Aides: Obama suggested more help for auto industry Nov 11, 2008
Bush gave Obama a sneak peek at White House highlights, such as the Lincoln Bedroom and the president's office in the residence, after their hour-plus in the Oval Office. Such White House meetings have a history going back decades. (Yahoo News)
Alaskans ink out a living Nov 11, 2008
The couple hopes that residents of the Anchorage bedroom community and military workers will become clients of their shop, Eagle River Tattoo. Monday, November 10, 2008. (Juneau Empire)
Obama special section Nov 11, 2008
A high schooler battling cancer (and her deserving sister) win bedroom redesigns. Oh, Chi-WAH-WAH. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Homes for the Holidays tour ready to dazzle Nov 8, 2008
The six-bedroom home, upstairs and down, and guest house all should be open to tourgoers, Lane said ... We have both of our childhood bedroom sets, which I think is unusual, Lane said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Mad Men, Mad Women Nov 4, 2008
Anyone who completely disregards your wishes in the bedroom should not be considered a catch, to put it mildly ... If you were to draft a Bedroom Bill of Rights, what kind of personal rights would you want your partner to know ... Bedroom Bill of Rights. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Relax at a Jerome B-and-B Nov 1, 2008
The Maid's Suite is two adjoining bedrooms that can be booked together or separately ... The Patio Suite ($75) has two bedrooms, one with a queen bed and one with a double ... The bright and spacious rooms include a dining area, refrigerator, bedroom with queen bed and bathroom, and a sitting room with a loft bed. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Ghosts in the house: Tales of the supernatural get top billing on Halloween Oct 31, 2008
She married in 1878 and scratched her name into her bedroom window with her engagement ring ... Gaines Bateman Gaskin, the home's current owner, said Nellie's bedroom was in the back parlor. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Decorators get seal of approval for makeovers Oct 30, 2008
Major improvements: Four rooms were redone in the private quarters: sitting room, sun porch, a former exercise room that became a guest bedroom and the Treaty Room, which serves as the president's private office ... Swags and Victoriana were installed in the Lincoln Bedroom and Sitting Room ... Major improvements: The Lincoln Bedroom and Sitting Room were redone using a scholarly interpretation to make it look as it might have in Lincoln's time. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Love of old houses leads couple to B&B Oct 30, 2008
The house had six bedrooms and four baths, and a carriage house that once housed donkeys and horses was still on the property, says Ed. ... Ultimately, they expect to have six bedrooms to rent ... Guests can rent a bedroom with a private bath, or a one. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Anticipation Oct 26, 2008
We spend less time in the bedroom and more time together, learning about each other, sharing hopes and dreams, and generally being a pair of mushy kids in love. Our lack of intimacy has led to, well, more intimacy than I could have hoped for. (Boston Globe)
CARLA WILLS-BRANDON: Riding out the storm on Gulf Coast Oct 25, 2008
Huge trucks gathered refrigerators, warped bedroom sets and soaked clothing. It was a very surreal sight. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
A haven for roping and reading Oct 25, 2008
It was there, that 10 years ago they built a two-bedroom, 1,800-square-foot home where they could spend the winter ... They doubled the size of their thick-walled adobe to accommodate a master-bedroom suite, an expanded dining room and a living room with an exterior wall fireplace that opens onto the front courtyard ... Off the master bedroom, the garden's centerpiece is a wrought-iron table and chairs for tea parties and a reading rock. (AZCentral -- Home)
Twin's death is a tragic tale Oct 20, 2008
The day unfolded as most Saturdays do at the four-bedroom, ranch-style home the father and sons shared in the quiet South Hills suburb, but for one fatal exception ... Upon returning home around 1:30 p.m., Mr. Lanese said, he hid the firearms in a closet in his bedroom, intending to return to the flea market the next day to make another attempt at selling them ... Mr. Lanese said he ended up reading a book in the living room and, as far as he knew, his sons were playing video games on the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Connecting through collecting Oct 17, 2008
So far, she's been able to gather around 50 four-leaf clovers that she frames and hangs on the wall of her bedroom. "After I found the first one, I just kept looking for them," she said. (The Clarion-Ledger)
At 75, drive-in movies still draw fans Oct 10, 2008
You can get jolting surround sound, brilliant liquid-crystal color and Blu-ray sharpened images in your own bedroom. What would compel anyone to sit through a double feature in a dusty parking lot, shooing off mosquitoes, trying to make out dialogue over the occasional coughing motor, and breathing air that smells, at times, as though you poured oily popcorn butter and diesel into a humidifier. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Update1: Nick Nolte Escapes From House Fire Oct 8, 2008
Update1: According to media reports the fire broke in the living, while Nick Nolte was in his upstairs bedroom. TMZ said that a faulty printer could be the cause of electrical fire. (eFluxMedia)
Candler Park home keeps charm, reduces carbon footprint Oct 8, 2008
The Dusenburys moved from Washington to Atlanta in 2000 and bought a two-bedroom, one-bath home in the neighborhood ... Son William is 6 and collects plants, so his bright yellow and green bedroom holds his cactus collection, a few carnivorous plants and assorted family pets ... Back upstairs, the master bedroom and kitchen open out onto a newly built screened porch. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Newport in the Gilded Age Oct 4, 2008
Among its features is mother-of-pearl furniture in the bedroom suite. One of the more recent, and popular, additions to the list of mansion tours allows people to see how the other half lived. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
History: A tribute to everything Belding Oct 4, 2008
It's a good thing, too, because spaces for the lumber room, the Victorian bedroom and the sportsman's paradise heavily relied on donated antiques. In fact, Belding resident Ann Bowers donated an East Lake Design bedroom collection to the museum willed to her by her mother, Bea Peterson. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Saturday, October 4;Local Homes Open for Safe Haven Benefit Sep 17, 2008
After a major fire in the 1950s, the upstairs was reconfigured into four bedrooms off a central hallway. The master bedroom is outfitted in rich reds and deep greens ... A second bedroom has dark blue paneled walls with corner cupboards; a third displays a collection of framed Dutch posters. (Voices, CT)
Unwind at a bed-and-breakfast Sep 11, 2008
The Manzanita features a private bedroom and full kitchen, and the Agave is a spacious bed/sitting room with kitchenette. Patio views are breath-snatching. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Fashion Week: Hi/Lo Sep 10, 2008
No really, Blonds actually do have more fun: David and Phillipe Blond live in a tiny two-bedroom, ground-floor flat somewhere in the deepest, darkest East Village with their vast collection of Christian Louboutin shoes - including exclusive limited-edition collectible designs that would bring any Park Avenue socialite to her knees - and their pup Bijou, a charming Chinese Crested who looks like Amy Sedaris in "Strangers With Candy." ... The second bedroom is a workspace decorated with images... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
YESTERDAYS: DAR holds sale at Loring Hall Sep 8, 2008
The fireplaced living room has a wide bay window with panoramic view, dining room, kitchen, twin-sized bedroom and ceramic tiled bath on first floor. The second has an attractive pine-panelled study and bedroom ... Four bedrooms, one with a cozy fireplace plus custom wardrobe closets and many built-in drawers. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Garage Sales Aug 30, 2008
Southwest of Pontiac Country home, 3 bedroom, ref ... Roomy one bedroom home with nice yard, refrigerator , washer/dryer hookups 465 per month ... Pontiac, 3 large bedroom, central air, remodeled, 690 plus deposit. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
Aging gracefully Aug 22, 2008
With four bedrooms, four baths and more than 4,000 square feet of living space on four acres on Harper Road, the home is perfect for the Bullards, their daughters, Sarah and Frances, and their bobtail cat, Belle, their Belgian Malinois, Artemis, and their three pugs, Max, Jake and Lucy ... One "wing" includes the den and carport; one the sitting room, dining room and library; one the master bedroom, bath and guest bedroom; and one the girls' bedrooms, baths and the foyer ... "Our bedroom is my... (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Bathrooms are starting to feel like luxury hotels Aug 19, 2008
by Amy Bertrand - Aug. 18, 2008 04:32 PM St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The bathroom is often the smallest room in the house. (AZCentral -- Home)
Letters from the war Aug 17, 2008
5 Freshly remodeled 1 bedroom, $450 plus $450 security ... bedroom $250, 3 piece living room $50, sofa couch $100, 734-754-6626. (The News-Herald)
Classified 8/13/2008 Aug 14, 2008
Pontiac Daily Leader - Breaking News. Thursday, August 14, 2008. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
Decatur house celebrates retro style Aug 13, 2008
But four years ago, the pair opted to restore and enhance the three-bedroom house, a project that involved refinishing oak floors, replacing windows and doors and having new electric lines run ... The lower level includes a third bedroom, now a home gym, and tiled bath ... One of the first things the couple removed were the railings that ran up the stairs and along the length of a gallery between the upstairs bedrooms. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Illegal immigrants take water, too Aug 12, 2008
Connecting You to Your Community Lodi, California. The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Sioux City couple at center of gay marriage debate Aug 10, 2008
Ta'John, they say, will invariably come down from his upstairs bedroom five times nightly before finally falling asleep. It s an otherwise ordinary life filled with laundry, work on the house and lawn and dining at home on chicken and rice. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Life on the farm Aug 10, 2008
The couple converted their home to a six bedroom bed and breakfast ... During the B&B's infancy, half of the six bedrooms would be full ... The couple remodeled their early 1900s Victorian-style home, adding two bedrooms and private baths in each bedroom. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Eight-year-old Little League slugger goes to bat against ALS Aug 9, 2008
Dillon has created a similar shelf in his bedroom, telling his parents he wants to build a trove like Scott's. Dillon asked his grandmother why Lou Gehrig's disease was named after Lou Gehrig. (Los Angeles Daily News)
'Back East' style suited to the desert Aug 9, 2008
Shaped like an expanded C, the house features an expansive foyer flanked by two wings of small rooms: family spaces and the master bedroom along one side, guest bedrooms and home offices along the other ... A floor-to-ceiling fireplace, similar to the others with stone accents and floating hearth and mantel, serves as the centerpiece of the master bedroom ... A short hallway leads from the bedroom to the expansive master closet and bathroom. (AZCentral -- Home)
Redikulus Dae brings crowds to Brown Street Aug 8, 2008
All over Rhinelander therell be a new poster in a teenagers bedroom by this evening. There was a nice crowd early in front of Latitudes. (Forest Republican, WI)
Home tour offers ideas Aug 7, 2008
Included in this year's tour is a huge new eight bedroom and more nine and a half bathroom villa on Leigh Avenue, which shows the owner's Italian ancestry ... Another Chicago family moved to one of the two homes on the tour on Sail Bay and remodeled a four bedroom home into one with seven bedrooms, to enjoy the best of both worlds, city and country. (Cassopolis Vigilant, MI)
Man who shot, killed parents is deemed fit for trial Aug 6, 2008
Police said Olszowy was making ammunition in the basement, where his bedroom was. A preliminary examination of the evidence against him is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Sept. 15 before Page. (The News-Herald)
Weekend in ... New Orleans Aug 5, 2008
The train departs the Big Easy just after 7 a.m. and pulls into the Peachtree Street station minutes before 8 p.m. A private bedroom for two adults, including the rail fare, is $186. Stay: Find peace from raucous Bourbon Street with a stay at the International House Hotel. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Sold, not really Aug 3, 2008
The bedroom features a bed made of a Packers green comforter and two king-sized pillows on the floor. When your legs are as short as mine, the pillows placed vertically are practically mattress-sized. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
VENUS SWIMWEAR: The grit behind the glamour Aug 3, 2008
Within an hour, a sleepy-looking blonde wanders out from her bedroom ... There are other issues in the four-bedroom beach house Venus rented for the models and female crew members. (Florida Times-Union)
Empty TV armoires serve new purpose Aug 2, 2008
Welsh created a coffee bar for the master bedroom by lowering the cabinet and adding a granite top for a coffeemaker, drawers for mugs and coffee and a waste basket for coffee grounds. She refinished the piece in a darker glaze that complemented Hedberg's other furnishings. (AZCentral -- Home)
AT TAHOE, WHAT'S INSIDE IS ALL ABOUT THE OUTSIDE Jul 31, 2008
-- Bedrooms run on the small side, especially in the older houses, and that's OK at a vacation house, where the idea is to be out skiing, boating and golfing by day and socializing by night ... At a vacation getaway, after all, it makes more sense to name a bedroom "the Yosemite room" because it has an Ansel Adams photograph in it than it does to call it "Mary's room" because she sleeps there the one weekend a month she visits ... -- A reverse floor plan, with bedrooms downstairs and living... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mad Mens cast and crew ground show in reality Jul 27, 2008
A kitschy seashell jewelry box sits on Betty s bedroom dresser. If you think something looks planned on this show, it is, Weiner said. (Boston Herald)
Bed and breakfast in Westford: Fitch House Jul 25, 2008
Upstairs there is a full bathroom near a large bedroom with a queen sized bed ... The bedroom is filled with antiques from the time and centers around a large queen-size pencil post bed with hand-crocheted canopy ... Through a small hallway is a full bathroom and doorway leading into another bedroom so the Garden Room can be expanded into a suite. (Westford Eagle, MA)
Restored to glory Jul 21, 2008
It was one of the first law firms to be housed in a private bungalow and Loh remembers the court judges jesting with him in the early days, When can I come and see you in your bedroom. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
All-Star Game at home of Babe & Mick Jul 16, 2008
Once Wade Boggs started riding the horse around Yankee Stadium, I had to turn off the TV, turn on the window-unit AC in the bedroom and put the covers over my head. I never made it up to Yankee Stadium during the time I lived in New York; that night ruined the place for me. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
See the chateau on the Chattahoochee Jul 13, 2008
The 11,000-square-foot home has four bedrooms all master-suite size four full baths and three half baths ... The Davidsons said they made all the bedrooms large for resale value ... Eight-year-old Douglas' bedroom door is covered with his artwork and other items. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Antiques for modern lifestyles Jul 8, 2008
In my bedroom stands an ebonized-teak dragon throne. It, too, is carved. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Special San Diego time for each family member Jul 6, 2008
Sleeps: We love Embassy Suites, which come with a bedroom and separate sitting area with a sofa bed ... In the old days, my wife and kids could crash out early in the bedroom and I would stay up late on the couch, channel flipping. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Remodel mixes exotic, Southwest Jul 4, 2008
Meinz turned the long and narrow master suite into a combined bedroom and sitting area ... Another guest bedroom features furniture from Patty D'Angelo's sister that happened to match the Southwestern look ... It was turned into a bedroom with a sitting area. (AZCentral -- Style)
A glam, glitzy and green Hillsborough mansion Jul 3, 2008
" The couple bought the Hillsborough property in 2004 when they decided it was impractical to try to adapt their two-story San Mateo Park home for wheelchair accessibility. The single-family home on the property was in disrepair, and after demolition only the roof tiles were deemed worthy of reuse. Grange designed a single-story, east-west-oriented floor plan that was U-shaped to admit lots of natural light through high windows and multiple courtyards, with overhangs for shade during the hotter... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Designer blends family heirlooms with cutting-edge textiles Jul 3, 2008
And in her master bedroom, a side chair and foot stool covered in her Ellen pattern (named after her sister) sit alongside a bed donated by her parents under paintings by her grandmother. "I feel very lucky to have so many beautiful things from people I loved. They give me perspective on the sweetness and shortness of life," Sharp says. (AZCentral -- Home)
Burglaries spike in W-B Jun 29, 2008
Dessoye s advice is to keep doors and windows locked and not to keep money and valuables in the kitchen or bedroom, two primary places burglars look. Raup also recommends clearing shrubs from doors and windows. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
What's your favorite antique? Jun 25, 2008
It now serves as a tv stand in my bedroom. My other favorite antique is a set of dishes I inherited from my Grandmother. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A career as a doctor, and a bed of his own Jun 23, 2008
They lived in a three-bedroom, two-bath rental in north Visalia. Moua, his parents and six brothers and sisters slept in one bedroom. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Heat gets the garden, the bunnies, and Jimmy Jun 22, 2008
I just stay in my air conditioned bedroom at the cabin ... I ve got the air conditioner running and the ceiling fan on too, and it sure feels good in my bedroom. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
Home: Living In Luxury Jun 19, 2008
This year, it seems that vacations, if they happen at all, will be less extravagant, and out-of-town friends will be calling to ask if your guest bedroom is available next month (so they won't have to splurge on a hotel). The challenge is how to entertain at home and make it look and feel like you and your friends are relaxing at a $1,500-a-day resort. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
An arts-and-crafts odyssey Jun 17, 2008
Brian built two bedrooms in the unfinished basement for the children, and converted the second bedroom on the main level into a family room, which matches the mood of the dining room with custom-made wall panels and woodwork. Their arts-and-crafts passion fully roused, the couple became determined to recreate the original dwelling to the best of their abilities. (Globe and Mail)
Salvaged Beauty Jun 15, 2008
They cherished original details - the bead board in the kitchen, the crystal chandelier in the dining room, the stained-glass windows in the master bedroom - and found that elbow grease (like using a toothbrush to remove years of grime from that chandelier) could preserve irreplaceable treasures. It was a strategy that not only kept the historical character of O'Brien's and Kapinos's home intact, it was also a boon for their budget. (Boston Globe)
Road to the White House Jun 15, 2008
I once painted the trim of my lavender bedroom Martha Stewart Magnolia because I thought the name reeked of Southern romance. For my toddler's room, I chose Ralph Lauren Pocket Watch White, half hoping it would bring out his inner gentleman. (Boston Globe)
An old home gives up its secrets Jun 15, 2008
Warren Green and Shellianne Bedder bought their Forest Hill mansion in 1997 only to discover reels of vintage erotica hidden inside a secret storage room under stairs in the second-floor master bedroom ... Although he has converted the secret upstairs projection room into a large walk-in closet, Mr. Green has otherwise made sure the seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom home remains a stately pleasure dome ... "Where I grew up, my bedroom was so small the bed projected into the hallway," he remembers. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
19th century come to life Jun 14, 2008
The four-poster bed with linens in neutral earth tones as well as the stained glass mirrors over the windows and mahogany dresser echoes the 19th century feel of the rest of the house in the bedroom. "I put the mirrors over the windows to make the windows look bigger and reflect light," she said. (The Clarion-Ledger)
A quirky collection awaits visitors to Bayernhof Jun 9, 2008
A fully equipped kitchen heats things up in the master bedroom ... The master bedroom is also home to myriad Hummel figurines, ceramic Disney collectibles and a complete set of collector plates depicting scenes from "The Sound of Music." The adjoining master bath's sink faucets are shaped like swans. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
A coach for all seasons Former Warriors boss Musselman keeps busy Jun 7, 2008
In his bedroom, Musselman's prized pieces are signed Michael Jordan, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning jerseys. He has a signed Dominique Wilkins jersey hanging above his toilet. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Michelle Ryan has 'the worst fake US accent' May 28, 2008
Come to think of it, Tom Wilkinson did do a pretty good New England accent in "In the Bedroom.". POST A COMMENT. (Telegraph.co.uk)
