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Living in Lego

The next time the cost of building materials goes up - or your energy-efficiency retrofit estimates are high - maybe you should consider a radically different construction format....the humble Lego block. OK, so maybe that won't help, but it sure would be fun! Fun is the feeling right now in southern England, where construction of the world's first full-size Lego home is just being completed. The ...
Posted by Don Lawby on September 15, 2009
Tags: Decor

The "Tech-orating" Craze

In this crummy economy, one consumer good is still selling strong: home electronics. Homeowners are staying indoors in style - investing in big-screen TVs, surround sound-systems, video game systems, home automation and other technological domestic wonders. Maybe you've heard of the '90s buzz phrase, "cocooning" during the last recession? It was used to describe the tendencies of people to stay ...
Posted by Don Lawby on July 7, 2009
Tags: Decor

Waving the Maple Leaf

I have a colleague whose husband welded a flag holder to the front of their home - right under their bedroom window - and inserted a large Canadian flag. That was years ago, and it hasn't come down a day since.Sometimes it keeps them up at night when the flagpole creaks against the shutters and the material flaps in high winds. And it keeps their teenage daughter in a perpetual state of embarrassment: ...
Posted by Don Lawby on July 3, 2009
Tags: Decor

One Man's Castle is Another's...?

You've heard of guestrooms... well, I have a colleague whose brother-in-law built a 'dog room' just off the garage for his two Rottweilers, including a tub so that they could be bathed before they came into the Master's house. Neat idea - but what about the next person to buy this home? Will they have a need for a bed/bath suite for canines? And could that unique feature possibly even turn them off ...
Posted by Don Lawby on June 15, 2009
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