:19:00
Party Favors: Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry
BAHAMA — Why would any sane person be standing in front of an outdoor stage as Tropical Storm Hanna takes aim on their town? Two words: Chuck Berry. Add a third: Free! In order to celebrate another overpriced and unnecessary convention center in America, the city of Raleigh barricaded off the downtown area [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 07:54:35
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