An Urban Cottage
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo Masterpiece
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- Published on Sunday, 05 August 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
My family from Arizona was coming back east for a visit so I drove to Western New York, where I grew up, for a family reunion of sorts. Having grown up in the country about an hour from Buffalo, a trip to the "big city" was often reserved for a special occasion like Christmas shopping. We weren't even aware
...Been Away
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- Published on Thursday, 02 August 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
Just getting back from several days away. Until I get a post together over the weekend, here's a little challenge. Can you tell where I am? Name the city and place.
Hint: Let me be frank; if you've been to the Louvre, it may lead to victory.
I won't publish any correct answers so everyone can have
...Beet It
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- Published on Friday, 27 July 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
I must have been about seven years old, but I can clearly remember sitting at the dining room table crying over a helping of beets. We were required to ask permission to be excused from the table and any food left on the plate was reason for denial of the request. My brother, having already choked down his
...Design Trend: Peeling Bedroom Walls
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- Published on Monday, 23 July 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
It seems that peeling bedroom walls are huge right now!
According to Anthropolgie, I'm right on trend.
Let's see what other inspiration they can provide.
The caved-in ceiling look. There's a DIY project I could tackle.
The tousled covers. No problem. I'm a master at that.
A little vintage wallpaper
...Spiralized Zucchini Pasta with Pesto
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- Published on Thursday, 19 July 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
In the summer heat, I'm always looking for creative ways to make dinner without turning on the stove. Last summer I did a post on zucchini pasta made with my new spiralizer and I thought this might be fun to try on the grill. It not only worked, I've had it almost every night since.
You can find a link to
...Darby Road, Waltham
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- Published on Sunday, 15 July 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
Darby Road. It's a store, not a road.
I wouldn't normally do a post on a place that was recently blogged about by designer Katie Rosenfeld but I'm pretty sure our audiences are different and I SO love this store in Waltham, Massachusetts, I wanted to share it.
Let me just show you a little bit of their
...Remember the bedroom?
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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Ugh.
So here we are. The bedroom problem only started with the bed breaking. When the bed leg broke, it scratched the paint off the floor. I started pulling at the scratched paint to discover it didn't adhere to the turquoise paint underneath. It peels off like a bad sunburn. I think the
...Kennebunk, Maine
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 July 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
The drive from "downtown" Kennebunk down Summer Street (Routes 35 and 9A) over to Old House Parts has some of the most fantastic old houses around. I've never found a good place to pull over and gawk so I thought I'd park in town and set out on foot with camera.
Just on the short walk from my parking place
...Walter Gropius House
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 June 2012
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If you happen to be taking a backroad shortcut from Walden Pond through the woods to the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass., you'll most likely buzz past this modern house tucked among the old Colonials. Since I learned about the Walter Gropius house in Lincoln, I've wanted to go take a tour of this National
...Aponovich 52
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- Published on Saturday, 16 June 2012
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The unbelievable 52-week painting marathon of New England artist James Aponovich culminated today with the opening of his show at the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The show is the product of the artist's year-long painting-a-week project which he documented on his blog Aponovich 52.
I drove out to Lincoln
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