The new travel trailer is not actually all that new anymore; we bought it back in April of 2021, but I am just now getting around to posting about it. I would pretend that this is because it took me so long to get the decor just so, but, really, as you’ll see, it came to us relatively fully formed and … Continue reading
Hey, we’re home! We got back a week ago from our two month long summer RV trip up and down the east coast and all over Atlantic Canada. It was an amazing trip, but it’s nice to be home. I gave myself a week, but now I’m ready to dive back into house stuff. I told Dave we should paint … Continue reading
I love natural spaces and I love sites that show off human history, and I especially love when the two intersect as they do so spectacularly at the Painted Desert Inn in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona: It’s always fascinating to me what’s allowed to stay: which buildings and monuments and artifacts get preserved vs. which are left to … Continue reading
Thanks to the Jekyll Island Authority for providing passes for our tour of the historic district. I was not otherwise compensated, and all opinions are my own! Today Jekyll Island–a small barrier island off the coast of Georgia–is a state park where anyone with $6 for the entrance fee can enjoy pristine beaches, maritime forests, and proletariat favorites like miniature golf … Continue reading
(this is part of a series of posts about touring historic buildings while on our cross country road trip last summer. You can read all about the non-architecture-related parts of the trip over on my travel blog) Architect Robert Reamer was 29 years old when he designed Old Faithful Inn for Yellowstone National Park. Workers toiled through the long winter of 1903-04 … Continue reading
After a string of presidents with super complex legacies, it was kind of nice to go see the very green house of Ulysses S. Grant, reluctant president and, as far as I can tell, pretty decent guy. No, really, it’s very green: The ranger told us that this color is called Paris Green after the compound used to kill rats … Continue reading
You can’t throw a rock without hitting a plantation or other historic home in Charleston. So when I was planning our itinerary for our Spring Break trip, I didn’t want us to tour just any old historic homes. I wanted the best ones and, in particular, the ones with something a little….different about them. I ended up settling on Mcleod … Continue reading
I pretty much always enjoy touring historic houses, but president houses are my favorites. I can’t pass up a chance to combine my geeky interest in history with my (less geeky?) interest in design. I have a lifetime ambition to eventually see all of the country’s presidential houses, and I have a decent start on it. Even though there’s only … Continue reading
So this two blog thing can lead to overthinking. I mean, most things can lead to overthinking for me, so it’s not surprising, really. Clearly, posts about actually traveling go on the travel blog, Boxy Colonial on the Road. But what about if we’re not “on the road” but in our driveway, but still in our trailer? What THEN?! We … Continue reading
A lot of you know that Boxy Colonial has a sister blog, Boxy Colonial on the Road, where most of my family and RV travel related posts go. But travel has become a really big part of our lives lately and sometimes I have travel related content that’s also design related content, so you’ll see those posts here from time … Continue reading