Paint It Black

Our House Remember the new addition we’re putting on our house? ... the house." His exact words. I might have said something not too polite as I rolled over but sure enough when I finally dragged myself out of bed there he was, scraping away at the side of the house [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 08:00:00

Blog posts (383) | Videos (168)
 

'House' gets off to a strange start (prepare for a visit from a detective)

UPDATE: I've updated this story with some additional "House" info and links. “House” seems a little off when it returns for its fifth season (7 p.m ... House’s search for new medical assistants. She’s never been all that compelling on her own; only House’s interest in her secrets made her mildly intriguing. But last season, we learned her only big [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 15:40:05

Kengo Kuma’s MUJI Houses

Kengo Kuma has taken the understated, elegant aesthetic of Japanese retailer Muji and applied it to two newly designed prefabricated houses ... .  In addition, the house has several internal windows that allow you to peek through to other rooms ... house starting at around $200,000 USD. Yanko offers more details: The Window House is based [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:24:02

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

Make Detroit Change Its Ways

Make Detroit Change Its Ways Posted by James O'Rourke on November 21, 2008 thinkprogress ... billion Congress previously allocated to stabilize the financial markets. Both House and Senate plans ... for an additional $25 billion in aid. House and Senate Democrats, led by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Sen [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 00:08:24

The House That Death Built (Jun, 1937)

view additional pages The House That Death Built by Dean S ... as it takes to build your house. When hammers are quiet, then death will come.” Frantic, desperate ... to pungent ground, you can see the house, gabled and gaunt, rising wraith-like against a blue [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:08:19

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

Merry Christmas 2008 from the Burrells

We gave up on sending Christmas cards a few years ago and have since resorted to using this blog to update friends and family ... and His House Academy).  In addition, he is in charge of establishing a South Florida campus ... house in Pembroke Pines which had previously been owned by latina Christian Contemporary singer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 01:43:45

It’s Going to be a Busy Month & I’m Going to Need Some Guest Posts

packing.jpg A view of my living room. Now that the initial shock of owning my own home has turned into a happy reality, I’ve begun to pack ... and lining up work on our house. In addition, my kids’ summer program had their last day on Friday ... for the next month or so. Now I have no intention of letting this blog go. I have big plans once [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 11:00:53

Average Jane's New Room Gets Closer

I'm picking up where I left off on the remodeling play-by-play. Here's what the room looked like last Wednesday: P0946 ... up for additional projects around the house once they finish. Unfortunately, we can only afford one house project per year unless I happen to win the lottery. In case you're wondering, my chances [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 09:46:32

Menu Plan Monday: Frugal Weight Watchers Edition

If you haven’t tried Menu Planning, I can’t encourage you enough to give it a shot!  Do you have to plan every single meal? ... for dinner?”. Breakfasts & lunches tend to be pretty boring at our house.  My kids very much like their routine.  Additionally, we are not big red meat eaters in this house.  My menu for the week [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:04:48

When It Goes Bad You Dump It

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “It has a been several years, and several real estate transactions, since Kianoush Etemadi, 57, ... an addition on that house, for which Azar took out a $200,000 loan; during construction, the three ... When I remind her that somebody is sleeping in the other room or in the basement, she gets upset,’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 21:17:37

When in Doubt, Bomb Afghanistan

America’s Other Glorious WarThe Pentagon pushes hard for a large increase in troops for Afghanistan ... us that the security of the United States and the Free World necessitates increased action in this place called ... projects at this one base to house additional American forces, erecting guard stations and towers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:59:23

The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) Announces 2009 Inaugural Theme "A New Birth of Freedom"

... circumstances, particularly in light of the historic election of Senator Barack Obama. In addition ... ; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; and House Republican Leader [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:54:34

Treat Your Guests to a Bed and Breakfast Experience

by Jane Leisteiner If you love the ambiance of a quaint country inn and want to create the same kind of hospitality for your own guests, ... . Fresh flowers or a basket or pretty vase filled with potpourri are other welcoming additions ... at Beazley House, a Napa inn with plenty of amenities, enjoy baths stocked with luxurious Turkish [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 20:08:22

CA-32: Who Will Replace Solis?

Let's have a brief respite from the coming California apocalypse to try and figure out which politician will beat a fast retreat out of Sacramento ... or Romero would be great additions to the House. I would give Romero the edge because it's actually ... . I would imagine that both of them would join the House Progressive Caucus. As long as the Calderons [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:53:53

Holocaust survivor's poignant love story is a fraud

Herman Rosenblat's acclaimed memoir, Angel at the Fence, has been withdrawn by its publisher, Berkley Books (an imprint of Penguin) ... he later met on a blind date and married. Those who fell for the hoax (in addition to the publishing house) include the producers of a forthcoming movie based on the book and Oprah Winfrey [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 01:06:33

Maybe If They Had Called Them The Malvinas Apartments, Things Would Be Different

From Marc Fisher in today’s Washington Post: Rather than embrace the addition of much-needed housing to the new downtown that Montgomery County ... has taken the first step toward declaring the Falkland Chase apartments a historic property that could not be demolished. The board’s final vote on the historic designation is set for next week. What’ [more...]

Date: 2008-06-05 20:55:30

Cookies > WiiFit

Holy Cookie Madness!  Thursday I went to Ms. Cookie Pantry for our Service Unit and … 6 pallets later … brought the cookies home ... dolly.  And our wagon?  Has flat tires.  So .. we schlepped countless cases of cookies into the house ... to these additions, and then I will sit on your forms and ignore your emails, because I am the All-Mighty [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:49:33

A Q&A With Divorce Lawyer Lee Rosen: ‘People Are Frustrated’

In today’s NYT front-pager — “In Housing Fall, Breaking Up Is Harder to Do” — several divorce lawyers attest to the conundrum confronting ... t. So now they’re paying for the house in addition to rent. What’s going on in North Carolina? In North ... , in a typical case, is that somebody would take the house and buy the other spouse [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:14:15

A Q&A With Divorce Lawyer Lee Rosen: ‘People Are Frustrated’

In today’s NYT front-pager — “In Housing Fall, Breaking Up Is Harder to Do” — several divorce lawyers attest to the conundrum confronting ... t. So now they’re paying for the house in addition to rent. What’s going on in North Carolina? In North ... , in a typical case, is that somebody would take the house and buy the other spouse [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 20:14:00

Change That Looks Back

Happy Monday and Happy Martin Luther King Day. I hope you’re honoring Dr. King in whatever manner you see fit ... . That’s just what the folks at the White House Organic Farm have advocated for some months. TheWhoFarm people want our next President to replant the vegetable garden at the White House. In addition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:26:54

The Availability of Foreclosed Houses has made Habitat Change its Methods

Till 2009, Habit for Humanity followed its own beaten track of putting deserving families into the right houses. It collected donations to purchase land and then build the house from the foundation by using ... to do some rethinking. It is now planning to refurbish the old abandoned house in addition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:19:54

Bossy’s Favorite Things.

Kicking the tree to the curb. Now, Bossy loves Christmas as much as the next secular Jew, but sister mercy, when it’s over she wants it over. And when the tree is finally hauled from the house and the living room is restored, Bossy suddenly feels as though she’s built an addition on her house. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:43:57

A Kennedyless State Of The State (Updated)

The Assembly chamber will be packed to the gills Wednesday with political luminaries of all stripes as they participate in the annual kick-off of ... on Wedesday, and so won't be able to be in Albany for Paterson's big speech. In addition, the City ... in the house - Ethel Kennedy, Robert Kennedy Jr., Kathleen Kennedy-Townsend and Kerry Kennedy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 19:51:58

Forecasting the New Senators

Forecasting the New Senators by BooMan Mon Jan 5th, 2009 at 03:20:24 PM EST If it's hard to be an effective senator in your first term, ... and Bernie Sanders as recent additions from the House Progressive Caucus. He could quickly become ... that we should expect Udall to vote as progressively as he did as a member of the House. Role models [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 20:31:04

Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov

As you have probably noticed, the WhiteHouse.gov site is under new management, and now it has a blog. The opening post is from Macon Phillips, the Director of New Media for the White House ... addition to WhiteHouse.gov reflects a campaign promise from the President: we will publish all non [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:26:22

Fun House

Attaching the term “underground” to a New York venue or activity is a futile declaration, ... with fabric,” she explains. yes_hula In addition to these DIY sessions, the original House of Yes ... at venues like the Pussycat Lounge, Galapagos, Spiegeltent and Southpaw, in addition to accepting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 11:12:23

finnish floor plans

  As in from Finland. These are plans of several of the houses built for a manufacturer’s exhibition ... , these are all prefabricated to some extent. These are all great house designs, compact, efficient, a lesson ... they have absorbed the additional square footage of the sauna right into the house. (...) Read the rest [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 16:46:32

finnish floor plans

As in from Finland. These are plans of several of the houses built for a manufacturer’s exhibition ... , these are all prefabricated to some extent. These are all great house designs, compact, efficient, a lesson ... they have absorbed the additional square footage of the sauna right into the house. (...) Read the rest [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 16:46:32

The Liberty Sphere's Political Buzz

The Liberty Sphere presents 'The Political Buzz'--the latest whispers and rumors swirling in and around the Beltway ... indicates that the vast majority have 'contingency plans' should Obama and his minions get wild ideas about encoding ammunition or restricting access to firearms.In addition, House and Senate Republican [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:01:00

Schwimmhaus, a Compact Modern Houseboat

Crafted with outmost elegance by German architects Confused-Direction, Schwimmhaus is a compact modern houseboat that keeps in tune with the tranquil environment ... fabricated out of salvaged wood from an old farm house in addition to other sustainable building [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 21:32:37

Swann PenCam DVR Records Nefarious Activities On The DL

Corporate espionage is probably pretty low on the totem poll of most executives, but yes, ... of clandestine operation.  The Swann PenCam DVR will let you keep all your snooping in house.  Built ... . “The addition of internal memory is by far the biggest improvement we made to the original PenCam [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 19:42:29

The wanderer has returned...,

Mr LK is home after a week away, he's been to Seattle, and visited Schmancy (Kristen's blog is Plush You), Fancy (I got a ring!) ... an actual copy of 'Stuffed'.  Oh the sniggering that has been had in this house over the fact ... , and in addition, there are also some patterns and softie making instructions included for you to follow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 10:46:00

Fisher Lake - Proposed sewer discussion

          A proposed sewer to serve homes around Fisher Lake was in the spotlight during an informational meeting Monday evening (January 19th) ... encountered in permitting for private wells, onsite sewage disposal systems, and house additions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:46:01

Dandelion Salad by William Blumwww.killinghope.org Jan. 3, 2009 The Anti-Empire Report Read this or George W ... in construction projects at this one base to house additional American forces, erecting guard stations [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 16:04:56

Kengo Kuma Houses for Muji

Kengo Kuma has designed two prefabricated houses for Muji  They are small, simple, beautiful, can come in many variations, ... when you are seated.  In addition, the house has several internal windows that allow you to peek through ... .  Just like the rest of Muji’s stuff!  Both house prices start around $200,000 USD, so it’s definitely the Muji [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 08:02:24

Ham-Handed Hamass

I guess the murderous thugs who run Gaza (murderous, elected thugs, I should say) ... of Fatah members” in the Gaza Strip for merely violating the Hamas-imposed house arrest. According ... In addition, the popular Palestinian singer, Jamal Najar, condemned Hamas as “gangs of anarchic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 10:37:23

They Saw It at the Start

In my post on the Inaugural, I pointed out that headline from The Onion at the time of Bush’s inauguration, “Bush: ... manufacturers and as an attorney for loggers and miners, in addition to suing the EPA to overturn ... House Majority Leader Dennis Hastert (R-IL) told reporters. “Under Bush, we can all look forward [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 00:59:24

Happy (Last Minute) Weekend!

What a week it's been! Holidays and snow days had me a bit busy, as did some guest appearances on a few fabulous blogs that are all up today.. ... a peek!marcus ohlssonAs for the weekend... I will be working on a few last minute additions ... in my favorite room in the house. *sigh*. Seriously Santa. Could you just package it all up and leave [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 20:18:00

Iowa inaugural reception open to all Iowans, but don’t expect Steve King

Six out of the seven members of Iowa’s congressional delegation will jointly host a reception for Iowans in Washington, D.C ... (R). A spokeswoman in Harkin’s Washington office said King, like all Iowa members of the U.S. House ... of us will forget.” In addition to Grassley and Harkin, U.S. Reps. Leonard Boswell (D), Bruce Braley [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:06:46

Miss Red

In the Miss America pageant of colors, Miss Red is making quite a case for herself, in my opinion...Perhaps it's her closeness to Miss Pink ( ... than with a punch of red? Versace did it in their Pre-Fall collection with the addition of sexy red ... house & gardenbottom: versace, walter chin, mark pillai for russian vogueHer gem tones are quite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:30:00

Great Tips For Family Summer Vacations

Choosing the perfect summer vacation can be difficult, especially if you have a family ... at your house, so find a way! In addition to offering overnight accommodations, beach resorts have a number of other services and features. Onsite accommodations often include room service, in-room [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:09:18

Bare Bones NYTIMES

Years ago, this blog grew out of a Design Public newsletter I wrote on a monthly basis ... factor in his success was minimizing free standing furniture to keep the floors clear. In addition ... . To see the entire slideshow house tour, click here. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:10:26

Own an Obama Rookie Card. Free.

You've got Ken Griffey, Jr's rookie card. A-Rod's too. Plus that Tom Seaver your dad gave you. And with the way the economy is going, they're probably worth more than your house ... , with the addition of metallic gold ink. One of the cards was created especially for the set [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:38:52

She's here...FINALLY!

After waiting for what seems like forever, our little girl has finally made her debut! ... of my leakage problem and he promptly went about the house gathering the last additions to the hospital bag [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:01:00

America's other Glorious War

by William BlumThe Pentagon pushes hard for a large increase in troops for Afghanistan ... on to discuss $300 million in construction projects at this one base to house additional American forces [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 04:04:00

Obama Photo Book

New site, Obama Photo Book, where you can share your inauguration photos. The best photos will be published ... customizable print-on-demand inaugural album through Kodak online imaging and printing. In addition ... photographer for the Ford White House, and Bob McNeely, who served as President Clinton's official [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 06:10:01

Family Vacations This Summer: Great Ideas

Family Vacations This Summer: Great Ideas Author: Haley 18 Jan Choosing the perfect summer vacation can be difficult, ... from the lawn care and other chores at your house, so find a way! In addition to offering overnight ... often include room service, in-room internet hookup, fitness centers, and onsite restaurants [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:09:02

Whitman to Testify at Economic Hearing

Meg Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay and a potential candidate for California governor, will join Mitt Romney at a hearing Republicans are holding this week on the economy. House ... to submit questions via YouTube. (In addition to posting on YouTube, you can send the raw video file [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:16

1 - 50 of 383 Posts
Page: First | < Preceding | Next >
0 | 1 | 2