Beautiful Homes

Archive for March, 2009

Question: What jobs out there allow a person to travel and write about their travel experiences?

I love the travel industry. There's certain feelings I get when traveling to a new place and I want others to feel the same way I do about visiting some place new or experiencing something totally different than what I am use to. I currently work in the travel business advertising vacation property and after seeing how beautiful the land is where some of the properties reside, I get this strong feeling of envy for the owners who get to enjoy the beauty of a vacation destination and of the land their homes rest on.

Answer: The travel writing industry is a very hard one to break into.

If you have good background credentials, especially in writing/journalism, it doesn't hurt to try. Apply with National Geographic or Lonely Planet. They're both good companies.

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Question: Restoring 100-yr old house-trying to find info, plans, or manufacturer to help w/original look, but how?

Have tried to ask in our community, but not many left who may have known. Any where to go online? What keywords would help narrow it down? Already tried with no results: "looking for 100-year-old Queen Anne Victorian house plans bay windows turret 2 verdanas" We were told a couple years ago that the house was one of a few prefab homes brought in by rail by Sears, but had contact with Sears Roebuck Homes author who felt sure that wasn't after seeing pictures. She thought perhaps Aladdin as Sears started building two years after our house was built. Have looked through hundreds of pictures. What to do?

Answer: Sears prefab houses are common. I have a number of house plans from that time frame. The Queen Anne Victorian could look like anything. If you can get a picture of it, that would be big help. Check with the local historian or newspaper for pictures.

If that doesn't work , The exterior wouldn't change much unless they added on at some point. You could figure that out by the foundation. The interior could have been cut up badly or not much at all. The clues for that are there, but most people will not want a Queen Anne Victorian interior.

I would restore the outside as much as possible, but a more modern interior would be fine.

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