Over at Lookiloos, I read the story of this beautiful 1879 Italianate Victorian home in San Jose that was rescued and renovated by a man named Manuel Lima. What I found really inspiring was how he set out to improve the neighborhood it’s in, too. “A house doesn’t make it without a neighborhood,” he said. [...]
Welcome to another Movie Monday, when I feature the beautiful homes used in television and film. With due respect to the fine actors in the 2008 version of “Brideshead Revisited,” the hauntingly beautiful Castle Howard was the true star of the movie for me. Castle Howard is considered to be one of the grandest private [...]
I spend a lot of time searching the real estate listings and see an awful lot of boring houses, a lot of ugly houses, and more cookie-cutter McMansions than you can shake a stick at. So when I run across a truly unique and beautiful property like this, it’s like the heavens open up and [...]
If you live anywhere near Louisville, Kentucky, then you’re in luck! The annual Old Louisville Holiday House Tour is going on Sunday, December 7. Just take a look at some of the old mansions that have been featured in past home tours in this neighborhood! Wouldn’t you love to see some of these for yourself? [...]
After the first post I did about the Victorian Painted Ladies in Columbia Tusculum, Ohio, a Hooked on Houses reader wrote to tell me that she grew up in the historic neighborhood. Valerie sent me this old photo of the house her family lived in from 1953-1987. She writes:
It’s from the multiple listing from 1965 [...]
L ove looking at old houses? Me, too! So whenever there’s an Historic House Tour anywhere within driving distance, I’m there. I really enjoyed the walking tour through Columbia Tusculum, Cincinnati’s oldest neighborhood. Here are some of the photos I took as we walked through up and down the hilly streets, staring up at the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Irecently discovered Amber’s blog Snapshots of Life, which featured some amazing photos of Columbia Tusculum and its famous “Victorian Painted Ladies.” I was excited because these houses are beautiful, of course, but also because they’re not far from where I live here in Cincinnati. Somehow it had never occurred to me to show them to [...]
Can you imagine being able to flip through a SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. catalog full of house plans, choose one like this charming “Puritan” model, and buy it for as little as $1,500?
Sears sold Modern Homes kits like this one between 1908-1940. Each kit contained between 10,000-30,000 pieces with which you could build your house. They were shipped on [...]
