How To "Frame" Airplants — An Apartment Therapy Tutorial

Browsing one of our favorite local shops, Paxton Gate, for all things weird and wonderful, my fiancé and I stumbled upon a simple frame wired to contain a display of the airplants that they had for sale. "I'm going to make one of those." he proclaimed, something (unsurprisingly) much more likely to come out of my mouth than his. Here are the results...

Wooden FrameWire (picture wire works best)Air plants

1. Measure out the frame and make evenly spaced markings where you will drill — you want the end result to be a grid.

2. Drill your holes as marked.

3. Starting on one side begin to feed the wire through the holes until you have a series of parallel lines. Tie off the end to finish.

4. On the alternate side repeat, weaving the wire over and under the existing rows to create a grid, tightening as you go. Tie off the end.

5. Tuck your Airplants into the grid and display!

(Images: Kim Lucian)

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House of the Day: Guy Asks $14.8M For Castle He Built For His Three-Year-Old

Monday, October 28, 2013, by Jeremiah Budin

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Location: Bolton, N.Y.
Price: $14,800,000
The Skinny: In 1982, Upstate New York man John Lavender broke ground on a castle. In a promotional video, he explains that Highlands Castle "was born out of a promise to my three-year-old son, Jason. I told him I would build him a home where we could both live and create some nice memories. For some apparent reason, I made a promise to build him a castle." The first part of that promise is very sweet, and the second part is maybe a little over the top (also, a three-year-old kid is definitely not going to remember what he was or wasn't promised). But, to his credit, Lavender followed through and spent years painstakingly constructing this castle on Lake George, drawing up the plans himself, collecting castle-y items such as suits of armor and stained-glass windows, and putting 800 tons of stones in place, one at a time. "Dad, can we have a catch?" his son would ask. "Not now," John Lavender would reply. "I have to build this castle so that we can create memories." Once the castle was complete, Lavender and his wife began renting it out for weddings and honeymoons—rates start at $995 a night—but now the whole thing is also listed for $14.8M.

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Ursula's Window Seat Room — My Room

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One Minute Tip: Jennifer's Chalkboard Office Inspiration — Apartment Therapy Videos

Today's One Minute Tip comes from Maxwell Ryan and Jennifer Schilling, with a chalkboard inspiration from her tiny, 300 sq. foot home/office in NYC.

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Real Estate Sold: Last Week's Three Biggest Sales: All Received Under Asking

Monday, October 28, 2013, by Sally Kuchar

Listed for: $4,050,000
Received: $3,425,000
Size: 4-bed, 4.5-bath, 4,565 sq. ft. single-family home
Location: 120 Lake St., Lake
The skinny: This abode was bought in mid-2012 for $1.595M and was then nipped and tucked into the home you see above, hence the severe price increase. This time around it was listed in mid-June for $4.05M and slow reduced its price, finally stopping at $3.495M and accepting an offer for $3.425.

Listed for: $4,995,000
Received: $3,850,000
Size: 4-bed, 3.5-bath, 5,500 sq. ft. single-family home
Location: 167 Buena Vis., Buena Vista Park
The skinny: This home was also listed and then reduced before it accepted an offer more than a million bucks under its original asking price. The home has a legal studio apartment with a separate entrance if you need help with that mortgage.

Listed for: $4,395,000
Received: $4,330,000
Size: 5-bed, 3.5-bath, 5,000 sq. ft. single-family home
Location: 60 Arguello Blvd., Presidio Heights
The skinny: This ARts and Crafts beauty was designed by architect sidney B. Newsom in 1912 and was completely renovated in 2010 "with complete respect for its circa 1904 heritage." The home was listed in early September and sold on October 25.

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On The Market: This $9M Colorado Mansion Has a Telescope Observatory

Tuesday, October 22, 2013, by Spencer Peterson

Perfect for the gentleman scholar with an astronomical bank statement, this Colorado mansion comes outfitted for an array of pet projects. On a typical Saturday, the next proud owner can measure growth rates in the indoor tropical greenhouse, adjust a fleet of solar panels and a geothermal cooling system via iPad, and do a little stargazing in the telescope observatory before repairing to the den with A Brief History of Time and a snifter of cognac. Asking $9M for 5 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms spread out over 10,561 square feet, this hobby-ready haven looks best when it's at its most utilitarian, with plenty of exposed steel and stone. The place also has access to 34 acres of lush aspen wilderness between the Lake Creek and Squaw Creek valleys, for when the rustic interior inspires an off-the-cuff bout of naturalism. Like the idea of whiling away the hours taking field notes? Have a look below:

· Squaw Creek Estate [Sotheby's International Real Estate]

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Subtle & Sophisticated: Fall Decorating Ideas for your Front Entry

If you're a little late to the party when it comes to decorating your outdoor space for autumn, don't fret — there's still plenty of time before you start doling out candy to the wee ones. And while I do enjoy a little autumn flair, I'm not one for gaudy, over-the-top embellishments. These five images are superb examples of subtle and sophisticated fall decorations, offering a little inspiration to dress up your front entry just in time for Halloween.

1. No surprise that decorating guru Mary Carol Garrity would nail it. Her Greek Revival home is decked out with a pair of swags of wispy, colorful fall branches. But it's the matching cast-iron urns topped with metal orbs that seriously turn the sophistication up a notch while making the black door pop. From Sweet Something Designs.
2. If you haven't noticed, perhaps I have a thing for urns, and this might be my favorite idea so far! Using a urn for the base, bay leave wreaths are sandwiched between stacked pumpkins for a vertical pumpkin topiary. Ornamental flowering cabbages and kale round off the stoop. Helen Norman for Southern Living.
3. This home uses the front door color as inspiration for the decorating palette. Yellow and green gourds fill the baskets while bluish-green pumpkins line the steps. Yellow and green oak leaves, along with a spray of wisteria, finishes off the color theme. Christina Schmidhofer for Sunset.
4. This autumn decor from Terrain could easily be translated to one's front entry. A thick rope suspends a variety of gourds that you could alter for your front porch or even above your door if it was on a smaller scale. Via Scissors and Spice.
5. A simple harvest wreath for the front door with tiny pumpkins lined in a row on the ledge above the door. An ordinary design, but the pumpkins add an element of fun. Image from Two Inspire You on Etsy, via Meu Cachixo.

What's your fall decorating style? Do you lean more subtle and sophisticated or do you prefer pumpkins and plastic baubles abound?

(Images: As linked above.)

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Get The Look: Bold Black & White Striped Offices & Decor

Stripes promote order and organization, and a classic black and white color combination demands to be taken seriously. So when a room can combine the two, the result is a workspace with great working mojo that oozes with style.

See Jane Work Letter Sorter, $7.99, Office DepotSee Jane Work Pencil Cup, $3.99, Office Depot;Whistle While You Work File Folders, $15, Kate SpadeOlin Black Rug, $19.99-$299, Crate & BarrelBlack and White Striped Curtains, $71.99, Overstock

(Images: Diane Bergeron; Finding Home; Scinta Designs; Nina Holst; Nina Holst; Office Depot; Office Depot; Kate Spade; Crate & Barrel; Overstock)

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Curbed Maps: Mapping 46 of San Francisco's Best Public Parks

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, by Sally Kuchar

[Photos via Patricia Chang]
Every Wednesday we break down the details of a lesser known park in San Francisco. And why not? There are 220 of them, but it sometimes seems like Golden Gate Park and Dolores Park get all the attention. Since our normally scheduled Park Life post is on hiatus this week, we thought it best to map all the parks Curbed's profiled to date. Have a favorite park that you'd like us to check out? The tipline's always open or you can leave a comment after the jump.

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Architectural Craziness: Tapered Vacation Home is Inspired By—Duh—Bruce Lee

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, by Lily di Costanzo

Photo via Architizer

When Hong Kong-based firm Index Architecture first went to work creating this tapered vacation home, they called upon quite an unusual muse. Its client, as it happened, wanted a home entirely devoted to his extensive Bruce Lee collection. Built in Shunde, China, everything from the wacky shape of the home to the placement of each window is carefully designed with the precious Bruce memorabilia in mind.

Measuring 7,212 square feet, the two-story home is built on a tricky, trapezoidal plot that juts off a 30-foot cliff. One narrow wing of the building (?) houses first edition Bruce Lee movie posters—two floors' worth!—that are so sensitive to light that they can only withstand the single bolt of light afforded by a floor-to-ceiling window. The wider and more, uh, non-claustrophobia-inducing end of the home opens up considerably, comprising a kitchen, dining space, and living room on the first floor and a large master bedroom on the second level—all looking over the home's manicured gardens. In true Bruce Lee form, even the imposing, paneled exterior was built with the star's famous words in mind: "being no limit is the limit, being shapeless is the shape." Duly noted. Architizer has the full gallery, right this way.

Photo via Architizer
Photo via Architizer

· Tapered House [Architizer]
· Index Architecture design tapering house in Shunde, China [Design Boom]

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Linkage: Atlanta's Vacant Spaces; Midcentury in Silicon Valley; More!

Atlanta's Vacant Spaces; Midcentury in Silicon Valley; More! - Linkage - Curbed National CityAtlantaBostonCape CodChicagoDetroitHamptonsLos AngelesMiamiNationalNew OrleansNew YorkPhiladelphiaSan FranciscoSeattleSkiTorontoVancouverWashington DCTop storiesVideo House of the DayMighty Fine California Oceanfront Estate Asks $4.495MThe Printed PageInside Jerry Seinfeld's 'Laid-Back,' $32M Hamptons MansionHouse of the Day$15.9M Mansion is Michigan's Most Expensive Listing×Get the latest from Curbed NationalFacebookEmail newsletterTwitter Thursday, October 24, 2013LinkageAtlanta's Vacant Spaces; Midcentury in Silicon Valley; More!Thursday, October 24, 2013, by Sarah Firshein

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· A brief history of coffee makers from 1600 to the present. [Co.Design]
· Midcentury modern in Los Gatos, Calif., has a really groovy kitchen. [Curbed SF]
· Glimpses of Atlanta's most annoyingly vacant spaces. [Curbed Atlanta]
· Swedish firm proposes post-Sandy solution for Queens. [Curbed NY]
· We're on a boat: sleek homes for storing your boat. [Architizer]
· Incorporating post-modern design into everyday decor. [Lonny]
· Inside designer Brian Paquette's Seattle sanctuary. [Rue Mag]
· What it's like living in a century-old dance hall. [Country Living]
· Tory Burch launches a home collection. [Casa Sugar]
· Ten secrets about Gehry's Disney Hall on its 10th birthday. [Gizmodo]
· Inside the NYC superfactory building the tallest prefab building. [Gizmodo]
· L.A.'s sprawling modernism, and the places that came before. [The Atlantic Cities]
· Ten favorites: black kitchen backsplashes. [Remodelista]
· Architects employ dynamic geometries in steel Chinese HQ. [Design Boom]

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On the Market: Sales Office Opens for 1600 Market's Below Market Rate Units

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, by Sally Kuchar

The highly anticipated below market rate units at 1600 Market are finally up for grabs. Unlike most developments in the city, 1600 Market's 24 units are exclusively BMR units. Prices range from $201,345 to $223,906, and the buying process (if you qualify) is complicated but worth it. Polaris Pacific is now accepting applications and the lottery for the units will take place on October 30. Building highlights include a 2,000 sq. ft. roof deck and bike parking. There is no vehicular parking. Developed by Brian Spiers Development, the residential building over ground floor retail satisfies the inclusionary housing requirements for the 1998 Market Street housing condo project known as Linea. Floor plans after the jump.

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AM Linkage: BART Strike; Unfortunate but Necessary Webcam; More!

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