This Old House names the 51 Best Old-House Neighborhoods. Are any near you?
Designer Zach Motl makes the most of a 178-sq ft apartment: The NYT.
An Ohio man builds a massive, four-room igloo, complete with cable TV.
Paloma Picasso’s Moroccan House is featured in Harper’s Bazaar, and I’m loving those red bookcases.
High-end homesellers lower their expectations: LA Times.
A Sierra Club task force wants to stop U2’s The Edge from building a 5-house compound in Malibu.
Donna and David’s beach house from “Beverly Hills, 90210″ is for sale for $10.9 million: Shelter Pop.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson plunk down $26 million for a house in Pacific Palisades: Curbed LA.
Get the look from the set of Shutter Island: CasaSugar.
Ellen DeGeneres gives a tour of her country home in Santa Ynez, California: Lookiloos.
How you can rent the “Jersey Shore” house: US Weekly.
No more carpet! A fab staircase makeover: Thrifty Decor Chick.
Cool chalkboard doors: A Beach Cottage.
How to make a shell chandelier: Completely Coastal.
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Can I just say, I love that you do all the research of these beautiful homes and with one page and one click, I am whisked away to dream!
Thank you!
~kristin
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I can’t believe none of the neighborhoods from the oldest city are on the list! I swoon every time I drive around here. I feel like I am in old house heaven.
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That first house is wonderful! I would love to see inside the second floor & in the attic.
I love old houses!
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Thanks for the round-up! Hadn’t heard about (or seen!) Ellen’s country house. Love it! We’ll try to cover it next week! –CDHQ
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Love, love your site, I cannot thank you enough Julia for sharing so much with us. It is always so exciting to see what’s next.
The Kansas City area has some great historic home, near the Country Club Plaza, Brookside etc.
Karena
Wow, Julia! So much cool stuff to see in one short post! I’ll be back for more later.
Contrary to popular belief, not everything is shiny and new here in So Cal. We have plenty of great little turn-of-the-century neighborhoods tucked up against the foothills from Pasadena on out to Redlands. But what seems to get the most press are the super huge celebrity homes and “compounds”. “Real” people don’t live like that. Not even here, so close to Hollywood.
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I wonder if the 51 best neighborhoods are affordable. I’m going to look!!!
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It’s going to take me a while to check out all of the great links, but I’m really liking those red bookshelves too! Happy Weekend!
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Always loved that 90210 beach house – interesting to read about it. Thanks for all the links!
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I loved the “51 Best Old-House Neighborhoods”. I was in Victorian home Heaven. I had a blast looking at certain places in birdseye on Bing.com and Google maps. I found beautiful victorian homes.
I love those chalkboard doors, very creative!!!
Have a great weekend!
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Lot’s of things to look at on today’s post!
I first went to the “51 Best Old House Neighborhoods” to see what they had for Michigan. Whoa…I would NEVER have picked Detroit! There are so many other area’s, Marshall Michigan for one. Sure, there’s are plenty of “Old House Neighborhoods” in Detroit….but would I live there…no way. Sorry to say that because yes, those old homes are beautiful, but what the city has become…is not.
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Great links! The Ellen video is too funny. I wish Harper’s had more pics of Paloma Picasso’s Moroccan home. From the few pics, it looks beautiful.
that blue beach house is striking, I wish they had more internal pics… (I can’t believe Nic Cage had to drop his house price 50%!)
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Ha ha! That’s my front door!
: )
Julie M.
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Oh Julie loads to look at thanks so much! Hope you had a good weekend
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The old houses article is great! A lot of them are near me. I so dream of having a beautiful old house one day.
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Ellens video was soooo funny, thank you
Thanks for stopping by my blog – I am going to fetch a little glass of wine and come back to the article on old neighborhoods.
Thanks for keeping your blog so very interesting!
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I came over to let you know that my blog has moved and I would love it if you would come to the new site and RE-sign up to follow me there.
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Cheri
that apartment is so cool! not my personal style, but i can appreciate how well done it is- i think we may be hearing from mr. motl in the future!
thanks for sharing such fun stuff!
happy sunday,
rachel
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Chalkboard door is a nice and stylish idea. I like whiteboards better but I guess it doesnt have the same texture as a chalkboard. And whatabout a cork board door?
I have a thing for chalkboards and white decor – love that last photo! Maybe it’s because deep down inside, I know the white chalk dust won’t show up on everything else!
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So much eye-candy Julia!!! Gorgeous post!
Robin
All Things Heart and Home
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Love, love, LOVE! the red book cases.
So many people love red but feel it’s too much on the walls. What a great way to incorporate.
I wouldn’t expect any less of a Picasso.
Thanks for sharing!
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So much fun everytime I come here!
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