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do you own an old stone house in chester county? then DIY network wants YOU!

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NOTE: this is a beautifully restored old stone house. I took the photo recently, and it doesn't need DIY network :)

NOTE: this is a beautifully restored old stone house. I took the photo recently, and it doesn’t need DIY network 🙂

Ok do you have an old stone house you own that is in need of something? The Jeff Devlin and Stone House Revival  are looking for you!

Stone House Revival is an awesome show if you haven’t seen it (I record the episodes so I do not miss any!!) One reason I like this show is the way Devlin works with these old houses is awesome – he doesn’t try to make them what they are NOT and his renovations fit with the homes he is working on. And his is also not a beige, beige world. He is not afraid to use color, but there is a subtlety. He practices historic preservation and adaptive reuse and I think that is terrific!

Anyway if you are interested here are the details: 

Stone House Revival Now Casting

DIY Network is searching for current or soon-to-be owners of historic, stone homes in Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester County, Pennsylvania
A new home renovation show is now casting outgoing and fun homeowners who have a historic, stone house that is in need of some restoration work in a few rooms.
For example, do you have a room that is severely outdated or has a horrible layout? Or some living spaces that need to be restored? If so, we would love to hear from you!
If you would like to be considered for our show, please submit your information as soon as you can!
To submit, please email castingstonehomes@gmail.com – NO LATER than August 1, 2016 – with the following information:
-Your contact info (including city and county of residence)
-Photos of the house and your family

-A description of the rooms in need and of your family

summer

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Every time a developer promises glory, remember photos like this. This is what we fight to preserve, this is what more people should want to preserve. Once views like this are plowed under for development they never rise again. Views like this is why we need to slow down development.

Every time a developer promises glory, remember photos like this. This is what we fight to preserve, this is what more people should want to preserve. Once views like this are plowed under for development they never rise again. Views like this is why we need to slow down development.

 

the water tower and the view

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Water tower on Granogue

Water tower on Granogue

Climbing up the steps of the water tower on Granogue is so super cool. It has (I think) essentially the best view of the Brandywine Valley. And I have been fortunate enough to do it twice in my lifetime. This most recent time I had a camera with me.

When you reach the top and climb out onto the top, it’s like you can reach out and touch the sky. The wind whistles around your head, it’s not for the faint of heart. But oh, the view. There is nothing like it.

It’s on private property. So I am sharing some photos with you.

Thank you to my friends who made this possible. I loved every minute of it ….again.

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gaggle of goats

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the “kids” are alright

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yellow springs farm goat love

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dirt hills and development 

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Wake up Chester County. The ugliness is encroaching on the beauty of Chester County. Time to curb the developers. This isn’t planning, it’s greed. Who benefits?


scenes from the honeybrook mud sale

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a barn

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in search of a vendor from massive barn market

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Yesterday  I bought this necklace at the Massive Barn Market in Chadds Ford.

A lot of crafts people had interesting things done with old silver flatware, but this woman had fashioned necklaces out of the handles of hollowware. And to make it more fun, the handle tops were turned into little bells and put in silver chains.

This vendor was a couple of tables down from where Royal Jelly ended up and they were sort of in the middle of things. At the other end of the row they were in was The Shabby Chic Garden who had all the cool wind chimes made out of old flatware and some other cool stuff including vintage garden statuary.

I found this necklace towards the end of our visit to the mass of barn market and I was tired and people kept grabbing over and around me so I paid the woman and kept moving and I forgot to get a card because I wore the necklace home. I would love to get a couple more for gifts but I don’t know who to contact.

If you know who made these necklaces please leave a comment on this post.

And in spite of the crowds which were beyond anyone’s control, I had a great time at the Massive Barn Market in Chadds Ford! It was a gorgeous day, a beautiful ride through so cool old windy roads and a lot of fun! Thank you Brandywine View Antiques and the Chadds Ford Histroical Society for putting event together.

Thanks!