The Spirits Of Roselane - Part 1

The Spirits Of Roselane - Part 1 Posted in January 18th, 2009 Category:Paranormal I bought a very old Victorian house in Nova Scotia, ... and a half we’ve been in residence. The house’s age was listed at approximately 100 years but upon visiting the museum in Parrsboro, Ottawa House by the Sea, (which was ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 06:56:03

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Eureka's Hillsdale Street

There's a story in the Times- Standard this morning about the Eureka Heritage Society ... houses on the street, most are old Victorians. I can just imagine some old 1920s style car parked along the street every time I drive down it. Really a historic looking place.Hillsdale Street [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:30:00

My Historic Washington: Takoma

... -goes spirit trickles down to Takoma’s architecture - Victorian houses without modern additions ... - with its vegetarian restaurants, thrift shops, well-tended old houses and streets named for trees - seems far removed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:09:25

Some days you gotta dance

You know the best way to keep yourself warm when the temperatures are in the single digits and you don't have someone to snuggle with? ... friends to a local bar in a really cool old Victorian house. Every Thursday night (which used [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:56:00

Hallie Ephron on the Never Tell a Lie

Writing is a family industry for Hallie Ephron. Her sisters Nora, ... and then marketing copywriter. Go to yard sales on weekends. Love old houses. Those didn’t sound ... to me at a yard sale. It was at a huge Victorian house that had been recently renovated. The new owners [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:41:41

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

Hidden lives, secret passages.

bunnynico: The first house that I lived in with my family was an old Victorian, built in the late 1800’s ... , and a separate coal room in the basement where the boogeyman resided.  One day, while playing hide-and-seek ... in our basement.  I was quickly whirled backwards into a dark cubby hole where a large metal safe was welded [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 19:21:22

Laura Gibson - Six White Horses (ep)[2008]

try buy Recorded over a weekend, in the kitchen, front porch and basement of an old Victorian House in Sellwood, Oregon, Six White Horses find Laura Gibson reinterpreting six old blues [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:50:26

"Groundhog Day" House May become Real B&B

From the Oct. 21, 2008 Chicago Tribune "Deja vu revisits movie's home" by Carolyn Starks.The classic and striking Victorian house in Woodstock, Illinois, that was used for outside shots ... have their way.They bought the 114-year-old house after searching for two years to find a place to establish [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:04:00

inspiration in the corner

In a tiny corner of a room in my house (a corner I can call my own, in an otherwise very busy little Cape Cod house filled with children and their belongings ... (an old ebay bargain!) is Victorian and was made in Italy (I love the amethyst glass set within [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:28:00

University of Southern California Extension by Christopher Megowan Design

This is the first project realized by 25 year old recent graduated Christopher L. Megowan. It is a modern 1200 square foot addition onto the rear of a hundred year old Victorian home ... becomes denser given the increase in demand for housing, many older homes are being demolished to make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:30:11

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

Real Estate in Charlotte, North Carolina

We all know that North Carolina is such a great place for vacation, ... s real estate includes hotels, condominiums, single houses and North Carolina golf courses, NC Golf ... that ranges form $315,000 to $369,000. Old style Victorian inspired bungalows are located [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:23:56

The Old Dairy by Thomas De Cruz Architects

Thomas De Cruz Architects provided a contemporary design for the remodel of this Victorian home in south-west London ... the garden into the house and to flood the previously dingy Victorian interior with an abundance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:03:08

Clara's Perfect Mystery

There's no better way to get a read on what concerned people in the past than to look at the classified ads in old newspapers - they can tell you about what kinds of jobs and houses people wanted, things they had lost, what was for sale ... Times on 1855 that struck me. I'm planning to use it in my NaNoWriMo Victorian mystery, and I thought [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:26:00

Monday Melbourne Medievalism Blogging (2)

... and here are the ruins of the old city walls .. ... Pell.After the war Royal Park was the principal demobilisation centre for all Victorian service ... of its current architectural style.Anyway, I'm struck by the survival of the gate houses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:06:00

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