Still Decorating Our 3 Year Old Home
Lizzie Borden
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Comments (20)Hi, just wanted to offer some suggestions of places and things my kids liked when they were little. Also a great resource is New York magazine (nymag.com); check out the vistors� guide section for kids. Museum of Natural History - of course, the dinosaurs but there�s also the blue whale room and, for some strange reason, both my kids loved the gem room. Metropolitan Museum of Art - some very cool Egyptian stuff that a 3-year old might be interested in and also the Temple of Dendur. Check out their website: metmuseum.org. They also have some itineraries geared toward younger kids under planning your visit. (The entrance fee is just the recommended amount, you can pay less.) Great playground just north of the museum; it�ll play into your visit to the Met. Broadway plays - my one son saw The Lion King when he was three and really doesn�t remember anything. You could check out The New Victory Theater on 42nd street - newvictory.org - to see if they have something appropriate for when you�re visiting. The costs are usually reasonable especially compared to a Broadway show. Central Park http://www.centralparknyc.org/ Central Park Zoo - it�s a really good size for a 3-year old. Check out when the feeding times are for, I think, the penguins and sea lions. Also check out the Delacorte clock near the entrance. Carousel - always fun Model Boat Pond - you can rent a radio-controlled model boat (your husband might really like doing this with your daughter). If you�ve read Stuart Little or seen the movie, the scene where he�s on the boat takes place there. The formal name is the Conservatory Water. Alice in Wonderland statue - right next to the pond. Walking - the best way to see New York so I would highly recommend a stroller BUT don�t overload it. As much as you can walk forever in New York, you might need to take a cab or the subway depending upon where you�re going. So you�re going to need to fold it up and, if you have too much, this can make you a little frazzled trying to keep track of your daughter and all the other stuff. Great places to walk: Central Park The High-Line (thehighline.org) old elevated railroad line on the west side of Manhattan. They did a great job but you need to look at the website to understand it. You can stop at the Chelsea Market for lunch (great bread at Amy�s Bread). It�s my new favorite place. Battery Park - Lower Manhattan - (bpcparks.org) where you�d go to get the ferry to the Statue of Liberty. The whole Hudson riverfront all the way up to the George Washington Bridge is a park. The part that I liked the best is in lower Manhattan (Rockefeller Park); has a great playground and a fun sculpture garden with very playful statues by Tom Otterness. You could go there the day you�re going to the Statue of Liberty. And if you�re downtown, the 9/11 Memorial could be combined with Battery Park and the Statue of Liberty. You need to get tickets (they�re free - 911memorial.org). I was just there recently and the lines moved fast. I think you have to empty everything out of the stroller and put it in bins. Empire State Building - I love it at dusk when the lights are coming on but the lines can be really long. Even if you get tickets ahead of time, you still have to wait for the elevators. Coney Island - Unless you or your husband are hugh roller-coaster fans, I'd give it a miss. If you do want to go on the Cyclone, I think it's only open on the weekends in October. Enjoy your visit. Don�t wear good walking shoes, wear great ones!...See Moreinsulating our 100 year old house
Comments (15)The basic plan it to draw an imaginary line between the "inside" conditioned areas and the "outside" areas. Any place that those 2 meet, you want to seal up any air movement and then add a layer of insulation. (If you have plywood or similar on the floor, you might have to take that up temporarily to seal and add the insulation. ) For venting, you want vents at the lowest point and vents at the highest point and nothing obstructing air from flowing between the two. That way, cool air is pulled in from the bottom and hot air vents through the top. That keeps the attic cooler in summer and keeps heat from building up and melting snow in winter....See MoreCountry Living-House of the Year 2014:The Ultimate New Old House
Comments (39)Many times people complain that the items shown in a Show house are all to-the-trade and not affordable to the masses. It seems this house has gone in the opposite direction and lowered the price point to the Cost Plus World Market level. I would take a guess that they were the major sponsor for the project! The mid level design market that falls between low cost Chinese made goods and custom to-the-trade-only goods, seems to have disappeared completely. At least that has been my experience while remodeling and decorating my house the past 4 years. That was a strange show house project!...See More3 years and the beer is still flowing!
Comments (15)So nice to see more pictures of your kitchen! You should link to your original reveal. (It's one that has stood out in my memory over the years). DH bought me a GoPro for Christmas which I still haven't used (why would I want to re-watch something I just did??) - though I do think about putting it on the dog sometimes. Kitchen photos - I may have to try that out! I know what you mean about the interesting angles and have been meaning to get a wide angle lens....See MoreLizzie Borden
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