The idea of growing your own cut flowers seems to be popular at the moment, with many of us dreaming of a small patch of ground dedicated to our own supply of pretty blooms that we can raid to decorate ours homes. The most difficult part, I find, is translating that dream into a reality. … Continued
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A few things I wish I'd known when I started out with business.
National Library in Vienna, Austria Bibliotheken is a photography series, by German photographer Christoph Seelbach, features some of the most exquisite
A few things I wish I'd known when I started out with business.
Moving out on your own is such a rewarding experience, but it doesn't come without it's faults (especially when you find out after the fact!)
The RED Epic I made the decision. Red has been contacted and now I’m just sitting here, waiting…waiting…waiting… Don’t know what it is? Check out the RED Epic page. I&…
Someday, I want to have a Writer House. A lovely fixer upper of an old mansion that can house writers and artists and musicians while they work on their crafts. Each room will have a bookshelf and possibly a swing. There will be a potter's wheel and canvases in the outbuildings and a studio in the...
Have you ever walked into your kitchen and said 'hello' to the cat sitting on the bench, only to take a second glance and realize that wasn't, in fact, your cat? No?Well, the members of the 'My House, Not My Cat' Facebook group have. The group is dedicated to sharing photos of 'stranger cats' who tu...
10 things I wish I had known before owning goats. Don't you agree with #5?? But does it stop us from owning them?? Nope! Once a goat lover, always one.
This is my favorite house plan ever! Scanned from one of my 1st edition architectural books. In the early part of the previous century the white pine council published bi-monthly booklets called The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs ~ A Bi-Monthly Publication Suggesting the Architectural Uses of White Pine and its Availability Today as a Structural Wood. At the end of the year they were hard bound. I have hard bound firsts of volumes 2, 3, and 4. They must be very rare because I have never been able to locate the first volume. I do have a complete set of the modern reprints but nothing compares to the originals! The house pictured above is one of the winners of a contest called: The Second Annual White Pine Architectural Competition for a House to Cost Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. It was judged at the Greenbrier in White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia on May 17 & 18, 1917. My guy did not win any of the top prizes (1st ~ 4th) but he is the 5th mention for Design No. 194. I wonder if he became famous in his area? Let me know if you have heard of Benj. Schreyer, New York, N.Y. Don't you wonder if this home was ever built and if it is still standing? There are two enclosed porches on the first floor and two sleeping porches on the second floor. Oh, for a sleeping porch! The plot plan is lovely too. I did not scan the detail sheet showing the fireplace side of the dining room, the front entrance, a couple of cornices, the north and west elevations. and the cross section. Hopefully this design will inspire one of my readers and this home will be built again. UPDATE: I have noticed a lot of interest in this post. I reblogged about this house with full sets of plans HERE.
Have you ever been broke, like realllllly broke? I've been there as well. Homesteading was the answer to my problems! "How to Homestead With No Money"!
A few years ago, I spent nine months living in New Zealand; here's a list of things to know before moving to New Zealand!
TW: MH struggles, past SA, toxic parenting . . "Megan," he said. "What do you want?" Return to the world of fabulous clothes, popping camera flashes, and gorgeous movie stars, as Megan Fielding, the fourth Fielding sister, navigates her family's wishes with her own attraction to Alessandro Rosselli, the hottest actor in Hollywood. Megan is the fun, fashionable peacemaker of the Fielding siblings. Grateful for her older siblings' commitment to her after the death of their parents, she'll do whatever it takes to make them happy. Even ignore her own feelings of discontent. Rejected by his family when he told them he wanted to be an actor, Alessandro has gone far since he served Megan at her favorite Boston coffee house. The hottest actor in Hollywood, his light is dimmed by a scandal that threatens his career. Returning to his adopted hometown to lick his wounds and take part in a fundraiser, Alessandro meets Megan again and finds he needs her skills to save the charity that means so much to him. But any kind of relationship is out of the question: Megan's family has bad history with the press, and Alessandro needs publicity to fulfil his dreams. However, after a photo of them goes viral, Megan finds that she likes the limelight. If they work together, they can each fulfil their dreams. But can the paparazzi be appeased with a few photos? Will Megan have to choose between her family and her career? Or will Alessandro's fear of rejection stop him from exploring a relationship with this woman who is taking over his heart? TW: Mention of sexual harassment and toxic parenting Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781957123073 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: Tea Rose Publishing - LLC Publication Date: 11-15-2023 Pages: 298 Product Dimensions: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.67d Series: The Fieldings #4About the Author Award-winning author Kimberley Ash is a British expat who has lived in and loved New Jersey for almost 30 years. She writes fish-out-of-water stories about people who find home where they least expect it. Kimberley holds a bachelor's degree in French from the University of London (spectacularly useful at PTA meetings) and a master's in English Literature from Drew University.Kimberley writes about real life and therefore celebrates and supports diversity in all its forms. You can find her obsessing about tea on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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From Chrissy Teigen to Taylor Swift, it's sort of no surprise that celebrities have some of the coolest, most glam kitchens we've ever seen. Take a peek inside our favorite celebs' kitchens, here.
If you’re gearing up for homeownership, gather 'round. I’ll tell you what I wish I'd known beforehand, and the surprises I encountered along the way.
Taking this a step further, each house plant is unique depending on type, size, shape, location and access to water and light. We each have a unique worldview based on our own environment, set of…
When it comes to choosing a side gig, it’s important to pick one that’ll pay you properly for your time. Sure, you could fold T-shirts at a local shop to earn a few bucks. But how can you find a part-time job that will really take a bite out of your bills? Ideally, a side...
Even those of use who never played with dolls as a kid can probably appreciate the wonders of a gorgeous dollhouse. These amazing dollhouses aren't you average Barbie Dreamhouse, either. Many of them have been loving handcrafted and decorated with painstaking attention to detail. We don't know about you, but we're not ashamed to admit that many of these are nicer than our own houses! Take a look!
Building a new home? Make sure you avoid these 9 common mistakes people make so you will have a great experience and love your new home!
This book was written with the intent to help soothe a person who is sitting in a hospital's waiting room after having just been informed that a loved-one has gone through a traumatic injury to their head (and the announcement was given without many available details). This reading can also be the kind of book that is relatively simple and quick to take in so that a person who has dealt with their own serious distress can absorb such hopeful information easily, as I know that I wish such writings had been available when I was recovering from my own Traumatic Brain Injury. Spending the recovery phase at my parents' house in the tiny town that we lived in at the time, I was around many friends, family, neighbors and former educators. One of them knew that between my mother and myself, we had kept an essential and accurate journal of the daily events following the TBI. My husband and other individuals, suggested that I compose and set down on paper wording that would provide other people with a literary image of mine that would reflect the view that I had finally achieved; that is, that the term 'head injury' does not necessarily refer to needing to be on life support nor ceasing to exist. But dealing, emotionally, with the loss of a close friend while recovering in a hospital is not something that can easily be explained. It took me years to come to psychological terms with as well as acceptance. | Author: Suzanne V | Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc. | Publication Date: Nov 11, 2018 | Number of Pages: 50 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography | ISBN-10: 1644249596 | ISBN-13: 9781644249598
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