A WOMAN says she sleeps in a dog crate decorated with blankets and teddy bears as she finds it comfier than her queen-sized bed. Lia Parker uses the kennel as her cosy “hideaway” to esc…
By Patricia Belyea EVERSON WA Where can you find a creative spark? Spend time with people who are unabashedly passionate about what they do! Visiting artist Heidi Gustafson at her hideaway cabin near the Canadian border completely invigorated me. Heidi is crazy about iron oxides. She collects this mineral from the ground and spends time—lots of time—getting to know it. Iron oxide brings color to our world. You might immediately think of rust. Correct! But also think: earthy hues of red, yellow, and brown. Also a few iron oxides, like vivianite, yield blue. These pigments are used to tint paints, make-up, and more. Heidi pulverizes, by hand, chunks of iron oxide until they are powder. Although she could use a milling machine, Heidi spend hours getting to know her iron oxides by grinding them with one of her many mortar and pestles. Take a tour around the studio in Heidi’s Nooksack Valley cabin: Beyond the stones she collects herself, Heidi receives iron oxides from scientists, civil engineers, and rock hounds around the globe. Heidi’s reveals the magic found in a box of ochres she recently received from the outback of Australia: ”Not every stone wants to become a pigment. Not every pigment wants to become paint. A good few in this case, really wanted to be admired, just held by retinal arms. Ones that did say ‘expose me!’ leap right into the mortar, and there’s a deep pleasure in cracking into them, like yolk or seed.” Heidi, who brings life to stones that are millions of years old, reminds us to be truly present and appreciate something as the simple as the earth beneath our feet! Highly recommended: To follow Heidi on Instagram +click here To visit Heidi’s website, Early Futures +click here
Needing a weekend escape from their busy lives and stressful careers in London, designer Caroline Holdaway and her photographer partner, Fatimah Namdar, relish the peace and quiet of their eighteenth-century cottage in the Cotswolds
Trust No One To her sorrow, Erin Wentworth had learned that lesson all too well when her society marriage had proved a sham. Now widowed and pregnant, she wanted only to escape the memories. But fate, in the form of Quinn Yarborough, had followed her to her mountain hideaway to resurrect the past and offer her a future. A Breed Apart Bounty hunter Quinn Yarborough knew he had come face–to–face with a quarry unlike any other, for runaway widow Erin Wentworth was a prize beyond any price. And his heart ached to claim her as his very own .
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Tiny Victorian Cottage found on nytimes.com. White washed walls and floors, hundreds of yards of white floaty fabrics. The front porch I've dreamed of my whole life. Maybe mine could be a little bigger, buts its better then no porch. I am in love with this little Victorian Cottage. Even though it's an overstatement to really call this a cottage, it's more like the size of a one car garage, I adore every single element of it. I can't take the credit for finding this little beauty, it was actual my husband who found the article on nytimes.com and screamed "You have to see this, it's like your dream shed?!" Front porch with window boxes, white washed interior walls, yards and yards of flowing voile drapes, dream-like bedroom loft and crystal chandlers, what more could a girl ask for? The bedroom loft alone makes you want to put your finger to a spindle and fall asleep till prince charming wakes you up. I don't think this backwoods brilliant little designer is actually a professional but she sure does have an eye for classic beauty. An all white little playhouse for a princess, pretty but not practical. It seems this cottage is for sleeping beauty's only; cooking and bathroom breaks are strictly in the trailer outside. But when you have an escape like this fairy tale doll house, does it really matter that you really live in a trailer? Jacklyn Lorraine
About Hideaway “Authentic, disturbing and unbearably tense, Hideaway will leave you reeling.” —Shari Lapena, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Couple Next Door Gloria Janes appears to be a doting suburban mother and loving wife. But beyond her canary-yellow door, Gloria controls her husband, Telly, as well as seven-year-old Maisy and her older brother Rowan, through a disorienting cycle of adoration and banishment. When Telly leaves, Gloria turns on Rowan. He runs away, finding unlikely refuge with a homeless man named Carl, with whom he forms the kind of bond he has never found with his parents. After they are menaced by strangers, Rowan follows Carl to an isolated cottage, where he accidentally sets off a burst of heightened paranoia in Carl, and their adventure takes a dark turn. Gloria is publicly desperate for the safe return of her son while privately plotting ever wilder ways to lure Telly home for good. Her behaviour grows more erratic and her manipulation of Maisy begins to seem dedicated toward an outcome that only she can see. The two storylines drive relentlessly toward a climax that is both shocking and emotionally riveting. Suspenseful, unsettling, and masterful, Hideaway explores the secrets of a troubled family and illuminates an unlikely hero and a source of unexpected strength.
From the author of the bestselling Hideaway novels comes the first in a dazzling, sexy new series, The Wainwright Legacy, chronicling the lives and loves of two prestigious New York families.High–profile lawyer Jordan Wainwright is an expert at uncovering the truth for his clients. But he guards his own secrets closely, especially those surrounding his adoption by the powerful Wainwright family. Meeting attorney Aziza Fleming at a party, he's captivated by her ambition and sensual warmth. Although Aziza insists she's not looking for anything serious, their casual dates spill over into sultry, pleasure–filled nights.Aziza has been burned twice before–first by a bad marriage, then by a harassment case that nearly destroyed her career. Sophisticated and irresistibly sexy, Jordan could be everything she wants, if he proves to be the trustworthy man she needs. However, he'll have to choose–between keeping a decades–old secret, or embracing their newfound passion.
Sandra Foster's Catskills, NY dream home does not include a bathroom or a kitchen. It was a complete labor of love to turn it into her personal shabby-chic retreat. She lives, with her husband, across
She grew up in grand manors filled with treasures and has called some of England’s great estates home. Here, a look inside her latest, charming hideaway.
GHISLAINE Maxwell was arrested at her £800,000 US hideaway after the FBI tracked her mobile phone, it emerged yesterday. Agents discovered her secluded home in New Hampshire using data from a phone…
Jasmine Roth gave HGTV Magazine a tour of her woodsy cabin in the mountains of California that's full of cool, cozy style.
She grew up in grand manors filled with treasures and has called some of England’s great estates home. Here, a look inside her latest, charming hideaway.
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