I know it’s Saturday but I didn’t get a chance with this one yesterday! Today I wanted to share this 4 bedroom home with a rumpus off the kids’ bedrooms. I looked at this plan for a while and thought it was quite good if you like the kids away…

English speakers are always in the driver’s seat. They use phrases like I am bored, I am cold, I feel like doing something, I like something or someone, etc. In contrast, the Slavs (Russians, Poles, Serbs, etc.) use the phrases with the mysterious it that rules their lives, so they will literally say: Boring to me it is, Cold to me it is, It does not do itself to me (e.g., I do not feel like running will be Running does not like itself to me), Something does not like itself to me.

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Tankoubon for Syndei’s Zatsuon and Gesshoku Kitan come out this month.

Ground Floor Plan Second Floor Plan Co-housing Manor is a design exercise looking at a different form of housing for today's Baby Boomer generation that wants to downsize and simplify from the large homes they raised their families in. In many ways they still need the large homes after their kids have grown and moved away. They need the number of bedrooms for when the next generation comes to visit. They need the large kitchen and entertaining areas for family celebrations and holidays. The three car garage also has become a large project or hobby space that is difficult to give up when downsizing. And often an adult kid may need to come back to live at home when economic hardship or divorce happens. Family members often like to be in closer proximity to each other. Like in the case of an elderly relative that needs to watched over, or the need to take care of a house while someone is traveling for extended periods. The expense of gas and frustration of traffic at certain times of the day can limit the ability of family members to travel across town or between cities to be supportive of each other. Families today also are comprised of close friends that they feel the same level of care for as actual relations and are an integral part of their lives. Co-Housing Manor is a way for a close group of people to live together in a supportive way and still maintain a level of privacy and autonomy. It is five independent living units that share larger common amenities that are difficult to give up when moving to smaller homes, as well as allow the supportive family environment that close proximity allows. There are five living units ranging from 638 to 1729 square feet. The total building area is 8900 square feet giving an average of 1,800 sf per unit. So it allows you to downsize to about 1,500 sf yet retain the large public areas that would be common in a house of 8 to 10 thousand square feet. There is a 19' by 32' Great Hall that can be used for large entertaining such as holidays or family celebrations like birthdays or weddings. It can also be available to invite the wider neighborhood in for community interaction. There is a likewise large outdoor covered gathering space for more casual or impromptu socializing. Supporting both spaces is a large central kitchen which can have larger capacity appliances for use of residents and offers more space than in their private units for projects that need larger layout counters. There is a guest suite attached to the common area to accommodate visitors that allows both they and you privacy that is difficult when you have downsized to a condominium. There is a separate garage that can be set up for a shop or be used for extra storage of sports equipment or hobbies that would not fit within the single garage provided each unit. There are five two story townhouses at each corner separated by garages so they are very private and there is no chance of noise transmission through common walls. The rooms are on the small side, but there are large master baths and walk in closets normally found in larger homes. There is a second space that can be used for home office, guest room or media center. A studio apartment on the second floor can be rented out or used for an adult child that has moved back, or for a person that can act as a caretaker for the complex. Click here to see exterior views. Click here to see interior views. Click here to see another Co-housing Design Concept

Here’s a really great family home which would suit a regular block of land (by looking at it you’d need around 20m frontage though). I like the space and layout with the living through the middle. Kids up the back and parents at the front. YES! Here are some other things…

Here are some sketchbook pages from my Final Major Collection sketchbook which I used to inspire me during the design part of my final collection…

Whew! This set took a lot of tweaking, but I really love how they came out! 🤩 This is another 10 generation challenge, this time it's the Solar System Legacy Challenge by @ginovasims Graphics by me…

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Here’s a really great family home which would suit a regular block of land (by looking at it you’d need around 20m frontage though). I like the space and layout with the living through the middle. Kids up the back and parents at the front. YES! Here are some other things…

Whew! This set took a lot of tweaking, but I really love how they came out! 🤩 This is another 10 generation challenge, this time it's the Solar System Legacy Challenge by @ginovasims Graphics by me…

I couldn’t find the original source for this plan, sorry about that. So it’s a little small in size. I found it when searching around on google images. I like this one though. It’s a bit different with the noticeable separate alfresco. I’d love to see how that looks…

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Little I-Like-to-Help and Other Stories by Patten Beard. Pictures by Ruth Caroline Eger. Rand McNally & Company, copyright 1929. This is an excerpt booklet from “Twilight Tales“, also 1929. Forewarning: There are several versions of “Twilight Tales,” with different numbers of pages and different numbers of color plates. Edition of 1939.

Tired of doing layouts that look like pikes or whips? Here are 16 drills that will teach you how to MASTER the layout from A to Z!

This big selvage quilt was featured on the KnitOneQuiltToo blog. This blogger was showing some quilts from her recent guild quilt show. She didn't name the maker of this quilt. If you know who made it, please let me know. Note the prairie points around the edge. Nice!

Easy indoor-outdoor living is one of the hallmarks of this one story Country style floor plan, with its wrap-around porch and distinctive gazebo at the front and generous screen porch off the ding area at the rear. The kitchen command center includes a central eating counter and is the heart of the design; it opens both to the great room and the dining area.The split plan puts the children's bedrooms on one side of the house, near the garage, and the master suite across the great room, on the other. Optional 3 Car Garage and Optional Sun Room may be ordered as a custom modification for $500.00. Please allow 1-2 weeks for the modification.

I found this in a book I purchased and believe it was used for a bookmark. Feel free to use in your artwork.

Thanks again to Meghan and The Vendome Press for sending me another beautiful book, "The English Country House". Authored by James Peill, photographed by James Fennell and a foreword by Jullian Fellowes (the creator of Downton Abbey), this book is fabulously breathtaking! Inside the pages of this stunning book, you will find these .......... Photo credits: James Fennell In a nutshell, this 224-pages brilliantly photographed book showcases 10 stately English country homes. Focusing on exquisite interiors, remarkable architecture, amazing gardens, histories and legacies of the families who occupied these estates, this visually delightful volume is truly a gem and shouldn't be missed! Engaging and gorgeous, this book is a must have for those who has an appreciation for old houses, architecture, history or design! Don't forget to pick up your copy here. *I received this book to review for free but the views and opinions expressed are entirely my own.

My mother-in-law wanted me to compile the information she gathered on her family into an album to put in a museum in the community she lives. At first, I found this to be very difficult. I did not know how to put TONS of information into a book and make it look nice and contain the information a family history album should. I learned a lot through this process and the purpose of this post is to hopefully help someone who felt like I did. "WHERE DO I BEGIN?" - That was the biggest road block for me. Once I started, it all seemed to fall into place. I did a lot of research on different styles and this is what I came up with.... I made a title page explaining the purpose of the book and sort of a disclaimer to calm family nerves if there happened to be any mistakes. I made the background with an assortment of brightened pictures that are in the book. Each person in the family had a two page spread. For the first page I picked my favorite picture of the individual, I typed the name with bold letters, I added the year of birth and death ( year of birth if person is still living), and a brief personal history. With the first person in this album (whom I will call the patriarch of the family in the time period of this album), I added the surname. The rest of the family members have the first name only. The opposite page had some other pictures of interest and brief explanations of the pictures. You need to decide what type of album you want. To me, an album is more about the pictures than anything. Other paper information and pictures can be placed in an envelope with the album for people to look at if they so desire. For me, the more brief and to the point write ups are - the better. If you like more history then certainly put it in there. Here is a picture of a two page spread. This two page spread and the one below contain information of the mother and father of the family this album is about. I made a title page to start the next pages that contain information of the children in the family. I did not include names on this title page as the pages following have all that information. The next pages follow the same layout. Where I put the name depended on the individual picture. It gave a nice variety. If I had the information, I made sure I had marriage dates and children names. A few pages with other information is good. The page below has a picture of the family homestead and a map of where it is located. I concluded the book in the same style I started with. I don't have any special programs on my computer (that I know how to use anyway). I have a Mac and I do most of my work on, believe it or not, the slideshow program called Keynote. I sent all the files to a printer. I printed a big copy for the museum and smaller copies for family members. I got a lot of the clip art and background paper free from the Creative Memories Project page. Check it out to see all the amazing digital files you can use. Click on "Freebies". When you start to make an album it may seem extremely daunting. There are usually more pictures and information than what you can fit on a page or two. Choose your favorite pictures and the most important information. Make it simple. What I did to organize myself .... I put all the information for each person in separate page protectors in a binder. I started with the oldest member of the family to the youngest. This pouch contained the pictures and information. I arranged the pouches in the order I was going to put them in the book. This made it easier when I tackled each individual subject at a time. When I presented this album to my mother-in-law she cried. Family History albums are a treasure. They are close to our hearts because the information in them are really what we are made of. This was definitely a fulfilling project. Thanks for stopping by! Linking up to... Whipperberry

I was asked to be the Guest Designer this month over at Funtoola's Kit Club . I was so thrilled to recieve this beautiful kit to work with...

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Hi there! I’m back today with another floor plan for you to look over. I like this one! It’s a nice basic family home with all of the features I love. The layout of the garage/storage/laundry/scullery is my favourite part of the home. Actually, the whole layout is pretty good.…

Whew! This set took a lot of tweaking, but I really love how they came out! 🤩 This is another 10 generation challenge, this time it's the Solar System Legacy Challenge by @ginovasims Graphics by me…