Hildring House – the Tiniest Bath – Fini – Guest Post by Debra
Guest post by Debra showing off the changes to the tiniest bath at Hildring House – with lovely photos by the lovely Amber Shumake.
Tag: Tile
A Photo Journey Along a Trail of Portuguese Tiles
One of the first thing you notice in Portugal, whether you’re in Lisbon or the Algarve or anywhere else in this wonderful country, is the tile work. While not necessarily unique to Portugal, the extent to which the Portuguese use tile as an integral feature of their architecture is, at least in our experience, unmatched. […]
Chaos Reigns – the Hildring House Adventure Continues
Shopping in exotic locales is fun. Debra really loves it. I even get a kick out of it. But Debra really loves it. Here she is in a gallery of sorts just off of Istiklal Caddesi in the Beyoglu area of Istanbul (one of our favorite places, by the way). The trouble with shopping around […]
Dirty Laundry – a Hildring House Debra Guest Post
So – it’s time for another guest post by the lovely Debra. To start us off, here is a shot of her a couple of years ago in Old Town San Juan: Since I can’t help myself, my comments will be in italics. Here goes:
The Heart of the SoMoToHo – The Kitchen – Part 4 of Many – The Turn to Progress
The pics above show bamboo scaffolding on a building under construction in Hong Kong. No metal. No wood. Just bamboo. Construction methods in the SoMoToHo are not so exotic. Wood framing; sheet rock; tape, bed and texture; PVC pipe. The destruction is by no means over. But there has been a turn toward construction. You […]