This Was the Cigar Room — and the Reason Why Is the Best Story in the House
In 1936, a nineteen-year-old named Isabella Winton opened a steakhouse in this house — and turned this very room into a men-only cigar lounge for one gloriously practical reason: the card ladies tipped a quarter, and the bowlers tipped five dollars. This is the story of that room, and the 20 old-house finds that gave it a second life. Nothing disposable. Nothing for the sake of it.
18 Amazon Finds I Bought to Stop Crying at the Utility Bill
The thing nobody tells you about having a place of your own is that the utility bill never lets up. Summer the AC runs, winter the furnace runs, the bill comes either way. Here are the 18 Amazon finds I bought to stop crying when it does — no gimmicks, just the fixes that actually moved the needle.