Posted by on under vespa scooters, cylinder gasoline, office chairs, smokestacks, bumper sticker, slogan |

The old saying, “Old scooters never die, they just recycle,” is more than a slogan on a bumper sticker now that Spanish design studio Bel & Bel is converting old Vespa scooters into one-of-a-kind office chairs. That’s right, the old one-cylinder, gasoline- powered smokestacks are being replaced on the road with new, highly efficient electric [...]
Tagi: vespa scooters, cylinder gasoline, office chairs, smokestacks, bumper sticker, slogan
Posted by on under reas, pine tree, tree house, amazement |

They say things happen for a reason. I say, only if you let them.
Take this gigantic fallen pine tree, for example. When it fell several years ago, the owner of this Brentwood estate decided to simply let it be. And to his amazement, the tree continued to grow horizontally. Rather than tear it [...]
Tagi: reas, pine tree, tree house, amazement
Posted by on under sws, old gas station, dwelling, shell, pers, berlin |

“Oh you know, I live down at the old gas station.” Not exactly what you’d expect to hear from the average person you meet. But then again, Juerg Judin isn’t exactly an average person. And his home is definitely not the average home. This Berlin-dwelling Swiss took an old gas station—Shell, [...]
Tagi: sws, old gas station, dwelling, shell, pers, berlin
Posted by on under fixer uppers, upstate south carolina, number six, ranch style, remodeling |

My daughter and her fiancé are a year and a half into their renovation of a 1952 ranch-style home in Upstate South Carolina. As for us, my husband and I think fixer-uppers are a great way to buy your first home, as well as the second and third one. In fact, we’re on number six. [...]
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Tagi: fixer uppers, upstate south carolina, number six, ranch style, remodeling
Posted by on under tidal estuary, salt waters, locati, theatrics, budget, noyack creek |

Where the fresh and salt waters mix, there sits a home of singular design. The award-winning Noyack Creek house in New York, on a limited site and budget, managed to live up to its location on a tidal estuary. Its homeowner, an actor from the city, had a vision for theatrics that [...]
Tagi: tidal estuary, salt waters, locati, theatrics, budget, noyack creek