Spacious country living
Available in three distinct elevations, Vision Homes' Avalon model is a popular choice among home buyers.
Available in three distinct elevations, Vision Homes' Avalon model is a popular choice among home buyers.
Far enough away to forget the world but close enough to entertainment and amenities, CrossCreek blends the best modern features with the more laid-back appeal of neighborhoods of yore.
Nestled among the rolling Country Club East's golf course, Valderrama is one of the community's first enclaves of traditional home sites and models.
Gibraltar Homes has taken multi-family living to a luxury level with the unveiling of its latest project, Legends Cove at IMG Academies.
SKY Sotheby's International Realty recently formed a separate company to meet the demand of its clients. Concierge Auctions will further expand SKY Sotheby's growing residential real estate auction platform. Laura Brady is the president of the new company, which is composed of eight personnel and is in downtown Sarasota. Concierge Auctions will plan and execute all auctions for SKY Sotheby's and provide the same service to interested Sotheby's affiliates. SKY Sotheby's International Realty has held...
Two Future Home Builders of America students from Southeast High School were awarded scholarships by the Home Builders Association of Manatee last month.
Bruce Williams Homes recently honored three Manatee High School graduates with $900 in scholarships. The scholarships were awarded in a competition where the students created unique interior designs for a new courtyard Bruce Williams Homes model.
The first of the 10 showcase homes in Lakewood Ranch's exclusive Lake Club community has sold.
Real estate transactions recorded at the Manatee County Courthouse:
â Foreclosed properties to be sold at 11 a.m. on the days listed at the Manatee County Courthouse. Listed are the borrower's name, the property description, the amount of the trust deed, the lender and the file number:
Iadmit that I can't arrange a sofa and chair in a living room, let alone select colors that match. So who would have thought that a word I heard on HGTV to describe an eye-grabbing interior design also applies to my world of nature and landscapes? The word is "pop!"
hope you can help, we are looking for someone that can appraise a pitcher for us. It is a Fischer J Budapest pitcher from 1863, we think.
Enclosed is a photo of a chair that sat for years in our grandparents' front room in western New York. Most recently I discovered a photo taped to the bottom of the chair that appears to have been in an auction catalogue, but I cannot be sure. It reads: "Oak Caned Windsor Bentwood Chair c. 1860" Thank you for any information that you can give us on this chair. - R.W.
When the summer heats up, any slight breeze can feel marvelous.
The Bradenton Herald welcomes information on home and garden events open to the public. The deadline for submitting information is two weeks before you want to see the notice in the paper. E-mail information - including time, date and place - to accent@bradenton.com; put HOME/GARDEN CALENDAR in the subject line. All addresses are Bradenton unless otherwise noted.
For beginners, especially, a garden center can be overwhelming and bewildering: the colors and dazzle, the crowds, the high spirits, the pie-in-the-sky fantasies, the peer pressure, the devil-may-care impulse buying that can leave a wallet gasping. But some preparation, a bit of planning and a little knowledge can cut the problem down to size and improve the odds for plants (and wallets).
Our older house has developed squeaky wood floors. What can we do to alleviate this?
By NORMAN WINTER McClatchy Tribune Acouple of years ago the Black Pearl was made famous as both a pirate ship at the movies and one of the most intriguing ornamental peppers you'll ever grow in the landscape. Now the same company that brought us the Black Pearl is bringing us Calico, Purple Flash and Sangria three more incredible peppers.
The Bradenton Herald welcomes information on home and garden events open to the public. The deadline for submitting information is two weeks before you want to see the notice in the paper. E-mail information - including time, date and place - to accent@bradenton.com; put HOME/GARDEN CALENDAR in the subject line. All addresses are Bradenton unless otherwise noted.
Enclosed is a photo of a chair given to my grandmother as a wedding gift in the late 1800s. It has been reupholstered and has had some repair to the back inset. The lamp in the other photo was bought at an estate sale in Virginia. - M.C.
