House Crazy
A blog about all things houses written by a house addict who engages in chronic house-peeping - come join me!
A stylish 1830 Colonial home on the Raritan Canal
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Authors: housecrazy
image from: www.oldhouses.com
A big, beautifully restored 1830′s home on a canal is a sight that will turn my head. There’s just something about lush greenery on a meandering narrow waterway that is inherently beguiling…
image from: www.oldhouses.com
Perhaps it’s because I live in an arid climate and have gre...
The famous pyramid house in Manitou Springs
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- Published on Monday, 13 August 2012
Authors: housecrazy
image from: http://www.homescolorado.com
I came across this unique home in Manitou Springs in my own home search a little while ago and put the listing aside for a post in the near future. Then I saw last week that bigger sites like Curbed and Reatlor.com had beat me to it and I was like – hey you big bullies, get off my t...
London real estate sampler – Part II
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- Published on Sunday, 12 August 2012
Authors: housecrazy
Continuing my London, England tour of groovy homes from yesterday, I would like to show your three more interesting (and pricey) London homes in today’s post…
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This first one was converted from an old church hall:
6 bed house for sale, Victoria Park Road – £4,000,000
image from: http://www.foxtons.co.uk
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...London real estate sampler
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- Published on Saturday, 11 August 2012
Authors: housecrazy
The summer Olympics are winding down in London, England this weekend so I though I’d finally get on board with the Olympics and feature some funky London homes that are for sale.
Of course, London is jammed-packed with really cool (really expensive) homes so I’ve picked out six that have tickled my fancy. I’ll...
The latest green home trend: real live moss bath mat
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- Published on Friday, 10 August 2012
Authors: housecrazy
Okay, okay, people aren’t knocking down the doors of IKEA or Crate & Barrel to purchase these things, but the plush mats are making a splash in on-line green living circles.
image from: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com / Image via Yanko Design
Yes, this bath rug is actually made of moss. Living, breathing moss. It is...
Rezoned and Repurposed: Historic Colorado storefront and jail
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- Published on Friday, 10 August 2012
Authors: housecrazy
image from: http://www.salidaremax.com/p/302/224606
This old Main Street commercial building in Colorado (and the old town jail building behind it) have been converted into amazingly creative spaces.
image from: http://www.salidaremax.com/p/302/224606
The main building currently houses a bistro and a private residence upstairs,...
A blast from the past: Shotgun houses
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- Published on Thursday, 09 August 2012
Authors: housecrazy
image from: wikimedia.org – creative commons
You’ve heard of these long narrow domiciles before… the name conjures up images of an angry dad chasing his daughter’s young suitor with a shot-gun and shooting through the house clear from the front door and out the back door.
Although… I might...
2 vintage Oregon homes for sale on the same street
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 August 2012
Authors: housecrazy
I love comparing homes that are for sale and in close proximity of one another (probably because I’m a chronic house shopper). I like to consider which is the better deal, which needs more work, which is better priced, etc.
So when I came across these two historic beauties for sale on the same street in Portland, Oregon for...
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wheelchair accessible retreat in Hyde Park
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 August 2012
Authors: housecrazy
One of the earliest examples of a wheelchair accessible home in the United States was none other than Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Top Hill Cottagein Hyde Park, New York.
image from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Top_Cottage.jpg – photo credit: Daniel Case
Also known as “Top Cottage”, the retreat was...
The Crescent House
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- Published on Monday, 06 August 2012
Authors: housecrazy
image from: www.designboom.com
Yes, this house is shaped as a crescent.
image from: www.designboom.com
Grub-like in its appearance from the rear, it is one of those unusual architectural fantasies fully realized.
image from: designbloom.com
The Crescent House is located in Shizuoka, Japan.
It was designed by the Japanese architectural...
