Built in 1926 for a wealthy socialite by the architect Roland Coate, the house was first rented and later bought by Mr. Hughes, who was drawn in part by the Wilshire Country Club’s golf course (its manicured fairways run right past the backyard). The decade or so that Mr. Hughes lived here was a pivotal…
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Mr. Habig’s family is less antique — his parents met at Tulane — but he still has strong New Orleans credentials: his father, an orthopedic surgeon, was for years the head surgeon of the New Orleans Saints. In 2009, the couple were married at her alma mater, the Academy of the Sacred Heart Chapel. And…
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So she invited RISD’s faculty, students and alumni to do it. The result is an elegant second residence for Ms. Somerson and a showcase of RISD talent for everyone else. Trustees, parents, visiting lecturers, local politicians and even trick-or-treaters who cross the threshold are wrapped in its culture. On a recent afternoon, Ms. Somerson sat…
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Beyond the welcoming fireplace is a media center and a low-slung cabinet made of carved walnut, designed by Mr. Ramsey to evoke vintage stereo cabinetry, a piece he has re-created for clients. “Remember the speakers in the ’60s and ’70s?” he said. The kitchen and dining area is in the middle of the loft, a…
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The guest cabin has two bedrooms. The living room has a river-rock wall with niches for a wood-burning stove and a TV, with picture windows on either side. A ladder in the living room leads up to a loft bedroom; the other is on the main floor. Between the two cabins is a hot tub…
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The Eighth District is very traditional, said Michaela Orisich of Otto Immobilien in Vienna, which is listing the property, with a number of parks, good public and private schools, and easy access to major highways and the city center via public transport. City Hall is nearby, and the Vienna airport is about 30 minutes away,…
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Even better, renovation wasn’t really necessary because the previous owners had already done a lot. So the couple contented themselves with building a dock on the pond. Settling in, however, took some doing. “We love this house, but it took us a while to figure out how to use it in every season,” Mr. Morris…
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“He thought it was hilarious,” Mr. Rosenbaum said. “I always loved trains,” he said. “I played with my first set, a Marx, so much, I burned out the transformer.” And its replacement, an O-gauge Lionel set that his parents gave him on his sixth birthday, he said, “I played with until I was 14.” Construction…
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They wanted a place that was preferably modern, close enough to their work so they could get by with one car and small enough that they wouldn’t spend all their time and money maintaining it. Mr. Chan, who works primarily at home, needed an office; Ms. Chan, a high school baking instructor who loves to…
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