by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 29, 2007 | HousePosts
I smell a spring project in the air… Ah, you’ve gotta love the smell of spring. Soft earth beneath your feet. Birds nesting on the porch. And the pleasant idea that it may be safe again to embark on a major project. For the last several weeks Kathy and I...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 17, 2007 | HousePosts
Kitchen/Dining The essence of home is a notion that, while hard to describe abstractly, seems to be understood intuitively. Patterns of Homeâ€â€The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design The Plan When we set out to design our house we saw our cooking and eating areas...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 10, 2007 | Commentary, HousePosts, Macworld, Writing
Or, why the RIAA is giving the Mafia a run for their money… This is no doubt a little off-topic for the likes of the HouseBlog universe, but it needs to be aired to as wide an audience as I can manage. So please forgive, forget, read on, and then...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 8, 2007 | Commentary, HousePosts
And therefore no promised update… I had every intention of delivering last week’s promised How We’re Living Now update, but a world of business got in the way of my better intentions. Writing deadlines, publication deadlines, and a nagging little...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 24, 2007 | Beacon Dispatch, Commentary, HousePosts, Writing
The Howland’s beautiful Matire d’ At this very moment I’m working (actually I’m procrastinating and posting here) on an article for the Beacon Dispatch about Florence Northcutt who is the president of the Howland Cultural Center. I also took...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 23, 2007 | HousePosts
A review of how the house is now that we’re living in it It’s now been over a year-and-a-half since we moved into the house, which makes it a prime time to see just how well our “design” has worked out. Starting next week and for about the next...
