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Old Louisville’s Holiday Home Tour

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? [...]

Can You Guess Who Cooks in This Kitchen?

This kitchen belongs to a celebrity so big that she’s known around the world on a first-name basis. Can you guess who it is?
Here are your 3 clues:

She’s had more than one short-lived marriage.
You could say she sometimes gets “wiggy.”
She has a sibling who is almost as famous as she is.

Take your best guess in [...]

Concrete Contemporary in Australia

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Okay, so is everybody here at my new blog address now? Should I do a head count? I hate to leave anyone behind, but I guess the stragglers will catch up with us eventually.
Thanks to all of you who updated the links on your blogrolls already! I’ll be giving away an Amazon [...]

Fantasy Open House #7: Chateau Tourelle

Can you believe it’s already the final day of our Fantasy Open House week? That went fast, didn’t it? So far the only house the majority of you guys chose to buy is “Sophia’s Harbor.” The vote on “The Artisan” is almost split down the middle, but “Walk Away” is winning at the moment (just [...]

Fantasy Open House #6: The Artisan

So far it looks like most of you want to buy “Sophia’s Harbor.” Let’s see what you think about “The Artisan.”
One thing to keep in mind–especially as you look at this house–is that Homearama homes are almost always over the top and a little ridiculous if you try to compare them to normal houses that [...]

Fantasy Open House #4: Pavan Kunj

Welcome to the third day in our Homearama ‘08 Fantasy Open House series.
The name Pavan Kunj refers to “the purifying influence of the wind.” The home’s design originates from ancient Maharishi Vedic architecture, which requires precise proportions, orientation, and placement of interior spaces.
Built by Daniels Homes, the Pavan Kunj has 7,700 square feet and sold [...]

Fantasy Open House #3: The Hampton

It’s time for House #3 on our Homearama tour. (If you missed the explanation about our Fantasy Open House week, click here to read about it first.)
The Hampton, built by Eagle Custom Homes, has 8,200 square feet and is on the market for $1.7 million. Its design was inspired by coastal Long Island. According to [...]

Fantasy Open House #2: The Manier Sherridan

In case you haven’t heard, we’re touring seven of the homes from the Homearama Home Show in Cincinnati and voting on our favorites this week.
The Manier Sherridan is a ranch-style house with 6,180 square feet that Hensley Homes has already sold for $1.8 million.
According to the builder, the Manier Sherridan’s design is “reminiscent of the [...]

Walking and Gawking in Avondale, Part 1

As I mentioned yesterday, Dave and I went on a tour of historic mansions in North Avondale over the weekend, and now I have lots of fun photos to share with you.
Avondale was one of the earliest, and toniest, suburbs of Cincinnati. In 1886 Willard Glazier wrote about it in his book Peculiarities of American [...]

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