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Moving Day! The House that was Sawn in Half and Shipped across the Bay

Sawn in half with a chainsaw, wheeled down the streets of San Francisco, stuck on a barge at Marina Green and moved across the bay to Belvedere– it’s safe to say it was no ordinary moving day for the Knowles-Moffitt Mansion on July 3rd, 1962. Sawn in half, the Victorian mansion sits on a barge waiting…

World’s most Shabby Chic Home up For Sale

Shabby chic; it’s a style you either love or hate, but once you get over the copious amounts of velvet in this rather remarkable property, it might grow on you a little– especially the price! The 40-acre Magnolia Pearl Ranch in Bandera,Texas is made up of 18 independent structures and is currently on the market…

Good Bones for an Apartment in Paris

A little fixer-upper in Paris– isn’t it what most of us dream about? Okay okay, so this 300m² Belle Epoque apartment just minutes from les Places Vendome and Place du Marché Saint-Honoré, may just be a little out of budget, but alas, it’s not for sale– it’s for rent! As in, rent it out for the…

30 Secret Doors to Hidden Places

From mysterious doors and secret rooms to hidden passageways and nature’s portals, my sense is that you and I have an unquenchable thirst for this stuff, so here are 30 of my favourites that I’d like to show you, freshly fished from the rabbit hole that is the internet… Behind the bookshelf 1. via Bookshelf…

The Bric-a-Brac Palaces of France

Forget the Eiffel Tower, Versailles and the Chartres Cathedral, I’ve got some alternative French attractions to see… La Maison Picassiete- “The House of the Plate Stealer” Built entirely by one man, it took Raymonde Isidore more than 25 years to complete his impressive Maison Picassiette. In 1936, the middle-aged Frenchman began covering his house located…

Everything about this Home is Perfect, Except it’s Not Yours

As Spring approaches (it’s actually pretty far from approaching but it makes me feel better to say it), one might have their mind on weekend escapes in a quaint little cottage out in the green countryside. OR, one might have their mind on this absolutely ridiculous dream home after having looked through all the photographs…

Let’s Snoop around these Luxury Paris Homes for Sale

For dreaming purposes only… (a bit of real-estate p0rn never hurt anyone). The Aristocats are house hunting again … A seven bedroom apartment near Avenue Foch More details here … A Five bedroom townhouse in the 16th arrondissement More details via Sotheby’s … A modernised 4 bedroom Private townhouse in the suburbs More…

The Guy with a Full-sized Train in his Basement

Now let’s just get something straight. If you want a train in your basement, you’ll need two things, according to the guy with a train in his basement: 1) To be completely insane. 2) To have an amazing wife. This is the inconceivable DIY project of ‘train-obsessed nut’, model train manufacturer and father of three living…

The Flintstones House is up for Sale!

The Flinstones Save Christmas is definitely in my top ten favorite childhood movies of all time, so you can imagine how excited I was to come across these pictures of a Flinstone’s-inspired home in Malibu. The house up for sale belongs to legendary TV host Dick Clark– the Ryan Seacrest of his day, and has an…

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