Category: Life

Field Trip: Collect Ideas on a DIY Garden Tour

Field Trip: Collect Ideas on a DIY Garden Tour

Nothing beats taking a garden tour for education and inspiration. I’m lucky enough to reside in a place with several yearly garden tours, but for one reason or another, I’ve never been in a position to make even one of them. This year the time eventually worked out for me to attend one in a …

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Show Us the Home Quirks Love

Show Us the Home Quirks Love

Just like with any relationship, the one that you have with your house is complicated, and as more time goes on, the more convoluted it gets. You learn about your home’s quirks, the romance fades, then something magical happens and also the”defects” become a part of the reasons that you love it. We would like …

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Time Travel into ers' Childhood Homes, Part 3

Time Travel into ers' Childhood Homes, Part 3

A number of these ers’ childhood homes were built by grandfathers and fathers, and some are still in the household, being lovingly renovated by another generation. Construction was learned by some of the home builders since they enlisted help and went. In today’s financial climate, we could learn a great deal from the ancestors of …

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What My Kids Have Taught Me About Working From Home

What My Kids Have Taught Me About Working From Home

At the start of this season, I shut up my office space downtown and moved my architecture clinic to the sunporch of my residence. I’d been hitting the sidewalk to drum up work for the prior few decades, and that I was beginning to crack in the strain. So I shut up shop, took my …

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