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lntimidate:

Ding Dong the Witch is dead my wife is now locked im my shed

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There are many reasons why you might start a blog, but documenting the revival of an 18th century neoclassical ruin seems like a pretty damn good reason if you ask me. In 2013, Australian husband & wife team Karina and Craig Waters purchased the Chateau de Gudanes, a decaying fairytale mansion in the Midi-Pyrénées that had been sitting on the market for four years.

Karina and Craig had just about given up on their arduous hunt for the perfect home in France when the couple’s son spotted the neglected property on the internet. Without hesitation, they drove nearly 500 miles in a single day to reach the unloved chateau that would change their lives forever.

Once the house had been signed for, the long and silent wait began for the restoration permits. Months went by while Karina anxiously awaited a response, but nothing. And then some more nothing, until the couple began desperately contemplating selling the house.

The previous owners, a foreign investment company that bought the chateau in the 1990s had planned to convert it into 17 luxury apartments– we’re talking a class 1 historic monument here. Naturally, the developers were denied the building permission and simply left the neoclassical mansion to decay. However unlike the previous owners, Karina and Craig weren’t interested in turning a profit on the Chateau de Gudanes and simply wanted to restore the 94 room home to its former glory.

It wasn’t until Karina wrote to the French authorities explaining that they would have to sell the house because she wasn’t “feeling any love”, did  officials finally grant the Australians their permits.

These dusty stairways and crumbling walls once belonged to the Marquis Louis Gaspard de Sales, who commissioned Parisian architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel, (famous for his Petit Trianon in Versailles) to build him a grand abode that could host lavish parties for the likes of Voltaire and the crème de la crème of French nobility. When the French Revolution came around, the chateau was spared and later bought by a local family.

Today, it’s once again in the hands of a family who just so happen to be taking us on their journey with the Chateau de Gudanes, through its historic past, its chaotic present and its bright future.

Since work began, everything started to get a little bit more interesting. Karina regularly updates the chateau’s official blog and social networking pages with snapshots of the progress, thanks to a building team of six, who are working around the clock to bring this sleeping beauty back to life.

While her husband Craig has returned to Australia to look after the children and continue working (they’re going to need plenty more of those Aussie dollars), Karina has been left in charge. Her fears and triumphs as an ex-pat in a rural French village trying to manage this monumental project are all delightfully unfolding on the blog too.

Chateau de Gudanes’ hidden treasures are constantly being discovered during the renovation process, with original details and century-old paintwork being uncovered at every turn. Karina constantly finds herself going through the discarded piles of rubble being accumulated on the front lawn, looking for anything to recycle as the house undergoes repairs and reinforcements.

Recently, the builders discovered a three metre deep hole found under floor boards…

The “hole” has vaulted ceiling.

Builders will now excavate to see where it all leads…

It’s all very exciting stuff, you know, if you happen to like the idea of restoring an abandoned French chateau.

These are the kind of stories and updates you want popping up on your Facebook and Instagram newsfeeds!

Follow the Chateau de Gudanes Facebook page for updates, ogle the Instagram feed and discover the blog to join this incredible journey.

Further read on The Good Life France

All Images (c) Chateau de Gudanes

The post Couple Buy an Abandoned French Chateau, Start a Blog to share their Journey appeared first on Messy Nessy Chic.

Para o projeto Street Eraser, os artistas Tayfun Sarier e Guus Ter Beek (ambos trabalham na Wieden + Kennedy) criaram stickers gigantes com a ferramenta (ou o efeito dela) borracha do Photoshop.

Uma vez aplicada a anúncios, graffitis e outros objetos, parece como se a superfície tivesse sido apagada, revelando o  fundo quadriculado típico do Photoshop.

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marijuana0logy:

the last one hahahahaha

ohdangdanii:

I got sent to the hall in Japanese class for laughing so hard at this I hate this post

Inside the Train Station, Tourcoing

perel:

i do these when i dont know what to do

death-by-lulz:

Polymer absorbs water and expands. It keeps almost the same refractive properties as water and appears invisible.

The polymer is Sodium Polyacrylate (thank you, thecraftychemist!)

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kanyesvolvo:

PS4 vs PS3 vs PS2 vs PS1 (PlayStation Evolution) (x)

Ascension

Laughing statue

Awesome places get demolished and modernised whether we like it or not. But have you ever wondered where some of their contents end up? In New York City, before the wrecking ball hits, a Harlem-based company called The Demolition Depot makes it their business to go in and salvage the irreplaceable pieces of a building’s architectural heritage. They’ll rescue anything from entire panelled rooms or staircases  to antique door knobs or coat hooks that will sell for $5.

Showroom images (c) Cia B

It’s one of the most extensive architectural reclamation operations in the world, housing pieces of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Plaza Hotel and the Vanderbilt estates. Evan Blum is the owner of this curious wonderland and over the years has secured the salvage rights to some of the most iconic buildings undergoing renovation or destined for demolished. Since he began in the business in the 1960s, Evan has gone through so many historic houses and buildings, stripping out everything of value with a sharp eye, his showroom on East 125th street has accumulated millions of dollars worth of American architectural heritage.

Showroom images (c) Cia B

Whether you’re interested in finding a personal vintage mirror for your bathroom, an eccentric front gate for the vacation home or an entire antique bar to use as a prop on your prohibition-era movie set, the Demolition Depot is the place to find it. I went through their inventory and picked out the most unusual things for sale…

1. Entire Restaurants & Bars

This is the old Maxim’s restaurant in the Carlton House Hotel, NYC. The Art Nouveau style restaurant, bar and lounge designed by world famous French fashion designer Pierre Cardin has found a temporary home at the Demolition Depot, but wouldn’t such beauty deserve to shine like her big sister Maxim’s in Paris, France?! More info here.

(Left), vintage bar with subway tiling, info here; (right); the historic and famous bar from McFeeley’s on 23rd St and 10th Ave in Manhattan. Circa 1890, info here.

2. Phone Booths

Picture far left are three joined mid 20th century cast iron British call boxes which came from the Telephone Bar in East Village, which closed down, info here. The wooden telephone box on the right is for rental only, info here.

3. Stained Glass Ceilings

Stained glass dome, restoration included in the price (upon application) info here.

This last quarter 19th century stained glass ceiling dome came from a hotel in Southern Illinois, info here.

4. A Vintage Shoe Shop

Comes complete with fitting booth and display cases, info here.

5. Elevators

Ornate c. 1900 elevator cabs that can be converted into telephone booths or unusual changing rooms for a clothing store. Call buttons and various fixtures are also for sale. More info here.

6. Commercial Signs & Clocks

Browse signs here.

Browse clocks here.

7. A Vintage Refrigerator

A late 19th century oak and glass refrigerator cabinet case plucked from the ill-fated Ben Benson’s Steak House, NYC. Vintage. Browse all refrigerators here.

8. Doors, doors and more doors

Including a bronze Art Deco revolving door salvaged from the Brooklyn Bank (pictured above right) with exquisitely ornamented cast iron surround, pediment and integral clock. Browse all doors here.

 9. A 1939 New York World’s Fair Ticket Booth

A collectible from one of the most important World’s Fairs. The iconic trylon and perisphere are depicted on either side, info here.

10. A Boat bar

Yep, a bar that’s a boat, complete with portholes and cabin for bottles, plucked from a cabana in Greenwich, CT.

And here’s one more bizarre buy for thought…

An outsider art birdcage, details here.

Discover The Demolition Depot on 216 East 125th Street, NYC, open Monday to Saturday.

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pink-hime:

when music continues to play after i closed the tab

“Wes Anderson // Centered” é uma genial compilação de cenas simétricas, sempre com objetos centralizados e close-ups frontais utilizados pelo diretor Wes Anderson em seus filmes. Basta reunir as cenas certas, colocar um traço exatamente no meio da tela e conferir a meticulosidade das composições.

O video foi feito por kogonada e a música é The New Lobby Boy, de Alexandre Desplat.

bollitodecanela:

ingenierodelmonton:

Así ahorramos dinero los ingenieros en las máquinas expendedoras.

A probarlo en las máquinas del metro a la de YA

artjonak:

The great-great-great grandchildren of Dickens take a selfie with him on his 202nd birthday.

Visual Pollution