Hunting for the ideal house is as painful as online dating
Real estate search gets hyper-real as design columnist searches for home for new romantic merger Couple Looking at a House for Sale (Thinkstock, The Denver Post) Much as I carry on about house buying...
View ArticleA Spanish Easter feast
To vary the traditional festive lunch, and transport yourself to a tiny village in the heart of Spain, try José Pizarro’s recipes, full of deep flavours and rich textures ...
View ArticleIndia launches third phase of housing project in Sri Lanka
Colombo, January 08: India has launched the third phase of a housing project in Sri Lanka by expanding the category of beneficiaries to include Indian-origin Tamils who are settled in the central part...
View ArticleHow Amy Schumer's "Trainwreck" Re-Invented Rom-Coms And Mastered A New Kind...
Women are funny. Why this has ever been contested is baffling. Whether or not women can carry comedic roles or hold their own in the stand-up circuit has been proven long before...
View ArticleIn Arlington, architects offer a free historic house — but only to go
Another buyer might not have flinched at the idea of demolishing the tiny 1920s house in Ashton Heights, with its two bedrooms, single bathroom, and basement built for dwarves. Far larger houses are...
View ArticleA Spanish Easter feast
To vary the traditional festive lunch, and transport yourself to a tiny village in the heart of Spain, try José Pizarro’s recipes, full of deep flavours and rich textures...
View Article‘Unsightly warehouse will hit house sales’
Durban - Durban’s upmarket Mount Edgecombe golf estate is one of the most sought after residential estates in the country and a R80 million steel-framed warehouse being constructed 20m from the...
View ArticleMy House: Swan's Nest restoration brings mountain mansion back to life
When the owners of Swan's Nest near Breckenridge bought the historic Colorado house, contractors recommended they gut it. Instead, owners Christy and Randy Rost gave it a loving restoration. (Photos by...
View ArticleDon’t let shopping for home ruin relationship
Choosing a 30-year-old Georgian-style house proved a costly error for a school administrator and her husband, a financial adviser. Indeed, it may have cost them their marriage. The wife thought the...
View ArticleKirstie Allsopp: ‘You can’t house-hunt online. You have to see it in person’
The TV property guru on her technophobe co-presenter Phil Spencer, her love of Apple and why she likes to ‘microwave’ her hair curlers...
View ArticleVictorian house in Baker neighborhood brought back to life
My House | Architect Roger Day A bird's-eye view of the living room shows how Roger and his wife, Evelyn, meld the classic and contemporary in their decor. (Brent Lewis, The Denver Post) As an...
View ArticleCommonfloor Retina: A new 'convenience' for house hunters
Commonfloor.com is a website for home seekers and property hunters who are interested in buying some real estate. To make house hunting easier, you no longer need to turn to the broker anymore. But...
View Article'The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt' Review Roundup
Here’s something to keep in mind: any time you see reviews a couple of days in advance of release, let alone a full week, those reviews are probably going to be pretty good. Game companies know when...
View ArticleVictorian house brought back to life
My House | Architect Roger Day A bird's-eye view of the living room shows how Roger and his wife, Evelyn, meld the classic and contemporary in their decor. (Brent Lewis, The Denver Post) As an...
View ArticleNew York man creates 'sovereign nation' in Utah
A New York man is building his own sovereign nation called Zaqistan on a remote piece of land in Utah. Zaq Landsberg has created a yellow-and-red flag, official-looking passports and a border patrol...
View ArticleTownhouse renovated by Frank Weise in 1960s gets another makeover
Ruth Eldridge's 19th-century townhouse was reimagined in the 1960s by acclaimed mid-century-modern architect Frank Weise, who built a jaw-dropping signature spiral staircase. More recently, she updated...
View ArticleMaking your tract house stand out
Q: My fiance and I just bought our first house. We are excited, but it's in the middle of a big, brand-new townhouse development, and all the houses look the same. How can we personalize it when we...
View ArticleHomebuilding prospects in metro Atlanta looking up
Expect continued, steady growth in new home construction as the housing market continues to grow healthier – unless, unless, unless… Well unless things turn around, the trends are good, said Steve...
View ArticleColorado log house steeped in history gets a new, green incarnation
Cabin in the city The home's "hearth room" centers on the original stone fireplace, wood and coal boxes and low bookcases. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post) An original shed was too rickety to be...
View ArticleRecipe Finder: Baltimore City schools sticky buns
Barbra Katz Rosenberg from Baltimore, a frequent contributor to this column, was seeking the recipe for the sticky buns that were served in the cafeterias at many Baltimore City schools back in the...
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