Tony and Cyndi Chatman (Photo by BERT BUDDE)
A couple featured in September’s Architectural Digest for the redo of their Georgia home are already deep into the redo of their next project, their new home on Georgia Street in Key West.
Posted - Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:28 AM EDT
Angela Byarlay, Tim May and Griffyn May at a community garden workday. Contributed photo
A new word entered the language a few years ago. It struck such a chord that it became word of the year in 2007 in the Oxford American Dictionary. The word? Locavore. It means eating local food.
Posted - Monday, August 11, 2008 09:32 PM EDT
A cluster of bright red berries catch the sunlight on a blolly tree in Tavernier. Blolly is a native, medium-sized tree.
Summer is here. If you’ve been in the Keys a long time, you probably realize that there really are seasons here. There really is a fall. It just happens to come in summer — which here looks a lot like spring.
Posted - Monday, July 21, 2008 06:54 PM EDT
Is there anything more inviting than a night at a fine hotel?
Posted - Sunday, July 20, 2008 03:20 AM EDT
CHICAGO — In order to sell a home in many places throughout the country, sellers need their homes to outshine the competition, must be very negotiable on price and be prepared for a months-long stretch on the market. It’s enough to make some sellers sit this season out, waiting for conditions to improve.
Posted - Friday, July 18, 2008 10:00 AM EDT
It's an intriguing question. If you had nothing tying you down, and had $350,000 to spend on a house, where would you want to live?
Posted - Monday, July 14, 2008 05:42 PM EDT
Rich Jones doesn't feel like he's missing anything by living in a small, energy-efficient home.
The 2007 GLEE Expo followed its well-attended festival with a tour of homes that incorporate energy-saving measures ranging from arrays of electricity producing panels to water systems that reuse waste water.
Posted - Monday, June 30, 2008 11:19 PM EDT
Posted - Thursday, June 26, 2008 08:30 PM EDT
Container gardening works just about anywhere, as this Boot Key Harbor boat slip shows.
When we bought our first Keys home – a condo that was part seasonal rental, part weekend getaway — gardening was out of the question. A few years later, our first Keys house came with a yard full of limestone cap rock and very little topsoil.
Posted - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:45 AM EDT
OK, I’m guilty as charged. Yes, I’m one of those Fresh Air Fiends who leaves the windows open until the temperature and humidity both approach 90. I love working at my desk next to a sliding door that is open most of the time, allowing gentle tropical breezes to blow across my keyboard and display screen. My ceiling fan helps out on the worst days and my low electrical bill is a source of pride and joy.
Posted - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:45 AM EDT
