5 Ways You Can Repurpose Your Attic Space

Repurposing your attic space is smart to add to your home, especially if you live in a city. City-living often has you sacrifice space for the convenience of having shops, restaurants, and more right off your front step, but with an attic conversion, you can get more out of your property. You can do so much with it once it is done, so consider these top options on how to do fashionable renovations to your attic space.  Add a Bedroom The best way to repurpose your attic spac...
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Tsakonian Today.

Angela Dansby has a BBC Travel post about a famous (among linguists) dialect of Greek: As you enter the mountainous village of Pera Melana in Greece’s southern Peloponnese peninsula, you’re likely to hear the roar of scooters zooming down narrow roads and the chirps of birds stealing ripe fruit from trees. But if you approach the village’s central cafe, you’ll hear a rather unusual sound. It’s the buzz of conversations among elders in a 3,000-year-old language called Tsakonika. The speakers are ...
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A Native American folk/rock/country soundtrack for today, and any day

For today, and any day, here is a collection of gorgeous folk, rock, and country songs by Indigenous Americans whose voices you can hear on Light in the Attic's eye- and ear-opening box set "Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985, Morley Loon's "Northland, My Land," and Willie Thrasher's "Spirit Child." — Read the rest
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Finding Treasure in the Attic

Sheltering in place has given some families extra time to explore long forgotten spaces in their homes.
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Found in the Attic at Gage & Tollner: Historic Treasure

Decades-old menus, notes and letters are found in a crawl space just as the new owners are bringing the Brooklyn restaurant back to life.
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Author Tony Horwitz Dies Suddenly At 60

Though he won a Pulitzer in 1995 reporting for The Wall Street Journal on the conditions of facing low-wage workers, he was best known for his books combining personal travel and history, often following himself the path of historical figures. His most famous volume, Confederates in the Attic, is now used in many a college course. – NPR
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How to visit the Red Light District

Amsterdam’s Red Light District consists of just two canal streets and a few side alleys. This compact area, also known as De Wallen, is densely packed with some of Amsterdam’s best-known features. There’s cannabis memorabilia, bars, coffee shops, and Barbie-like vixens beckoning from behind red-curtained windows just about everywhere you look. But the Red Light District is also fascinating for its mix of art venues and unusual museums that can be enjoyed by everyone. Here are seven do’s and d...
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A Native American folk/rock/country soundtrack for Indigenous Peoples' Day

In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day today, I suggest cranking up the following selections from Light in the Attic's essential Grammy-nominated box set "Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985, Morley Loon's "Northland, My Land," and Willie Thrasher's "Spirit Child." (top photo: Quebec’s Sugluk)
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The Ultimate 4 Day Amsterdam Itinerary

Updated: 05/30/18 | May 30th, 2018 Amsterdam is one of my favorite cities in the world. I love its brick buildings, open skyline, rich history, and relaxed, easy going attitude towards life. Over the years, I’ve visited Amsterdam more times than I can count (I’m bad at math) and have spent countless hours walking the city, making friends with locals, and getting under its skin. Amsterdam has so much to do that, even after so many visits, I still find new things to do and see. The city deserves ...
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How to Spend 4 Days in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is one of my favorite cities in the world. I love its brick buildings, open skyline, rich history, and relaxed, easy going attitude towards life. Over the years, I’ve visited Amsterdam more times than I can count (I’m bad at math) and have spent countless hours walking the city, making friends with locals, and getting under its skin. Amsterdam has so much to do that, even after so many visits, I still find new things to do and see. The city deserves more than just the few (and often s...
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A new online platform makes it easy to shop for vintage furniture and home decor across dozens of Philadelphia businesses

ATTIC, a new online platform, is making it easier to shop for vintage furniture and home decor across dozens of local businesses.
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Charming Italian farmhouse hides a surprisingly modern interior in Tuscany

Lenzi + Baglini Architetti architects transformed a 16th-century Italian farmhouse into a beautiful contemporary home without compromising the building’s historic charms. Set atop a hill in the heart of Siena’s Chianti region in Tuscany, this adaptive reuse project preserves the traditional rural architecture on the outside, but hides surprisingly modern spaces in the interior. The renovated farmhouse on the Chianti Hills overlooks vineyards and woodland through new cutouts and apertures in t...
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The Best Things You Can Sell to Make an Extra Buck

It always feels good to have some extra cash in your pocket and you only have to take a look around your home to see that there are loads of quick and easy ways to get your hands on that money. Having a clear out and selling items you no longer want is a no-brainer way of earning some cash and there are plenty of things that should be easy to sell when you start to think about it.   Cash in the attic You are not likely to find actual cash stuffed in a corner of your attic but there are likely t...
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The Black Market: The Month In Metal – June 2017

Talking about underground metal with people who aren't already committed to the stuff largely consists of answering variations on the following question: "But why would you do that?" … More »
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Discovering Skeletons in the Attic – mystery author Judy Penz Sheluk on unraveling family secrets

Author Judy Penz Sheluk Crime writer Judy Penz Sheluk is back with a new mystery novel called Skeletons in the Attic. Her debut novel, The Hanged Man’s Noose, was published in July 2015. Skeletons in the Attic is the first book in what is going to be the Marketville Mystery Series. The heroine of Skeletons is Calamity (Callie) Barnstable who learns she’s the sole beneficiary of her late father’s estate and discovers she has inherited a house in the town of Marketville – a house she didn’t know ...
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Master Bd w/ private Bath and balcony (aptos) $1050 1400ft 2

Good day, My husband and I are renting a Master bedroom with private bathroom in beautiful Sescape Beach neighborhood. Details are: ~The room~ 15x14ft master with key entry Private full bath Walk in Attic storage (in walk-in) Private balcony [...]
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An Inside Look at Our On-the-Road Tour Planning

I am two days into our Best of Europe in 21 Days tour. I have 27 wonderful tour members and I'm assisted by two of our top guides, Ben Cameron and Trish Feaster. It's been many years since I dedicated 21 days to one busload of travelers, and this promises to be a learning and growing and brainstorming experience for Rick Steves Europe Tours. We take over 20,000 travelers to Europe every year on about 900 bus tours (roughly 40 different itineraries), and with 150 talented guides, we need to be s...
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Bayreuth Festival (3) - Tristan und Isolde, 22 August 2016

Bayreuth Festspielhaus Tristan – Stephen Gould Isolde – Petra Lang Kurwenal – Iain Paterson Melot – Raimund Nolte Brangäne – Christa Mayer Shepherd – Tansel Akzeybek Steersman – Kay Stiefermann Katharina Wagner (director) Frank Philipp Schlößmann, Matthias Lippert (set designs) Thomas Kaiser (costumes) Daniel Weber (dramaturgy) Reinhard Traub (lighting) Bayreuth Festival Chorus (chorus master: Eberhard Friedrich) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Christ...
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HOT: The Crux and Co, 35 Albert Road, South Melbourne

The Crux and Co is a gorgeous new cafe on the ground floor of the curvy Emerald building on Albert Road driven by the team behind Lights in the Attic in Hawthorn. Along with The Kettle Black it brings innovative brunch fare to a little-loved wedge of South Melbourne. The decor by EAT architects is quietly chic […] The post HOT: The Crux and Co, 35 Albert Road, South Melbourne appeared first on MEL: HOT OR NOT.
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Charlotte Perriand’s Utilitarian Beauty

This is the latest installment of our Designing Women series. Previously: A Friendly Reminder of Eva Zeisel's Enduring ExcellenceBeauty in utility was the slogan of the Ecole de l'Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris, where Charlotte Perriand began her formal design training as a 17-year-old student. By the time she completed her studies in 1925, she had fully embraced the school's motto, and as architect Roger Aujame points out, "it became the axiom of her professional life." Although s...
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Betty Davis’ Legendary and Long-Lost Recording Sessions, Produced by Miles Davis, Finally Released (1968-1969)

Bringing her down-home North Carolina background to the world of funk, Betty Mabry spent a better part of the sixties trying to make it big in the music scene, while also modeling to pay the rent. She ran in the same crowds as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Hugh Masekela (who she dated), and she wrote her own songs, selling one to the Chambers Brothers, and then got a couple of singles on Capitol Records. And then Miles Davis stepped in the picture. First as a whirlwind romance and ...
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A QUICK PRIMER ON BETTY DAVIS’S COLUMBIA RECORDINGS ALBUM

I was very pleasantly surprised to see this morning that Light in the Attic announced the release of Betty Davis’s long-buried Columbia recordings from 1968 and ’69. I’ve known this release was coming but was asked to keep it under wraps and to be honest, I forgot it was even due out this week until I read this morning’s press release. It’s hard to overstate how excited people – myself especially! – am about this. For years, we were told the Columbia Records were off limits and that there was...
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Polka Dot Birthday Party Decor and Details

Hi friends, last weekend, as you know, I threw myself a 45th birthday polka dot party. The last party I threw myself was five years ago for my 40th. It was an Ugly Dress Party that is still being talked about amongst my friends. So why do I find the need to throw myself a party once every five years? I’m not entirely sure but I do believe it has something to do with me being an introvert and needing that much time to mentally prepare myself :) It’s also my way of saying thank you to the girl...
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ONE BEDROOM/ONE BATHROOM (los gatos) $1500 1bd

INDEPENDENT UNIT UPSTAIRS ON A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE SEPARATE ENTRANCE DOUBLE ENTRY BALCONY NO GARAGE BUT LOTS OF STORAGE IN ATTIC KITCHEN Disposal Gas Range Microwave Refrigerator Kitchen Table Kitchen Chairs BEDROOM Sliding Glass Door To Ba [...]
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HANDS ON: Indie Label Light In The Attic Records Keeps Organized Using Evernote

Here Patrick McCarthy, Reissue Producer and Project Manager for Light in the Attic Records, an independent company which works to bring deluxe vinyl music to the listening public, discusses how his use of Evernote has allowed him to make the company a success. _____________________________ Guest Post by Pamela Rosen on Evernote For a generation that never experienced music as anything but ethereal, vinyl records are irresistible. Seattle and Los Angeles-based Light in the Att...
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New Video: Young Dolph “Attic”

Young Dolph is back at it on the visual tip. This week, he snags a few foreign cars and pretty-young-thangs to play with in his “Attic” video. In case you missed it, you can also grab the young Memphis Don’s debut album here. Continue below… Related: DJ Scream feat. Juicy J, Young Dolph & 21 Savage “Lit”
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Vingage-Out of Print- PARIS & France Books (willow glen / cambrian) $5

Do you LOVE Paris? Are you looking for out of print or vintage Paris or France books? Stop by and visit "THE FRENCH ATTIC" at Whatnots and Dodads on 1330 Lincoln Avenue, and see our extensive collection of vintage, first editions and out of print Par [...]
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The Mystery of the Ghostly Stain in the Attic of the Athens Lunatic Asylum 

I’ve heard that Margaret Shilling was deaf. I’ve heard that she was unable to speak, to call for help. I’ve heard that she was playing hide-and-go-seek, and I’ve heard that she just wanted to die. She has been called Ohio’s most notorious ghost, the lost lady. Teenagers have prayed to her, broken into a building for her, lit candles to her, and lay down on the spot where her body did that famous thing—where it vanished, reportedly, and then reappeared, leaving a stain.Read more...
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Antenna: Leaf vs Large Aerial Antenna (Video)

Antennas for Cord Cutter: Leaf vs. Aerial In their last video, Handyguys Brian and Paul talked about how to get free over-the-air TV with the TabloTV DVR system. In this video, the Handyguys talk more about cord cutting in terms of the advantages and disadvantages between a Mohu Leaf and an aerial antenna. Handyguy Paul starts […] The post Antenna: Leaf vs Large Aerial Antenna (Video) appeared first on The Handyguys.
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