1840's Oak Hill Greek Revival for $225,000

Did you guess? This has to be one of the most remarkable, untouched houses we've seen to date. The interior needs far more restoration than we are capable of right now, but trust us...we thought long and hard about this. The depth of carving on window and door surrounds, the serpentine three story handrail, original floorboards, extraordinary kitchen cabinetry...all in original, untouched condition! Museum-worthy, this house and small village deserves a great deal of attention. If you have the opportunity, go! For context, we've included some period appropriate decorative items.

1840's Portrait of a Sea Captain at Decoys Unlimited Inc. Annual Summer Auction

19th Century Brass and Mahogany Inlaid Clock at Showplace Antique + Design Center

1840's Militia Stovepipe Hat sold by Atlanta Auction Company via Liveauctioneers

19th century Black Dress from Auctions Neapolitan via Liveauctioneers

Settee, ca. 1876 by George Hunzinger

A.L.P.

The first things we consider when looking for a property: age, location, and price (A.L.P). We'll give you three guesses for this untouched beauty we found over the weekend...

Eagle Eye

There was an image from a Walker Evans catalog that we happened upon last year that seemed so profoundly bold that we scoured the city for eagle imagery ever since. While we try to find the original image (it happens), we'll share some of what we've found so far. Eagles make for fierce symbolism; birds of prey that have the ability to soar to unimagined heights and imply hope and innate power.

YMCA building on 34th Street, Midtown

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John Wood at Grey Art Gallery, NYC via Art Blart

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Postal Building on 9th Avenue and 29th Street

Masao Yamamoto at Yancey Richardson Gallery via re-title.com

New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture in the West Village

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The New York Savings Bank building, 14th at 8th

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Isn't She Lovely

We've always thought 10th Street in Manhattan was beautiful. From brownstones & carriage houses to grand pre-war buildings, the street is a collection of inspiring architecture from days past. During a walk to dinner last night, we marveled at how each structure on this road was more lovely than the next, thinking about lovely New Yorker's who might have thought the same.

Carriage House along East 10th Street, New York

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Gloria Vanderbilt, photographed by Gordon Parks, 1954

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Edie Sedgwick, photographed by Andy Warhol, 1966

19th Century Brownstone along East 10th Street, New York

Susan Sontag, photographed by Annie Leibovitz, 2001

Sign Language, Graphic Art in the Machine Age

The 1930's were a magnificent time for graphic and product design--the clean, elegant lines of deco combined with a masculine, industrial edge. For a work outing, one of us ended up in the basement of Roosevelt Island's Coler-Goldwater Hospital. Built in 1939, the basement is off limits to most and retains its hand painted wayfinders. With a few quick shots (...intended) of the gorgeous graphics, plus some photos of the lovely A.M. Cassandre window of the Chisholm Gallery, we celebrate a period of design that has enjoyed some much deserved popularity lately. Here's why:

A.M. Cassandre at the Chisholm Gallery in Chelsea, NYC

Coler-Goldwater Hospital, Roosevelt Island

Great packaging from A.M. Cassandre

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Pointing the way, morgue-bound at Coler-Goldwater

The universal language of a graphic, Cassandre at Chisholm

Interesting variety of fonts designate destinations at Coler-Goldwater

Lightbulb packaging as elegant as a wine poster from Cassandre

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Outdoor Inspiration for Indoor Living

Pier along the Embarcadero, San Francisco

Reclaimed wood walls of this bedroom via Blanaid reference the pillars and floors above

The foundation of a new bridge at the landing of the southern Vermont ferry from New York state

Sawhorses can support anything from a road, to a glass desktop as in this office via Blanaid

Pier 54 on the West Side Highway, NY

White and round accents are a theme in this Kay Heyes interior via coco & kelley