It’s a total bust… In a manner of speaking.
Everywhere you look in this home you see disembodied heads. In the living room… In the dining room… Even in the hallway… Well, until you…
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Proper Lighting Can Make or Break a Great Home
On the surface, it’s another lovely Paradise Valley home. It has gorgeous views of the Scottsdale and Phoenix area. It has some interesting spaces inside,…
What lies beneath…
My own castley type dwelling in downtown San Francisco? Yes, please! Ooh… it even has a cool castley type door! OK, the “throne room” is…
Overly Dramatic House Is Overly Dramatic
Perhaps it’s because Hollywood is a mere 15 miles away, but this house has pretensions to being one of the great sound stages of film…
Um… yeah… They sure do like their hangy-downy stuff…
What starts out as nice-looking listing… …quickly segues into one with some, shall we say, “odd” features. There seems to be all manner of, for…
Welcome to “Finely Crafted Central”
Everything here seems to be the work of master craftsmen, with contributions by woodworkers and stone masons… blacksmiths, including one of a kind leaded windows…
Plenty Here to Keep Your Interest
“Quirky But Cool” might be the best way to describe this home, nestled into a verdant hillside. Inside there is an endless supply of non-traditional…
Sometimes it’s better to skip the Big Picture
For all intents and purposes, this house seems great. The front porch is fairly attractive. The back porch is even better. The open plan living…
Simple living, loads of plants…
…and a Yurt! With a ceiling fan! And a skylight! Don’t forget the three, count’em three, greenhouses! (There’s even a fourth if you’re up for…
Time Traveling in Maryland
It should’ve been obvious from the avocado garage door and shutters. But I wasn’t paying attention and fell into the trap – the Time Machine…
What is it?
Is it old? Is it new? Is it tacky? Is it cool? Is it a typical 1950s middle class house? Or a restatement of the…
Well, there’s something you don’t see every day
The rich have all the fun. I mean, look at the range of diversity you can manage when everything’s affordable… A grand formal entry. A…
Water Features to the Rescue!
Are you burned out on run-of-the-mill opulence in your luxury home? Then what you need, my friend, are water features! Start small with, say, an…
Apparently, there’s an American peerage, too…
…one available to the highest bidder. To wit: The “Dukedom” of Chiltern, complete with opulent manor hall. This stately dwelling features a reception hall fit…
It’s all in the details… but just what is “It”?
Details can be nice, really nice. For example, take some of this home’s assorted interesting kitchen appliances… tile-work… and stone-work. Then again, details can be,…
How Not to Waste the Decorating Potential of Ceilings
Why waste the multiple canvases-in-waiting that are ceilings when you can use them to attractively display structural elements of brick, wood, and combinations thereof? And…