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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
The Vagaries of Castle Dwellers
Go figure the über-wealthy castle dwellers of Napa Valley… …whose crowned porcupine crest appears in solid marble above the impressive entry …who enjoy an indoor…
What’s that? I can’t hear you over all these loud tiles!
From the outside, it looks like an average home in the Hollywood hills. And granted, the tile-work does start out nicely enough with traditional patterns……
More Than Meets The Eye (Or Possibly Less)
They start at the private courtyard entry, repeated black rectangular elements. They continue in the living room. They also feature in the bedroom, along with…
Hey Look Y’all – It’s a Theme Hacienda!
If’n ya love Southwest ranch life, yore gonna love this lil ol’ place and feel real welcome like, too! For your decor, ya got yore…
Something is Askew
It starts with crudely-corrected crooked exterior shots, and it just gets weirder when you go inside… Nothing like a creepy over-the-top cat-themed bathroom to make…
Apparently We Have Very Different Definitions of “Restoration.”
From the listing description: An exquisite Grade II Listed Victorian 7 bedroomed, 8 bathroomed old rectory, the subject of a complete roof down restoration in…
Enter the Vortex
The rest of the flat is fairly pedestrian, but whoa, that hallway. Why? Just why?
The Velvet Sofa is Just the Beginning
Is that a velvet sofa? Of course it is. This is Vegas, after all. Wow, that bathroom. And what’s with the patch of blue/grey tiles…
Beach Ball Pillows FTW
Wow. Where do you even find furniture like that? The beach ball pillows and almost-matching curtains just really complete the vibe, too. Apparently it’s some…