A 1920’s era sanatorium near Louisville, Ky is slated to be turned into a hotel. The Waverly Hills Sanatorium has long been a site for ghost hunters and has been featured on a number of TV shows.
The building is on the National Register of Historic Places and the plans seem to be coming together to [...]

Sometimes the best part of a movie is the sets or the costuming. Over the years as we have searched for our perfect house I have had at least two requests, a large kitchen and a conservatory.
The house sets in the movie Practical Magic are wonderful examples of just that. Sadly, there was no real [...]

I found this dining room image at Architectural Digest. The wall behind the table has a high impact but look closer, it is a very simple design.
An iron curtain rod hung high on the wall with a tab top curtain(s) in a basic fabric is used as the back drop. The images are hung using [...]

Wired did a piece on Jay Walker, a technology millionaire and his library of awesomeness.
It is a mix of old styled library, historical science museum and a geek-fest. Walker has everything from an actual Sputnik satellite to an Enigma machine and various medical oddities.
There are more images in the Wired article including more views of [...]

The Chicago Tribune has a slideshow of the 1893 Chicago Colombian Exposition. All that remains of this expanse of buildings is the one that is now the Museum of Science and Industry.
Most of these buildings were built with wood framing and plaster and either burned down or decayed quickly. Even by today’s standards the end [...]

We bought this table about ten years ago for $50, it was not in great shape but the style of the table was just too cool to pass up.
It had cracks in the legs and chunks of the wood veneer top missing. This was one of those projects I said I was going to do [...]

Dr. Dreadful asked me if we wanted a free piano. One of his co-workers found it left behind by a former tenant in one of her properties. If we removed it we could have it.
I was told that it had white paint on it, had lots of carving making it look old and it was [...]

This minimalist room done in a monochromatic mostly dark palette stood out among the tons of modern designs being pushed lately.
The larger elements of the room are done in the dark color and the light color is used to highlight everything else. The room is minimalistic but doesn’t seem as cold as most do.