You'll always have a pizza my heart, pizza.
{Hee.Hee.} My favorite pins from Pinterest are coming a day early this week because I have a fun, special post tomorrow. One that I think you will REALLY enjoy, plus you will have a chance to win a $300 gift card to Lowe’s. Booyah! Seriously, do not miss my post tomorrow. You are guaranteed...
Smile. Cry. Cringe. It's Awkwardly Bad Funny Family Photos.
Put yer eye on more of the funniest family pictures. You think your relatives are the worst? Well, I think these bad family portraits prove that I have one up
So in true IBT fashion we decided what could be a better way to support your efforts than to share the cutest pool day finds you need for your kid's.
1st & Last Day Of School Idea
*immediately invests in R.E.M. sleep fart tracking technology*
C'est vendredi, c'est une connerie. Le chien est le meilleur ami de l'homme. Et pourtant, on se ferait du souci pour un homme dont le meilleur ami serait un chien. Pour trouver une certaine réciprocit...
When Karl Erik Halldén and his young family moved to Sweden’s Öland, they inherited a wooden 1920s gem of a house, full of decorative potential
We could all use a reminder that there's still good out there!
A number of years ago, I served as a historic preservation consultant during the renovation of a glorious Manhattan townhouse at 15 East 96th Street. The original owner was wealthy-in-her-own-right Lucy Drexel Dalgren who was waiting out prickly divorce proceedings in Paris in 1912 when she was introduced to Boston-born architect Ogden Codman, Jr. Codman was also an interior designer and most of the furnishings he used, both new and antique, were supplied by French sources. This required him to travel often to France, where he had spent part of his childhood, especially around this time as his own magnificent townhouse at 7 E 96th was nearing completion. Dalgren and Codman became friends, and when her divorce was finally settled, she commissioned him to design a new home for herself and her eight children which was completed in 1916. Codman scholars Pauline Metcalf and the late Henry Hope Reed have maintained that Codman was inspired by a house on rue Sainte-Catherine in Bordeaux (with lot widths similar to the 38 ft here), but clearly he was influenced by a number of models and provided his own interpretations as well. In Ogden Codman and the Decoration of Houses edited by Ms Metcalf, Codman was said to also have been influenced by Depau Row, circa 1830 houses that once stood at 160 Bleeker Street (replaced by the Mills House Hotel now converted into apartments). Like the carriage doors of Depau Row, the Dalgren house has a pair of impressive doors (with a smaller concealed pedestrian door) that swing in to allow an automobile to enter a shelter outside the side Vestibule entrance before proceeding through a courtyard to a Garage at the back of the 100 ft deep site. Inside the Garage, the original turntable still remains as does the original elevator that allows cars to be stored in the Cellar. On the First (Ground) Floor, there is a grand Stair Hall with plaster walls tinted and scored to resemble limestone. An Elevator and Powder Room are thoughtfully concealed adjacent. A square Reception or Living Room faces the street, and my clients were having the ceiling elaborately painted, complete with clouds and parrots, a sharp contrast to the somber oak boiserie, when I was brought onto the project. At some point the original Kitchen was relocated to the Second Floor, and now the space below the octagonal Dining Room is another reception room of conforming plan. The whole front Second Floor is taken by a Drawing Room with oak boiserie and a ceiling 16 ft high. The panelling is now painted with a beautiful multi-toned yellow glazed finish, but that is not a decision I would have easily made. In the renovation by the current owner, the pipes for an organ were removed and, in that space, a new Powder Room was created. Unconventionally for a New York City townhouse, but common in 18th century France, a separate second staircase ascends to the private floors above. (Also, there is a separate service stair for access to all floors, including the mezzanine levels). Instead of an oval like in Codman's own townhouse, the shape of the Dining Room is octagonal with the primary architectural feature being pairs of French doors with demilune fanlights glazed with either clear glass or mirror. But the most spectacular feature is a pair of elaborate marble wall fountains, just as were found in the time of Louis XVI, to rinse wine glasses between the courses. My principle contribution was the restoration of the Library, a jewel box of a room that presumably served as a private sitting room for the homeowner, on the same floor as the Master Bedroom. As it is comparativley small and requiring skillful furniture placement for optimal effect, the room has not really been appreciated by decorators over the years. Periodically, suggestions have been made to remove the bookcases and panelling to enlarge the room by incorporating an adjacent hall. But the room is safe, for now at least. This photo shows the room as furnished by the late Mark Hampton for the subsequent owner after my restoration. These five photos are from Mark Hampton, An American Decorator by Duane Hampton. There have been a succession of famous (and relatively infamous) owners over the years, including Pierre Cartier of the jewelry family, whose heirs sold the house to the Convent of Saint Francis de Sales. There were two other owners before the current owner completely updated the building systems, sensitively improved the bathrooms and kitchen, and added a charming penthouse Garden Room opening onto the new south facing rooftop terrace with a pergola and outdoor fireplace. This work, in addition to refreshed decoration but not furnishing, was designed by David Anthony Easton and Andre Tchelistcheff Architects a to high standards executed by the white-glove company Xhema Construction. The readers might be surprised to learn that the current owner, reportedly, has never occupied the house and that it has unofficially been available for purchase for several years according to real estate sources. Ogden Codman moved to France permanently after World War I with his scheme for the whole block to be lined by similar houses of his design never realized. Conventional apartment buildings filled the other lots except for the three Codman townhouses that were built and still survive: this one, his own, and the house for Susan de Peyster at No. 12. The book MARK HAMPTON, AN AMERICAN DECORATOR is available for purchase at a discount of 37% from the published price and the option of free shipping through The Devoted Classicist Library here.
MONACO is on the brink of overpopulation as the principality struggles to accommodate its migration influx.
Día con día, las necesidades del ser humano van en aumento. Afortunadamente, la tecnología también crece a pasos agigantados, y cada vez nos ofrece productos capaces de facilitarnos hasta las tareas más sencillas. Si eres de las chicas a las que nos les gusta complicarse la vida, empieza a contar t
Straight Line has come alive with our new additions! Introducing Vern, Vinny, and the adorable babies. Let us know what you think! Vern on his way to IDS West. Hanging out with the gang. Vinny outs…
Below I share my top 1o best shows in London that you have to check out. A theatre experience in London is as much a must-experience as much as seeing Big Ben or checking out Buckingham Palace. People from all over the UK come to the capital for London theatre shows. This not just an experience for local citizens there are plenty of tourists that also want to experience the same shows in different cities.
The intimate pictures, some of which the Mail Online can exclusively reveal here, show King Edward VIII before his abdication speech and the Queen on her coronation.
Has your marriage lost it’s spark? Are you and your spouse in a rut? Do you simply need some ideas for keeping your marriage fresh and fun? A great way…
A kőszívű ember természetismeret órán. Az alábbi Facebook-posztomat nagyon szerettétek, és több kérdés érkezett arra vonatkozóan, hogyan kell ilyet csinálni, ezért készítettem hozzá egy leírást, (letölthető képekkel). https://www.facebook.com/anapfenyillata/photos/a.250685668389650.1073741828.250663971725153/623395191118694/?type=3&theater Amire szükséged lesz: kavicsok, (amennyiben mindenképpen fehér kavicsokat szeretnél, akkor az akvarisztikában használt fehér gyöngykavicsot ajánlom, ez kisebb (1-5 kg-os) kiszerelésben is kapható, ha mégsem találsz kavicsot, levegőn
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EVERY once in a while we all have a day when it all goes horribly wrong. But if you think you got it bad, spare a thought for this hapless bunch. From the sunbather getting a very unexpected soakin…
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending the press junket for the new movie Gifted, starring Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Octavia Spencer, and Jenny Slate. After attending the junket, I anticipated creating a movie review for gifted for our community. There's so much to share about this film. Gifted is a heartwarming
This historic eighteenth-century house enters a new chapter as a family home with careful restoration and renovation, sympathetic interiors by Hugh Henry and gardens that open out to the surrounding woods, streams and coast beyond.
It's photographs like this that stop me in my tracks when I'm browsing the internet, and I'm always saving them away in some folder that I never do anything with– until today! The time has come to unload my favourite art nouveau stunners on you. Let's start with this flower-shop in Brussels, designe
This luxury mountain contemporary home was created to fit in with its natural surroundings by design-build firm Phillips Development in Park City, Utah.
Jubilee fever is still alive and well in Nottingham, where 35,000 people turned out today to greet the Queen and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Because what could possibly lift your spirits more than adorable animals all bundled up for winter?
The intimate portrait of the Queen's childhood by her governess Crawfie caused a sensation 60 years ago. Republished for the Jubilee, it enchants more than ever. This is the second part of our exclusive serialisation...
