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Everything I know about gardening
I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies and roses, or my fields, and several people have…
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Designing a New Old Home: Light
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Bed…
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[subscribers only] Ask Me Anything about My Home (or Yours)
This is mostly in relation to Designing a New Old Home, landscaping, and timber framing a Goose Palace, though if you have other questions feel …
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Designing a New Old Home: Materials and Hardware
After your floorplan, and along with your use of sunlight, the materials you choose will make the biggest difference in the mood that inhabits your…
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Sketches of Beauty, Shades of Remoteness
A little moth asked the other day, what makes something beautiful? I wonder and doubt if I could ever give a fulfilling answer. As a topic it is almost…
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Building The Goose Palace
The man who is most likely to ruin the place he loves is exactly the man who loves it with a reason. The man who will improve the place is the man who…
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Designing a New Old Home: The Elements
Heating and Cooling and Airflow Ensuring your house works well with the natural world is one of the most crucial parts of designing a home. Like I wrote…
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