As he stepped into the small storefront on Norfolk Street, Stephen Kushner, a hairdresser from Long Island, was transported to a youth spent steaming up car windows with his steady at drive-in theaters.
A movie screen hung in front of a single blue 1965 Ford Falcon convertible. A romantic starry sky — actually tiny light clusters peeking through sheer black fabric — stretched across to the side.
“Hey, can we make out?” he asked aloud, eliciting a giggle from Mr
With the expert help of home designers John W. Turman and Carole Berg, anyone with a plot of land and a vision for a structure is welcome to access 30 years of combined experience and two lifetimes of creativity and conceptual artistry. For less than the cost of an architect—and with the promise of outstanding client services—the partners at Design Residential focus on function, flow and space allocation. At the same time, they are committed to quick responses related to the development of a plan or modifications required during construction. “Building or remodeling a home is very personal,” says Turman…
There is no such thing as a gloomy day at Peter and Carla Olson’s Asian-inspired estate. Having been born and raised in sunny Florida, light became a key component when the couple planned and built the nearly 8,000-square-foot home on 1.3 acres of prime land in Portland’s Burton Road area. “Our philosophy was to bring the outdoors in and create a zen-like experience throughout,” Carla explains. “From the moment you walk in the front door there is a calming atmosphere and a radiance that exists day and night.”
Buying a second home has become one of the fastest growing trends in the country. The National Association of Realtors says 23% of all homes purchased in 2004 were for investment purposes, and another 13 % were vacation homes. Baby boomers are now reaching retirement, and are driving the market for second homes wild. “Because the typical second-home buyer is a baby boomer, it’s likely over the next decade that second-home sales will remain historically high,” says David Lereah, chief economist for the Chicago-based NAR.
Every year, hundreds of new flower and vegetable plants are tested by a network of independent judges of All-America Selections (AAS). In 1932, W. Ray Hastings, president of the Southern Seedsmen’s Association of Atlanta, Georgia proposed the idea of All-American Selections as a way for home gardeners to learn which new varieties were truly improved. To do so, he encouraged all seed companies to set up trial grounds, cooperatively test new varieties and agree to develop marketing efforts for new vegetables and flowers.
If you are considering putting in a swimming pool, you have lots of decisions to make. What kind of swimming pool will you want? What will the primary function of the swimming pool be? Will the kids be playing volleyball all summer long? Will you want to swim laps? Are you short on space? Your new swimming pool can be built to any size or shape or style that you (and your budget) can imagine! Here are several types of in ground swimming pools to help you narrow down your choices.