Posted by on under dozen bottles, wine cellars, mths, trap door |

According to Spiral Cellars, if I usually keep a few dozen bottles of wine around the house, and if I like to keep some of them for months before drinking them, I “need a Spiral Cellar.” Ergo, it seems my humble kitchen should now be outfitted with a nifty trap door. Unfortunately, however, [...]
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Posted by on under drab colors, ranch house, 50s, kansas city |

Ho-hum. Another ranch house from the ’50s. Simple, good enough, and spacious. Not if Hufft Projects of Kansas City, Missouri, and owners Courtney and Andrew Bash have anything to say about it. Look what they’ve done to improve what they already had! The team added a second level, replaced the drab colors [...]
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Posted by on under morning commutes, mday, gridlock, backdoors, hour workweek, dread, tad |

The normal 40-hour workweek is usually associated with early-morning commutes and late-afternoon gridlock. So, is having an office just outside our backdoors the solution to the dread we deal with every Monday? Or is it simply a design eyesore better left un-built? I’m leaning towards the latter. The WorkPod by EcoScape [...]
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Posted by on under outdoor possibilities, panama hat, good weather, work space, scenery |

True, there’s nothing better than leisurely summer patio grilling, but don’t limit yourself in the outdoor possibilities that good weather brings. Think larger. Think outdoor work space (and how you can therefore justify an entire summer in your flip-flops and Panama hat).
Greener—and healthier for you, too—changing scenery and surrounding yourself with [...]
Tagi: outdoor possibilities, panama hat, good weather, work space, scenery