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Archive for October, 2008

10 Scary Ways to Decorate Your Home (If You Dare)

Want to know how to really scare your neighbors this Halloween? Here are some surefire ways to frighten any trick-or-treaters who come by tonight (if you dare)!
Scary Decorating Tip #1: Allow the fake garland to take over your kitchen. “We haven’t seen Alice since she went to the kitchen to make a sandwich.”
I think I [...]

“Top Design” Recap: The Final Four Are In the House

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Look who showed up as the guest judge again this week. It’s Jeff Lewis, from Bravo TV’s Flipping Out. I’m not sure where Kelly Wearstler and her big hair and crazy outfits have been, but Jeff was such a great judge that I hardly missed her fingerless gloves and leg warmers this [...]

Fun Halloween Decorating Ideas

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Are you the creative kind of person who goes all out for Halloween, wowing the neighborhood with your amazing decorations each year? Do you host frighteningly good parties where everyone shows up in clever costumes?
I’m not. I’ve just got the usual jack-o-lanterns on the front porch and fall decorations around the house. [...]

“Do Not Use” This Bathroom

Halloween is right around the corner, so I thought I’d post some scary MLS photos. It frightens me to think a Realtor is trying to sell a house with these pictures of the bathroom! Here I thought it was bad when that real estate agent took close-ups of the three dressed-up toilets in the red [...]

Tickled Pink (& Purple & Peach): Victorian Painted Ladies

Remember the Historic House Tour I told you I went on a couple of weeks ago in Columbia Tusculum, Ohio? I already showed you some photos of it in my Porches on Parade for Fall post but thought I’d show you some more, including a few I took inside.
The neighborhood has rows of Victorian Painted [...]

Hooked on House Tours: The Fall Party Starts Here!

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Who doesn’t love a good house tour?
Well, if you don’t, then you’ve come to the wrong place. Today kicks off the Hooked on House Tours Blog Party–one big, giant Fantasy Open House tour around the blogosphere.

I’m putting a twist on the usual blog party this time around, though. Get this:
There will be [...]

“Top Design” Recap: Lighting Up a Room

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Believe it or not, last night I finally had a chance to watch “Top Design” for the first time in several weeks. Their challenge was to design a room around a Swarovski chandelier. These aren’t your typical chandeliers, however, so it forced the designers to get a little creative.
Take a look at [...]

The House from the Shia LaBeouf Movie “Disturbia”

Did you guess? The house I showed you yesterday was used in the Shia LaBeouf film “Disturbia.”
Your 3 clues were:
1. “Disturbia” is a (very loose) remake of the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock thriller “Rear Window,” starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
2. Young “Disturbia” star Shia LaBeouf was involved in a car accident in July of this [...]

Can You Guess Which Movie This House Starred In?

This Craftsman-style home starred in a movie that came out last year. Can you guess which one?
Here are your 3 clues:

The movie was a remake of a classic film from the 1950s with Grace Kelly.
The star of this film was in a serious car accident and charged with DUI earlier this year.
The mom in the [...]

Porches on Parade for Fall

Last weekend I went on an historic homes tour in Columbia Tusculum, the oldest neighborhood in Cincinnati. Columbia Tusculum was founded in 1788 on the hilly banks of the Ohio River, shortly before Losantiville (now known as Cincinnati) was settled. The oldest home still standing was built in 1804, so you can imagine how much [...]

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