Farmhouse Plans

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Blueprints For Houses

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The bulk of the San Luis Obispo Regional Blueprints Collection comes from the Southern Pacific Milling Company, with various architects and engineers signing off on the documents. The company was founded by R.M. Shackelford circa 1886. Shackelford was originally from Kentucky and came to California in 1853 in search of gold. He had many different occupations including mining, freight hauling, grain milling and lumbering, as well as politics serving one term in the Nevada State Legislature. In November of 1886, Shackelford moved to Paso Robles and began building warehouses and lumberyards along the railroad line between Soledad and Santa Margarita. He organized the Southern Pacific Milling Company and built nine warehouses and lumberyards, one of which was located in San Luis Obispo. This branch of the company still exists today. Another prominent name in the collection is the Klicka Lumber Company. Emil and George Klicka, two brothers from Chicago, moved to San Diego in 1921 and started several companies including the Klicka Lumber Company. Emil was a successful banker and managed the financial side of the business while George served as general manager and developed several prefabricated home designs. The Studio Bungalow was the most famous of these “kit houses.” Patented in the 1930s, it was geared toward lower income families making it possible for the average wage earner to own their own home. A model of the kit was introduced at the 1935 Pan-American Exposition in Balboa Park. After the FHA endorsed the “kit house,” hundreds were sold all over San Diego through 1942. SOURCES Hooper, Peggy. “Hon. R.M. Shackelford.” San Luis Obispo County Biographies, California Genealogy & History Archives. Retrieved 21 Feb. 2012. <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/s/shackelford-r-m.txt> “Once Upon A Time In North Park.” History Committee of the North Park Community Association. 2003. Retrieved 21 Feb. 2012.

Blueprints For Houses

Farmhouse Inn

Originally a prestigious 300 hundred-acre vineyard and working ranch with prized trotters, the lush 19th century estate has been transformed into a luxurious inn and spa, receiving rave reviews and guest comments to read a sampling.

Each of the Inn's 64 rooms and suites are individually appointed with designer furnishings, down comforters and custom linens. Ten rooms are located in the Manor House, the property's original residence built in the 1850's. The Inn's 29 suites offer fireplaces, king-sized beds, original art, hydrotherapy tubs or rain showers, wet bars, flat-panel televisions, and DVD players with six-speaker surround sound.

MacArthur Place is set among seven acres of spectacular gardens filled with original sculpture. Flagstone walkways lead guests past hedgerows, fountains and benches to a heated pool and whirlpool. The Garden Spa at MacArthur Place offers over 40 different massage, facial and body treatments utilizing the flowers, herbs and plants found in the garden.

Dining is a special experience at MacArthur Place. Located in the beautifully restored historic barn on the estate, Saddles is consistently named the wine country's best steakhouse.

Farmhouse Inn

Lake House Plans

The lake house connotes one of two ideals - either the getaway lake cottage, or the luxury lake house. Fortunately, regardless of which camp you're in - and especially if you're somewhere in the middle has to satisfy your cravings for beautiful views and a warm cup of coffee as the sun rises or falls.

Don't let the lake house persona scare you away; modern lake houses are neither ramshackle huts nor out-of-reach super mansions. understands this and has put together a selection of ranging from cottage-type floor plans to multi-story executive lake houses.

specializes in for nearly every budget and for every taste. When you're ready for your new lake home, check out our vast selection of lake house floor plans. Search and sort by square footage of the home, number of bedrooms, master bedroom location, and other important floor plan criteria. You supply the lake and the desire to live in a modern, scenic architectural marvel, and we'll supply the.Our will inspire you to build that dream lake house you’ve always wanted!

Lake House Plans

Narrow Lot House Plans

A narrow lot line requires a special breed of efficiency on the part of the house plan designer. are difficult to find, and plans that retain some originality and style are even more difficult to come by. Fortunately, you've come to Gardner.

So we've established that your lot is narrow. But the good thing is, your floor plan choices don't have to be.has a category of floor plans specifically devoted to narrow lots and their special requirements.

Gardner has an amazing selection of for nearly every budget and aesthetic preference. If you've found the perfect lot and are ready to build the perfect home on it, take a look at our selection of narrow lot floor plans. Search and sort by square footage, specific width, number of stories, and other crucial floor plan specs.

Narrow Lot House Plans

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Cabin Floor Plans

The “Building an Eco Home” series is nine articles that were originally published in The Healthy Independent while we were in the process of building our current home. I have made only minor edits to include links and format for the online publishing. I will be discussing green building and remodeling in more detail in upcoming posts, so if you want to know more about a topic, please make a request.

For those of you who are new to our “eco-home”, let me provide a brief overview of progress to date. Our goal at the start of this project was to for family and friends with physical limitations, and that we could fully pursue our interests in organic gardening, orcharding, heirloom plants and livestock and other outdoor pursuits.

Finding the right property in our budget was a challenge, but we did it. (Read more about that in part 2.) House placement and access presented some more challenges, but we finally broke ground in October 2004. Just about everything that could happen to slow things down, did, but we are finally nearing completion. Hopefully by the end of May or early June we will be moving into our new home.

Cabin Floor Plans

Craftsman Homes

His industrious nature led him and his brothers Charles and Albert to form Stickley Brothers & Company in 1883, the same year in which he married Eda Ann Simmons. Within five years, the company was dissolved and Stickley’s ambitions led him to partner with Elgin Simonds, a salesman in the furniture trade, to form the firm of Stickley & Simonds in Binghamton, New York. During the 1890s, Stickley divided his efforts between his new enterprise and, with his brother Leopold, served as a foreman of furniture operations at the Auburn State Prison. In 1898 he orchestrated the removal of his business partner and formed the Gustave* Stickley Company (*he dropped the use of the "e" in 1903).

In the summer of 1900 he worked with Henry Wilkinson and, possibly, LaMont A. Warner (soon his first staff designer) to create his first Arts and Crafts works in an experimental line called the New Furniture. In 1901 he changed the name of his firm to the United Crafts, issued a new catalogue written by Syracuse professor Irene Sargent, and began to offer middle class consumers a host of progressive furniture designs in ammonia-fumed quartersawn white oak, as well as other mostly native woods. In October 1901, Stickley published the first issue of magazine, an important vehicle for promoting Arts and Crafts philosophy as well as the products of his factory within the context of articles, reviews, and advertisements for a range of products of interest to the homemaker.

Craftsman Homes

Page Plus Plans

Whether you are new to Page Plus or an existing Page Plus customer on a different plan for information on switching plans), you must purchase and load an initial Unlimited Talk n Text PIN onto your account to subscribe to this plan. Once the plan is active, you can replenish it monthly with additional Unlimited Talk n Text PINs, which can be “stacked” in advance if you choose.

Optionally, you may renew your plan with Standard plan PINs, provided you carry a sufficient amount on your plan renewal date to renew your plan. Since Standard PINs have the effect of adding a cash balance to your account when you are on an active monthly plan, you can use your cash balance to automatically renew your monthly plan; as cash for additional charged services such as international calls; or to add a reserve to your account for “overages.” For example, if you run out of data on your plan before your renewal date and want to use more, you can use your cash balance to continue using data at the “overage” rate of the plan.

Alternatively, you can renew your entire plan early by calling Customer Service and requesting an early renewal. Calling Customer Service is the way to do this - simply adding another plan PIN to your account will not automatically renew your plan early. If Customer Service renews your plan early for you, the entire plan of minutes/messages/data will be reset - nothing will roll over, and your new renewal date will be set for one month out.