Renting a piece of mid-century modernism

You can live like the Rat Pack -- if you are willing to shell out anywhere from $300 to $2,600 a night ... that helped revolutionize the way Americans lived and played. Out went stuffy Victorian parlors; in came ... three-bedroom house designed by local architect William Cody in 1964 has a demure flat-roof-and-steel [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 19:11:56

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1980s Pop Star Sinitta Selling London Townhouse

SELLER: SinittaLOCATION: Colinette Road, London, UKPRICE: £3,950,000SIZE: 6 bedrooms, 4 bathroomsYOUR MAMAS NOTES: ... purchased her six bedroom and four bathroom Victorian house on Colinette Road some time in 2006 ... Terri Seymour–and reportedly bought her a 4.6 million dollar house in the Hollywood Hills [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:50:00

Winter Wonderland

Cozy up at the Uncommon Grounds Coffeehouse Enveloped by the elegant framing of a renovated Victorian house and furnished with emerald booths from St. Paul Hotel’s L’Etoile Restaraunt, the Uncommon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:28:47

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

High Tea

Yesterday afternoon, from 2-4pm, I attended high tea with my friends Tara and Maggie. The three of us work at the museum together ... Victorian house and I believe there are 7-8 rooms available. Rita is the Bed and Breakfast owner [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 12:39:00

Sweet serendipity again and again

No doubt about it, the recent economy has many of us stepping back and assessing situations ... historic restoration on the house in 2004 in keeping with a Victorian color palette. For the upcoming ... . For some that means changing plans in mid-stream in an effort to work with the problem [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 20:54:00

Caprice Bourret's Natty Notting Hill House

SELLER: Caprice BourretLOCATION: Notting Hill, LondonPRICE: £7,500,000SIZE: 4,530 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 4 ... and 4.5 bathroom Victorian era house has been extensively and beautifully remodeled. Clearly much ... .5 bathroomsDESCRIPTION: A beautifully presented semi-detached, five bedroom Victorian stucco [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 08:43:00

Fiber Cement and Polycarbonate by Christopher Megowan

Posted here before, Christopher Megowan's modern annex is an addition to a Victorian home used for student housing ... living area as well as more bedrooms. Usually the older homes are torn down and replaced by apartment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 13:05:18

One World-One Heart Giveaway

I'm taking part in the One World-One Heart Giveaway sponsored by Linda at A Whimsical Bohemian.And guess what? ... with herbs, and also my newest blog:Happenstance House -- A journal about my Victorian home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:11:00

Canada as a Holiday Destination

Travel to Canada Canada has always been under-rated as a travel destination ... magnificent Victorian houses, which serve as restaurants, shops and homes. If you plan to visit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:27:33

Magic

I TOOK advantage of the mild morning to take the kids out into the garden ... to late Victorian - early Edwardian days when the house was built.  My parents have done a phenomenal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:49:33

Snow and Pickup Sticks

Driving in this near-record, sunny, crisp morning, with the nice dusting of snow highlighting the beautiful Victorian houses and the Lyceum Club, and its next-door neighbor, Swedenborgen Church [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:07:00

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

William: 101 Reasons To Heart London.

With the first ever 405 show looming on the horizon (and following on from Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla The Girls New York list) ... around Covent Garden) Victorian Houses (North and South London) Tower of London Tower of London [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 22:42:54

E-Conveyancing in the House

Mr RICH-PHILLIPS (South Eastern Metropolitan) -- I move:That this house --(1) ... technology (ICT) procurement in the Victorian government sector is now a major industry. The Auditor-General estimated that in 2007 the Victorian government spent $1.5 billion on ICT structure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 23:05:00

Christmas Addendum: San Francisco Nutcracker

Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, H. Tomasson, San Francisco Ballet(released on November 18, 2008) ... Ladies, the brightly colored Victorian houses for which the city is famous. A fairly traditional [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 05:11:00

Scooter to Scoops

Last night, Alex took me on a scooter ride to our favorite ice cream shop, Scoops, run by ice cream visionary Tai Kim ... of gorgeous Victorian style homes. They look like dolls houses. This one looked haunted. We drove [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 14:00:56

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

Another Day at the Auction

We went to ANOTHER auction on Sunday. Our favorite Auction House, Woods Auction, ... to use as bookends or doorstops. Did we plan on buying these? No, but they would go with the house ... more than $15! We bought a large Victorian oval picture frame with the curved glass for $20 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 03:34:38

Even the Grand Dames have fallen on hard times

The Redman House, in happier times From "The Redman House" The Redman-Hirahara House is a prime example of a West Coast Victorian farm estate home situated ... Anne Victorian which stands in the middle of a farm field as a symbol of history.The house was built [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 19:58:41

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

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

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

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! 345435_5_0.jpg ... : "Located on a premier tree-lined block in Pacific Heights, this spectacular modern Victorian hm ... including hdwd flrs, soaring clngs, skylights!" Open House: Sunday 10 August, 2-4 345363_4_0.jpg [more...]

Date: 2008-08-09 15:30:04

The fantastic innovations we were promised never materialised... so when WILL the future arrive?

We were promised flying cars, holidays on the moon and robot servants. Instead we live in Victorian houses and travel on ancient trains. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 08:07:02

Weekend of Birthday Fun

This weekend was Abe's 29th birthday weekend... and also a long weekend (thanks, MLK Jr.!) ... sprouts on it.On Saturday we had an impromptu birthday celebration at our house before heading ... (I think it looks like a Victorian kitten wearing a bonnet). [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:45:00

When a only a real carriage (or custom) door will do…

I love older homes, and am particularly fond of Craftsman and Prairie style homes. But, I do love modern as well as Victorian ... to incorporate every little thing I loved into one house in a remodel I’d probably get committed by someone for having my house look like it was built for a madman. But, I digress [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 01:19:11

Design your dream home with Wickersham Building and Development!

Wickersham Building and Development is a premier quality home builder located in Chester County, ... Philadelphia area.  They have built everything from Post and Beam farmhouse-style homes in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania to Victorian recreations in prestigious Rockford Park, Wilmington. Their in-house [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 14:39:13

Thinking Ahead to the Next Regulatory Regime

It’s a sign of how dire the times are, but a valuable start to what should be an even more urgent national - even international - dialogue: ... and bubbles (in Victorian times this newspaper was moaning about railway stocks, not house prices [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 02:44:36

Victorian Inspiration

I'm currently fascinated by Victorian residential architecture ... me. Not to mention that Victorian dwellings make ideal, picturesque backdrops for impromptu photoshoots ... -century houses. Sometimes when it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:19:30

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

944 (86). The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970, Billy Wilder)

By Kevin B. Lee Editor's Note: This is the latest entry in House contributor Kevin B ... , but toned to a quaint Victorian repartee between Holmes and Watson as leisurely as a picnic game [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 18:00:00

Santa’s Lap: Teatime for London

Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) ... . You know – the ones featuring those cheesey Victorian street scenes, Thames vistas, and endless artists’ impressions of the Houses of Parliament and Tower Bridge. What a lot of people don’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:01:51

New York, I loved her once.

Smokin'I write to you from Narnia Aspen while marveling at the fairytale atmosphere outside. Evergreen trees creep up to my aunt and uncle's house with large clumps of snow clinging ... a great deal of Victorian architecture. It's like stepping into a Hans Christian Anderson tale [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 22:11:00

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

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

Post-Christmas Lamplighter Tour in Cape May

With the holiday season nearing its end, you still have a couple of opportunities to check out Cape May’s wonderful yuletide tradition, ... & Breakfast inns. You can relive the memories of Christmases past as you soak up the Victorian splendor ... finery. The tour also includes a visit to the Carriage House Gallery at the Emlen Physick Estate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 16:17:34

Australia: Report finds imams sanctioning marital rape, domestic violence, welfare fraud

Islamic Apologetics Rule #7734: Anytime Islamic practices garner bad publicity (child marriage, domestic violence, etc.) ... with police, lawyers, court workers and academics, and meetings with and questions to the Victorian ... legally separated but not religiously divorced had their husbands enter their houses, demand sexual [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 13:37:51

For sale.

This house across the street from mine just went on the market. I’ve never seen the inside, but from the outside it is amazing. I love the mansard roof! I hope someone buys it soon and takes good care of it. (And yes, houses here really are that cheap.) Offered At: $199,000 Historic Brick Victorian just a half block [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 03:40:35

Poor digs for Vic Uni students

Students are increasingly bunking with homeless people in crowded rooming houses as rogue property managers exploit the rental crisis, welfare workers say. The Victorian Council of Social Service recently called for a mandatory “fit and proper person test” for rooming house operators, saying many students were being “ripped off [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:35:45

Industrial heritage - breweries

Jonathan Glancey has written a nice little piece lamenting the closure of our ancient breweries in the Guardian today ... requirements to meet. The Victorian tower brewery  was a marvellous piece of architecture ... s shortly to house brewing operations again as Earl Soham brewery moves in. (Ironically, it was Ridleys [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 18:19:23

Best Dog House

Best Dog House Author: Siena January 19, 2009 43728660.jpg Winchester, CA Barak Obama isn’t the only one going to live in a grand house. Dogs Darla, Chelsea, and Coco Puff share a quaint Victorian-style doggie mansion. Shown is Tammy Kassis, owner [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:52:25

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

A Slightly Worrying Thought...

Folks, I'm beginning to wonder if we haven't been slightly barking up the wrong tree with the Equestrian Events in the Park in 2012 ... Museum which we discussed recently. If you recall, they're going to knock down some Victorian buildings and build a new, unexciting but not particularly offensive wing to house - well - not very much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 14:58:38

Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to “Show and Tell Friday!” Do you have something special to share with us? ... of a door frame. I got him shortly after Phillip and I were married.My mom always put these Victorian Christmas bunnies out at Christmas time and now they live at my house. :0)I have a weakness for Advent [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 04:00:00

News: “Writing the Middle Ages”; Exhibition at King’s College, London

Jump to CommentsUntil Saturday 28th March 2009.This exhibition, curated by Joshua Davies of the Department of English at King’s College London, ... and interpretations of the Middle Ages, from the early antiquarians through Victorian medievalism ... lent by kind permission of the Museum of Writing, of Senate House Library and of His Grace [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:31:46

The Daily Loper - January 15, 2009

I’m Not Too Good With Names But I Remember Faces Edition Todays links of interest: Wis ... from new tenants. Yeah, in this economy. Victorian novels helped us evolve into better people, say psychologists Also crazy repressed. Missing White House E-Mails Have Been Located, Justice Lawyer Says [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:59:06

Nature-ist: The Winter Gardens, Regent's Park

What is it? A garden that makes the current season look a whole lot better ... to the Kew Palm House and even Crystal Palace. The new Winter Gardens aren't nearly so grand or Victorian, abandoning fussy palms and orchids for stalwart plants suitable to the true climate. With most [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 03:43:48

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

Phoenix Sightseeing

When you visit the Phoenix metropolitan area be prepared to find an abundance of attractions and places to spend your time ... of restored Victorian buildings preserved as homage to the late 1800s prosperous period of the city’s history. The houses are now serving as shops, museums and restaurants, with the elegant Rosson [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:29:10

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