From the moment we turned off of the main road and started slowly driving under Boone Hall’s canopy of almost three hundred year old southern live oak trees I knew I would love my visit to Boone Hall Plantation. The Avenue of Oaks, as it is referred to, was originally planted in 1743 by members of the…
I happened upon this lovely Victorian home in the town center of Kent, CT on a recent spring afternoon. My husband and I had just dropped our daughter off at a crew regatta at Lake Waramaug State Park, and we decided to have a quick bite in town before returning to watch her event. If you haven’t been to Kent before…
While vacationing in Charleston, the word “antebellum” was used frequently. Of course I have heard the word many times, typically in reference to the South, but never really thought about what it meant. If asked, I likely would have said “after the war”. And I would have been dead wrong! Technically its Latin for “before…
I love coming across an architectural style that is unique to an area. Charleston has myriad architectural styles, but a style distinctive to the city is the Charleston Single House. It is unusual in that the narrow end of the house faces the street and the home is placed on the far edge of the lot, allowing…
I vacationed in Charleston a couple of weeks back with my husband and daughter (my son was happily visiting Florida with a good buddy) and words cannot express how much I loved this city!! It has been high on my list to visit for quite a while and it did not disappoint. Our first order of…
This little home just oozes charm. The texture of the brick, the mossy green patina and even the house number: 8 1/2! There are lots of “half” addresses in Charleston, many times to represent the smaller structures that are behind other homes or on small side streets or alleyways. What was this tiny home long ago?…
