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Simple way to change elevations

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Cooper, Robertston & Partners Architects

Written By Melkorka on July 18, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in: Exterior, Greek-Revial, Landscaping

Happy First Day of Spring!

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image via Victoria magazine I hope you had the opportunity to spend most of the day outside as I did! – I just spent the morning and early afternoon moving a peach tree (it was growing sideways under another tree) [...]

Written By Melkorka on March 20, 2010 | 5 Comments » | Posted in: Landscaping

Shipping Cargo Containers as storage

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via One of the largest drawbacks of our particular property is there there are no storage structures on it. So there is no place for garden tools, storage boxes, our lawn mower, lumber, scraps, furniture projects etc… They all pile [...]

Written By Melkorka on March 2, 2010 | 3 Comments » | Posted in: Architecture, Landscaping, Tips and Tricks

Currently Obsessed with…

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Gil Shafer’s parking Area at his Greek Revival Home. It is such a simple treatment – just a rectangular stone wall that meets the hill on one side and the lawn at the other – but it has such a [...]

Written By Melkorka on December 4, 2009 | 3 Comments » | Posted in: Architect, Driveways, Landscaping

Row of Trees

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Written By Melkorka on November 16, 2009 | 3 Comments » | Posted in: Landscaping

Affair with a New Driveway Plan!

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So earlier in the summer I bought the above book and devoured it cover to cover. One of the reasons that I initially bought it is that her house is similar to ours (I know that ours is MUCH more [...]

Written By Melkorka on September 4, 2009 | 4 Comments » | Posted in: Driveways, Greek-Revial, Landscaping, Our House

Meet our new happy hammocks!

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One of the hardest things about living in a constant project is taking a break – so I have been looking for a well priced lounging option that would encourage us to hang out in our back yard. Well hammocks.com [...]

Written By Melkorka on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment » | Posted in: Landscaping

Distressed wicker loveseat…

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Image from Victoria Magazine hope you are planning a relaxing weekend!

Written By Melkorka on July 23, 2009 | 6 Comments » | Posted in: Landscaping

Happy Weekend!

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Written By Melkorka on June 12, 2009 | 5 Comments » | Posted in: Landscaping

Tea for One…

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Written By Melkorka on June 10, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in: Landscaping, Party

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      Here is just another renovation blog. Here is the story – I grew up on a farm in upstate NY and when I am in city I invariably miss the country. So my siblings and I often end up back [...]

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      Our house seems to be a hodgepodge of Greek Revival styles. It has the accentuated pediment of the earlier Greek Revival New England design but has the layout and window placement of the later ‘Midwestern Greek Revival farmhouse’. I don’t [...]

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      My father bought me this book this summer when we were out looking for furniture at the local antique /used furniture shops in the area. To Grandfathers House we Go – A Roadside Tour of American Homes By Harry Devlin [...]

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