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13 Features From Historic Homes That Don’t Exist Today
As both an interior design editor and a haunted house podcast host, I’m drawn to home features that are equal parts charming and downright odd. And while researching the infamous and historic Lemp Mansion in St. Louis’s Benton Park neighborhood for an episode of our haunted house history podcast, Dark House, I came across tons of fascinating fun facts about common features in old, grand homes. And by “fascinating,” I mean sometimes nostalgic and beautiful, other times, downright creepy or problematic. Once cutting-edge and all-the-rage, these features now tend to be obsolete. But they still very much tell worthwhile stories about the evolution of technology. Ahead, learn about some of…
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17 Winter Decor Ideas for Those Who Don’t Celebrate Holidays
Photo: istockphoto.com Those who don’t celebrate Christmas needn’t feel left out when it comes to home decor—there are plenty of winter decorating options that aren’t necessarily tied to a particular religious holiday. Not to mention, even for those who do celebrate Christmas, holiday decorations can seem a bit out of place when January rolls around. Keep reading for tips on how to decorate for winter when your decorations aren’t associated with any particular holiday. 1. Pretty Pinecones Photo: Amazon.com Decorators who are aiming for a woodsy, natural aesthetic can easily DIY garlands using dried fruit or foraged materials, but those who are less crafty have plenty of commercially produced options…
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Don’t Let a Turkey Fryer Ruin Your Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving and Xmas on the horizon, families and friends are currently generating options to acquire and rejoice the vacations. While having festive is the way People in america roll all through the getaway season, know that chaos has a way of turning into calamity if you are not very careful about holiday break dangers all around the house. A several circumstances in issue: — An average of 1,700 cooking fires come about on Thanksgiving Day each individual calendar year, extra than three situations the normal selection of cooking fires on any other day of the yr. — According to the U.S. Customer Solution Protection Fee, fires involving dry Christmas…
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Two Half Baths Don’t Equal Full, and Other Real Estate Bathroom Math You Should Know
Photo: Artazum (Shutterstock) Last weekend we talked about home bathroom sizes—as in, what you get in a half-bath versus a 3/4-bath or a full-bath. And while that information is necessary for decoding that terminology in real estate listings, there’s another part that isn’t exactly straightforward either: The total number of bathrooms in a home. Even though we use fractions as shorthand for describing how many fixtures are in a bathroom, you can’t simply add those fractions up to calculate the total number of bathrooms in a home, as it would appear in a real estate listing. In other words, two half-baths don’t equal one full-bath. Here are some tips for…
