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With Chicago WhiskyFest this weekend, I realized I never posted about some of the giveaways from the 2010 WhiskyFest. Last WhiskyFest, I posted about all the SWAG (stuff we all get) I got in 2009. And there was a LOT of really great stuff to be had. Obviously these festivals are more about the whiskies (which I do think took the highlight this year), but it still doesn't hurt to give away some stuff to establish a brand connection with your consumer. For this year's WhiskyFest, I aimed to collect SWAG again, but really wanted to do it in more of a laid back way (I do believe I drank too early and drank too often back at the 2009 event - it made me anything but laid back). So, this year I actually got less SWAG. Is it a sign of companies cutting back? Or maybe it's just a sign that I probably made a big fool of myself back in 2009. Either way, the take from the evening is below, using the same categories from last year's post.
The 2010 SF WhiskyFest Awards are - 1)The Most Creative Swag, 2)The Most Useful Swag and last but not least, the highly sought after 3)The Best Swag of WhiskyFest 2010. Now without further ado…
The Most Creative Swag of SF WhiskyFest 2010 Award Goes To…
Dalmore / Whyte and MacKay for their Fake Nose/Eyeglasses.
So, though this is a pretty useless piece of SWAG, it's dead on with message. Whyte and Mackay have been doing some great things lately (see Shackleton's whisky, the Dalmore MacKenzie) and their brand at this point revolves around the charismatic Richard Paterson, or "The Nose". Their master blender is a force with which to be reckoned in the whisky world, and drawing attention to it while providing some levity is quite creative. Congratulations to you on your award for The Most Creative Swag of SF Whiskyfest 2010. The other item pictured here is the tote bag from Malt Advocate magazine that come with entrance to the festival.
The Most Useful Swag of SF WhiskyFest 2010 Goes To…
Dewar's for their Cigar Case, Cigar Cutter, and branded Zippo lighter.
Apparently Dewar's wants to be known as a cigar malt. They really want you to smoke cigars while you drink their malt. Maybe it's me, but I think that represents a bit of the old guard mentality as to who is actually enjoying and drinking whisky. However, giving this out as SWAG at a festival is pretty awesome. A real zippo lighter as a giveaway (and not even a sign your name for some marketing type giveaway) is quite generous. I don't even smoke and I'm psyched to have this - it went right into my camping gear bag (with, obviously some lighter fluid and extra flint). Congratulations to you on your award for The Most Useful Swag of SF Whiskyfest 2010.
The Runner-Up for The Best Swag of SF Whiskyfest 2010 Goes To…
Malt Advocate for giving every registered user a Glencairn glass from which to drink (2 Years Running Award Winner)
When you're running around trying to appreciate different whiskies, it really makes a big difference to have something appropriate from which to drink. MaltAdvocate giving every attendee a respectable glass from which to drink really draws a stark differentiation between it and other festivals. It's fun that I now have a glass that says WhiskyFest 2009 and one that says WhiskyFest 2010. I feel it helps me remember my time there and shows that the festival appreciates my attendance as much as I appreciate the festival. MaltAdvocate should continue to be recognized for taking this step at their festivals, and that is why they are the Runner-Up to the Best Swag of SF WhiskyFest 2010.
And The Best Swag of SF Whiskyfest 2010 Goes To…
Ardbeg, for Providing Everyone Attending their Free Masterclass with Ardbeg New Make.
Should whisky really be considered SWAG at a Whisky Festival? Well, when Ardbeg brings the goods like they did, then I would say yes. At their workshop, they let everyone try a single cask from 1974, and some Ardbeg New Make. New Make?!? 68.7 percent New Make right off the still?!?!? When else would we ever be able to try something like that in America? The fact that they freely gave it out, along with tastings of a single cask offering from 1974 really stands out. Most other companies just taste you through their standard lineup. Ardbeg changed it up in a very unique and generous way for the American market. For this, they win the Best Swag of SF Whiskyfest 2010.
There were other SWAG items (pictures below) including pens and keychains (worthy repeats from the Glenrothes and newcomer Amrut), but overall less SWAG than last year. One has to think that companies are putting their money into making better whisky, or I covered a lot more ground and got a lot more stuff when I had more to drink.
I look forward to the next one in October. Thanks to all the whisky companies and Malt Advocate for providing such a great event.
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One of the bars in San Francisco that knows how to make a cocktail is Bourbon and Branch. They invented the Laphroaig Project there, and the bar is actually housed in what used to be a speakeasy. There's a back "library" that houses a second bar that you need to enter through a fake bookcase. You need to make a reservation and know a password to get in, the bartenders and staff are all dressed up old-fashioned like, and the quality of their drinks is only matched by the prices they charge.
Recently they expanded. Next door houses "Wilson and Wilson Private Detective Agency". It's a bar that is supposed to give you a higher level of service and ostensibly it does. It's another speakeasy type thing, and you can read a good review and the backstory here from The Tender. I didn't have an awesome time there (the seats are REALLY uncomfortable and our waitress was pretty awful), but the drinks were good.
The reason I write this post is that they have some extremely interesting whisk(e)y drinks. The menu is arranged by apertifs, main courses, and digestifs (they have a prix fixe menu where you get three drinks for the price of two and a half, or really the price of a decent meal anywhere else).
The three drinks are:
The Phantom
Clove infused cognac, Glenrothes Alba Reserve, Cocchi Aperitivo, Lemon Juice, Cacao and Vanilla Syrup, Orange Bitters
Truth Serum
Highland Park 12, Amaro Nonino, Brown Sugar Cinnamon Syrup, Sasparilla Aromatic Bitters, Licorice Root Tincture
Knob Creek Bourbon, Coffee Syrup, Cranberry Infused Angostura Orange Bitters, Tobacco Bourbon Tincture
I had the Truth Serum and really enjoyed it. It wound up being way smokier than I expected from HP 12, and was really delicious. The flavors were balanced and I even got some of the sarsparilla. Not sure it was worth the cost, but definitely an experience.
For those who want to check out the full menus, they are here. Here's a pdf of the envelope the menu comes in and here are page 1 and page 2 of the menu.Comments
Back in October, I was fortunate enough to attend WhiskyFest 2009 in San Francisco. I went for fun - and most of the notes I took from that night demonstrate the almost too much fun I had (I believe that writing "real good", "really good" and "really quite good", for some Highland Parks late in the night constitute the best tasting notes I have ever written). There were some things I really enjoyed at WhiskyFest (obviously, whisky was one of them), and some I didn't (the price and the lack of several "VIP whiskies" that had been advertised), but everyone has to love stuff we all get (S.W.A.G.).
After living with the swag of WhiskyFest 2009 for about 3 months, I have decided to post what I have for everyone to see (mind you - this is not a complete list), and dole out 3 awards. The 2009 SF WhiskyFest Awards are - 1)The Most Creative Swag, 2)The Most Useful Swag and last but not least, the highly sought after 3)The Best Swag of WhiskyFest 2009. Now without further ado…
The Most Creative Swag of SF WhiskyFest 2009 Award Goes To…
Glenfiddich, for their branded eyedropper.
I was a little blown away when I received this eyedropper. It's a cool gift for someone who loves whisky and wants to regulate the ABV percentage of their favorite scotch (perhaps with the help of ScotchHobbyist's App). It's doubly cool because I don't usually associate Glenfiddich with whiskies that might be really hot (i.e., I usually think of them as non-cask strength).
The representatives from the Valley of the Deer knew their game about whisky, and poured some very nice drams for yours truly. I congratulate you on your award for The Most Creative Swag of 2009 SF Whiskyfest. Other items pictured here are the tote bag from Malt Advocate magazine and my ticket.
The Most Useful Swag of SF WhiskyFest 2009 Goes To…
Knob Creek, for their fleece hat, ridiculously soft long-sleeved shirt, and flask (pictured below).
I know. Knob Creek is bourbon. It's not '"whisky" but rather "whiskey". Deal with it. They were there. They brought their A-game. And it is a useful A-game!
David Mays, Knob Creek's whiskey professor, pulled these two little doozies out of his roller suitcase at the end of WhiskyFest, realizing that for some reason they weren't given out during the festivities. The shirt, an anvil brand, rivals American Apparel and Alternative Apparel in softness (and looks pretty darn cool with the embroidered design). I wear it. Often. It keeps me warm. The fleece hat is now my running hat, and serves its purpose well. It keeps my head warm. The knob creek flask? Well, it holds whisky quite well and that does a darn good job of keeping me warm, too. Long-sleeve shirt, fleece hat, flask - what else does a San Francisco native need? Put that in your pipe and smoke it, fake Mark Twain (ed note. Mark Twain is often incorrectly thought of as the witty individual who said that "The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco". Unfortunately, whomever did say it, the bastard was right.)
The Runner-Up for The Best Swag of SF Whiskyfest 2009 Goes To…
Malt Advocate for giving every registered user a Glencairn glass from which to drink.
This was a great thing to have as we tasted whiskies during the festival. This branded "San Francisco WhiskyFest 2009" glass is a really useful, valuable, and special keepsake. It was also a great way to help people at the festival learn about nosing whisky and the different experiences you can get from a single dram. Interestingly, neither Malt Advocate or any of the sponsors are also engraved on the glass.
Also pictured here - distillery brochures, Bulleit Bourbon glass (which served drinks from Bourbon and Branch), Makers Mark shotglass, Crown Royal glass and a Knob Creek flask.
And The Best Swag of SF Whiskyfest 2009 Goes To…
The Glenrothes, for their wooden, laser engraved pen and V.I.P. hour only extremely heavy mini-The Glenrothes bottle keychain.
Yeah. I used to collect keychains as a kid. I got over it because I realized that collecting keychains serves no purpose. Then I got older and got keys. Ah, there's the purpose. The Glenrothes laser engraved mini-bottle keychain is really heavy, really nice and in my expert, used-to-be-a-collector opinion, seems to be very high quality. It even came in that nice suede-like pouch pictured there. What's even cooler, is that it was V.I.P. only, making you feel a bit better for spending so much extra moolah on the ticket. It's also my everyday keychain, so The Glenrothes almost took down Most Useful Swag. The pencil is also really nice and combined with the generous both in size and variety of drams poured by The Glenrothes representatives, helped them win the Best Swag of SF Whiskyfest 2009.
Wow. That was exciting. Other swag present at the event which is nice to have were hats from Laphroaig and Ardmore (which, though the swag itself isn't totally memorable, the experience that their representatives provided was and a whole lot more).
Thanks to all the whisky-related companies for providing such a fun environment. And thanks for Malt Advocate for making it happen. If you see someone running in San Francisco with a Knob Creek hat on, give a shout.
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Hello again everyone. I am back from my travels and plan to be posting regularly again. As the WhiskyParty writers are fortunate (or unfortunate in some circumstances) to travel a bit, we decided we would post as much as we can about whisky around the world. So, expect some postings about whisky from Dubai, Ireland, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand from me in the near future.
First, I wanted to post my impressions of the tasting I went to with WhiskyParty at Heights Chateau in Brooklyn back on June 9th, 2009. All in all it was a very fun night that ended with me buying WhiskyParty an expensive wedding present and myself an expensive "I drank too much and didn't leave my credit card at home" present.
Notes we learned on The Speyside distillery :
Notes we learned what not to do at a tasting :
Now for the tasting notes. I did my best, but the tastings went pretty quickly so I wasn't able to spend as much time as I'd like on them, and obviously tasting 13 scotches in one sitting is going to make your notes slightly jumbled.
Speyside 12
N: varnish, clean
P: grapes, berries
F: long, dry
O: Actually tasty. Not like a blend, which is my problem with many of these cheaper scotches (they taste like Dewars to me). This one was more unique. Very drinkable, but not my favorite as there was not much peat smoke, vanilla or toffee. 8.5/10
King's Crest 25 Year Old Blend
C: Orange Yellow
L: Small, slow
N: Vanilla, toffee, berries
P: Cherries, vanilla, no bite on tongue, smooth
F: Bright, a bit too sweet, explodes long with some fruit again.
O: Not bad, but coming in over 2 bills is way too expensive. 8.4/10
Now all the following drams are Scott's Selections
Auchentoshan 1983, 21 years old, 105 Proof
C: light yellow
L: small, quick
N: Toffee, vanilla, grass, a little fruit with water
P: bitter, rubber, even brighter with water
F: nutty, sweet pistachios that turns slightly bitter with water.
O: Eh. 8.1/10
Glenlivet 1977, 27 years old, 106.2 proof
C: a pale yellow like chamomile tea
L: small, quick
N: Floral, and a touch of vanilla
P: fruits, toffee. With water, the sherry really comes forward and somehow vanilla is right with it.
F: Caramel, long fruit. With water, sweetness overpowers and becomes a bit sickly.
O: At this point, I'm a little worried about the tasting. This is once again okay, but hasn't blown my mind or reached any of the right notes. 8.5/10
Macallan 1989, 18 years old, 106.2 proof, bourbon casks not sherry.
C: Pale yellow
L: quick, large
N: toffee cream
P: too bright to really get anything. Remains bright with water added.
F: sweet, with a sprinkling of brown sugar that becomes a bit too much like caramel with water.
O: I know I like Islays, and the national sales manager Brian doesn't, but I'm still waiting for a great scotch worthy of the price tags next to the bottles. 8.3/10
The Glenrothes 1980, 25 years old, 111.6 proof.
O: 8.1/10. I'm a big The Glenrothes fan and this just disappointed me. It tasted like the three above it. Sort of this muddled jumble of all the notes it should have, without the right mix (sometimes Vanilla overpowers, sometimes it gets too sweet, sometimes it just tastes like someone poured me some Dewars that's been sitting around in plastic for a few years.
Aberlour 1989, 18 years old, 105.6 proof
N: Cherries, chocolate
P: Cinnamon and sugar
F: Peppery and short
O: This was decent (unfortunately I didn't record a grade) but still only marginally better than the ones above it. It hit some interesting notes, but seemed incomplete. Probably one of the better ones yet, though. At least because of that cinnamon taste that I had never had with scotch.
Longmorn-Glenlivet 1967, 36 years old, 104.4 proof, Bourbon first fill
C: Copper
N: candied yams, vanilla cream and some green notes
P: a bit too bright without water, but a satisfying sweetness with a few drops added
F: medium length swell across the tongue that accentuates but doesn't overpower.
O: Alright. This was pretty good. The age mellowed the sickly sweet I was getting from the previous drams and this scotch hit the right notes without overpowering. No smoke, obviously, but real tasty. 9.0/10
Glenlivet 1971 Sherry Cask, 36 years old, 106.2 proof, very rare as the liquid was filled into the wrong barrells
O: I got a bit of toffee with a lot of pine cabin on a hot day. Lots of forest and wood that was interesting to taste, but not necessarily tasty.
Highland Park 1986, 21 years old, 108.2 proof, bourbon barrel.
C: pale yellow
L: Small, quick
N: alcohol burn and brine. Salted fire with a bit of water.
P: Brine. seaweed in a poppy fire with water.
F: salty sweet with a clean fire to finish.
O: not bad, but not great. Pretty enjoyable to get that much brine out of a Highland, though. 8.8/10
Bruichladich 1990, 14 years old, 116.2 proof
C: almost clear
L: though this isn't very helpful, I have either really slow, or really fst (I saw lines but no legs drop, and we were moving too quickly to investigate further)
N : fruits and flowers
P: light and grassy, with water becomes fruit forward with a tinge of smoke trying to peak through
F: sweet and clean with a bit of bitterness on the after.
O: Once again, an alright dram, but nothing that I'm writing home about.
Bunnahabhain 1988, 16 years old, 107.6 proof
N: cotton candy, delicious. like The Glenrothes 1990 but without vanilla
P: Oily sea, a little fruit. With water smoke comes forward (oily, of course), with the sweet fruit sitting behind it almost imperceptibly
F: briny without smoke, a good burn that is long and lasting
O: This was way interesting. Totally sweet on the nose and totally salty and smoky on the tongue. My mind was confused completely by the juxtaposition within the same dram. This was one of the ones I tried again at the end of the night and enjoyed it. 8.9/10
Caol Ila 1984, 22 years old, 105.4 proof
N: Fire, raging forest fire, with candied coating
P: Salty sweet smoke.
F: Pork crackling, salty, overdose of campfire.
O: A great Caol Ila (though I'm not sure the price was justified). 8.9/10
Once again this was a great night. I thank The Speyside for doing it as I learned a lot, and got to taste some great whisky (and they even got a decent amount of cash off of me). I think my big hangup on the event was that some of the scotches tasted way too similar without there being anything really unique about them and that the price tags next to the bottles just weren't justified as there was similar tasting and maybe even better stuff out there for cheaper. My recommendations on the whole night would be the Longmorn-Glenlivet 1967, the Bunnahabhain 1988, and a toss up between the Caol Ila 1984 and the Glenlivet Sherry Cask 1971.
I recently was able to try some nice whiskys at a poker night, and I was even more fortunate that friends entertained my weird notions of saving me a couple of drams of the bottles so I could do a controlled tasting. I have been a fan of The Glenrothes after tasting some of the 1991 at a poker night a couple of years ago. Some interesting information I learned from a cigar forum (note, I do not advocate drinking scotch AND smoking cigars at the same time, but there is sometimes good information on the site) is that The Glenrothes distillery was in part founded by the owner of Macallan-Glenlivet in 1878 but the company went bankrupt during construction. A £600 loan from the United Presbyterian Church in Knockando, a village nearby, saved the distillery, which then burnt down in 1922. The distillery was rebuilt but then closed again not long after because of the war. Stills were increased from 4 to 6 in 1963 and then to 10 in 1980. Their output goes into Cutty Sark and Famous Grouse brands among others and around 2% of their 5.6 million liters they produce goes to single malts.
I am tasting the Select Reserve first, followed by the 1991. Both whiskys were drank out of a Glencairn glass with a watchglass that rested on top for about five minutes to allow me to nose better.
The Glenrothes Select Reserve
Age : (though this lacks an age statement, it's believed to come from whiskies that are 4-8 years old)
Maturation : Bourbon Oak casks
Paid : $46.99
Alc/vol: 40%
Color: a true transparent gold. No red or yellow here.
Legs: small, really quick beads. at first, I couldn't even discern them as it just looked like a coating of whisky on the glass
Nose: Vanilla, a tinge of vinegar (maybe sulfur?), overripe oranges that have started to turn, and some spice I can't put my finger on but almost smells like the sugar butter that is a start to many cookie batters. Almost no alcohol burn, even if I stick my proboscus right in the glass and breathe deep.
Palette: sweet fruit, a little butter, a little of the vanilla, and some pepper. i want to taste more, but it goes really quickly into the finish without giving me much more. Strangely though, this isn't bothersome - it seems like a balanced scotch, I just can't taste more to it.
Finish: a long finish that's a little one note. it has the usual whisky pucker on the tongue, but fails to develop into anything more, even as it lingers for longer than I expect. If anything, there's a bit of pepper.
Overall: I like this bottle as an enjoyable, affordable speyside when for one reason or another, I don't want the smoke of the Islays I usually crave. I don't think that it's spectacular, however. For what it's worth though, I think The Glenrothes bottles are some of the more beautiful bottles out there. I think the cardboard packaging around them could use some work, but the bottles themselves are quite a nice statement on a whisky shelf. This whisky won gold at San Francisco in 2006, and a Scotch Whisky Master at the 2008 Scotch Whisky Masters.
SLC score: 8.7/10
DD score: 7.9/10
The Glenrothes
Age: Distilled in 1991, bottled in 2008 (this makes it a 17 year old)
Maturation: Sherry and Bourbon Oak Casks
Paid: $79.99
Alc/vol: 43%
Color: this is an amber colored spirit, that still shines golden
Legs: medium, pretty slow beads
Nose: natural vanilla (like the specks from Bryer's), werther's originals candy, cherries or some type of berry I can't identify
Palette: strong fruit, vanilla liqueur, there's a pepper overtone but underneath that sweet flavor still holds strong.
Finish: medium long finish, peppery and sweet, the pepper dances on the tongue at the end and the sweetness returns though this time more fruity and less candy. There's even a bit of a Highland Park smoke to this, but maybe it's just the pepper dancing.
Overall: Man is this good. $80 is a lot for a bottle, but this is worth it to me. It's just so enjoyable to drink. It's not as lemon-y as other speysides, but I think it is more complex. And the sweetness of the nose that then comes through in the palette AND the finish - just really exceptional. I wish there was way more left in the bottle.
SLC score: 9.5/10
DD score: 8.6/10
Other stuff - Inebrio has a pretty sweet interview with the head of The Glenrothes here


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When Kate Hudson called Juice Beauty to ask more about our Green Apple Peels, it was pretty exciting for all of us here at Juice Beauty headquarters in Marin County. Even more fun when Kate Hudson wrote about her love for Juice Beauty's Green Apple Peel in ELLE Magazine and then invited me to her house to talk about our products over dinner. OK, we all work really hard but this was one of the rewards that was just pure fun, I mean imagine…just the two of us hanging out talking about beauty at her gorgeous home!
Introducing Stem Cellular Cleansing Oil
Juice Beauty is so excited to announce the launch of our Stem Cellular Cleansing Oil, a softer cleanse for ageless skin. Purify, soften and balance skin's natural moisture with a deep cleansing oil for the face, neck and décolleté. This product is also an effective makeup remover that is safe for the eye area. A proprietary blend of fruit stem cells and Vitamin C are infused into an organic, resveratrol-rich grapeseed, may chang, ho wood and sunflower seed oil base to effectively cleanse and hydrate.
Get Halloween Ready with the Juice Beauty Makeup Collection
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Top 30 Ingredients that DON'T make the cut.
How many beauty brands feature a "secret ingredient" or a "breakthrough technology" without clearly explaining what it's actually made of?
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That's why we've created a list of our top 30 Unworthy Ingredients you will NEVER find in our products.
Awareness Wednesday, part two. A Conversation with Jeanne Rizzo of the Breast Cancer Fund
For this week's #AwarenessWednesday we're excited to share an incredibly informative video from when we recently sat down to chat with Jeanne Rizzo, president of the Breast Cancer Fund.
The Breast Cancer Fund connects the dots between breast cancer and exposure to chemicals in our everyday environments by identifying — and working towards the elimination of — environmental and other preventable causes of the disease.
They translate the growing body of scientific evidence linking breast cancer and environmental exposures into public education and advocacy campaigns to increase awareness of ways to protect our health and reduce breast cancer risk.
Watch this fantastic conversation and let us know your thoughts below!
From 'Pink Washing' to Authentically Pink, A Note from Karen
It's Breast Cancer Month and if you're like me, you're seeing pink everywhere from every company imaginable. Though I love seeing so much support and awareness being rallied for such an important health issue, I'm surprised that companies simply place pink on their packaging and donate some money to Breast Cancer organizations once a year, while there may be ingredients in their products that have been linked to unhealthy effects. I'd love to know what you think – let me know in the comments at the bottom of this post.
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In just a generation we've witnessed a 40-percent increase in breast cancer, and we know that environmental factors like toxic chemical exposures have played a major role. The Breast Cancer Fund is working to eliminate our exposure to toxic chemicals linked to the disease so that fewer of us, our daughters and increasingly our sons will ever have to hear the words, "You have breast cancer."
Awareness Wednesday, part one.
With the topic of breast cancer front and center this month, what better time to share helpful, preventative tips to minimize exposure to chemicals and toxic ingredients that have been linked to cancer than #AwarenessWednesday?
These tips each week will help shift the conversation from simply increasing awareness and actually creating empowering awareness around ways to take action around prevention of this devastating disease.
First up, 2 simple tips to stay aware of what's in your products and to take action by choosing safe, non-toxic options to minimize or eliminate exposure to harmful chemicals.
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BACKGROUND: Bleomycin hydrolase (BH) is a cysteine protease that is found in all tissues in mammals as well as in many other eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Although its conserved cellular function is as yet unknown, human bleomycin hydrolase (hBH) has clinical significance in that it is thought to be the major cause of tumor cell resistance to bleomycin chemotherapy. In addition, it has been reported that an allelic variant of hBH is genetically linked to Alzheimer's disease. RESULTS: We have determined the crystal structures of wild-type hBH and of a mutant form of the enzyme. The overall structure is very similar to that of the previously determined yeast homolog, however, there is a striking difference in the charge distribution. The central channel, which has a strong positive electrostatic potential in the yeast protein, is slightly negative in hBH. We have determined that hBH does not have the DNA-binding activity of the yeast protein and that the enzyme is localized to the cytoplasm. CONCLUSIONS: The difference in charge distribution between the yeast and human BH enzymes is most likely responsible for the difference in DNA-binding activity. Nevertheless, the C-terminal autoprocessing activity and the role of the C terminus as a determinant for peptidase activity are conserved between the yeast and human forms. The structure of hBH suggests that the putative Alzheimer's disease linked variation does not directly alter the intrinsic peptidase activity. Rather, the position of the mutation suggests that it could affect interactions with another protein, which may modulate peptidase activity through repositioning of the C terminus.
Crystal structure of human bleomycin hydrolase, a self-compartmentalizing cysteine protease., O'Farrell PA, Gonzalez F, Zheng W, Johnston SA, Joshua-Tor L, Structure. 1999 Jun 15;7(6):619-27. PMID:10404591
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- O'Farrell PA, Gonzalez F, Zheng W, Johnston SA, Joshua-Tor L. Crystal structure of human bleomycin hydrolase, a self-compartmentalizing cysteine protease. Structure. 1999 Jun 15;7(6):619-27. PMID:10404591


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Rio Grande Botanic Garden – Water in the Garden
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Water is vital for all gardens, but
especially for a botanic garden in the desert.
Acknowledging this fundamental and delicate
relationship, Design Workshop's design for the
Rio Grande Botanic Garden intertwined water
throughout the fabric of the garden. For
example, water is used in a traditional fountain
in the Spanish-Moorish Theme Garden. A large
pond features many of the aquatic plants suit-able
to the region. Water is an integral part of
the public art sculpture by Shel Neymark near
the entrance. And in another area, a gentle
stream flows through exhibits of native plants
from New Mexico's ecological zones. ◆
Spanish-Moorish Theme Garden
Pond with Aquatic Plants
Sculpture by Shel Neymark
Rio Grande Botanic Garden
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Located on the edge of an
environmentally-sensitive riverside cot-tonwood
forest, the Rio Grande Botanic
Garden is New Mexico's first major
botanic garden.
Design Workshop's master plan for the
facility weaves the cultural history of
New Mexico landscapes together with
the area's broad palette of plant materi-als.
The plan includes ethnobotanical
exhibits with examples of historical
agricultural techniques drawn from the
region, including Anasazi grid gardens,
Zuni walled gardens and a Spanish-
Moorish garden. Also featured are
Sonoran and Chihuahuan desert exhibits
and an interpretive display of plant
communities sorted by elevation, from
the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo
Mountains to the Rio Grande Valley.
City of Albuquerque
Services Provided:
Landscape Architecture
Master Planning
View of Conservatory from Water
Entry to Botanic Garden
View of Conservatory from Community Demonstration Gardens
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Love It or List It
|Love It or List It
|Reality renovations, Upgrading
|Created by
|Maria Armstrong, Catherine Fogarty
|Directed by
|Matt Hoos, Jeanette Diehl
|Hilary Farr (2008-)
David Visentin (2008-)
|Narrated by
|Jacqueline Hennessy
|Theme music composer
|Lou Pomanti
|Country of origin
|Original language(s)
|No. of seasons
|No. of episodes
|Executive producer(s)
|Maria Armstrong, Catherine Fogarty
|Maria Armstrong
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|Running time
|60 Minutes
|Production company(s)
|Big Coat Productions
|Original channel
|W Network
OWN Canada
|Original airing
|September 8, 2008-present
|External links
|Production website
Love It or List It is a Canadian home design TV show currently airing on the W Network and on OWN Canada. The show is produced by Big Coat Productions and is based in Toronto and other surrounding areas in Ontario, Canada. The show premiered as a primetime program on W Network on September 8, 2008, and has since aired on OWN Canada as well as HGTV in the United States.
- 1 Format
- 2 Host and crew biographies
- 3 Hilary Farr victories
- 4 David Visentin victories
- 5 Competition
- 6 International spinoffs
- 7 International syndication
- 8 Crew
- 9 Reception
- 10 Advertisement
- 11 See also
- 12 References
- 13 External links
In Love It or List It, a homeowning couple or family has to decide between keeping their newly renovated current home ("Love It") or to buy a new home and sell their current one ("List It"). This is done with the help of hosts Hilary Farr, designer, and David Visentin, Realtor. Hilary handles design and renovation on the current home, and David finds new possible homes. To begin each episode, there is an overview of the family, their history in ownership of the home, their current use of the home, and the problems they are encountering which necessitate the need for change. The couple or family present Hilary with a list of things they wish to change in their current home, and the amount of money they are providing her as the renovation budget (it is unclear if this amount includes a supplement from the television show). The couple or family then present David with a list of things that they would need in a new home, and a maximum purchase price they wish to consider. Hilary then tries to meet the couple's current home requirements by, with the help of her assistant Desta along with myriad (usually unnamed) contractors, redesigning and renovating the current home, handling all construction, as well as finishing, furnishing, and decorating (often including the family's own prior decorative items). During the renovation the family lives outside of the home, so that there can be a big "reveal" at the finish. During this time, David finds and shows the family for-sale homes which increasingly target the family's desires as refined by their feedback to David during each showing.
Often the couple or family is divided as to staying or finding new, with one or more wishing to remain in their current home and the other side wishing to move. Sometimes, all of the family members are open-minded as to what the results may bring, and don't seem to have overtly preset views on which choice will be better. But in most cases, the family or couple disagrees, with each side seemingly intransigent: one side insistent on moving, the other insistent on staying. Thus, Hilary and David will each have a "side" that is predisposed to their view, and work to win over the other partner, without losing the support of their natural ally. While the series win-total favors Hilary by slightly higher odds, it is not clear that this is due to any specific ability she has over David, since many factors tend to make "Love It" the easier and more emotional choice, e.g., not needing to move with its associated costs, not worrying about buying one home and selling another simultaneously (often requiring "bridge" loans if purchase of new precedes sale of old), not needing to change schools or routes to workplaces, the emotional power of a big-reveal of the renovation having just occurred, and the simple, inertial comfort of the human desire to resist movement or change.
Common themes and issues include, for Hilary, an inadequate budget to complete the entire request list from the homeowners. This is often caused, according to the show, by the construction crew discovery of unforeseen costs after renovation has started. Hilary and crew, led by Eddie Richardson, must pull out all the stops to give the home owners a better arranged home than before the episode to free up space, and that often causes (or exposes) other problems (if the wall is load bearing, or if there are code or safety violations, for example). This extra expense soaks up more of the couple's budget, forcing reductions from their request list, with Hilary showing the couple the problem and describing what will be cut in scenes that are typically confrontational. Follow-on shots often show the couple or family being upset with Hilary over problems which arose from their own house's inadequacies. What is not clear in the show is whether Hilary has over-promised at the show's beginning, without doing her due diligence to see if what she thinks can be done, indeed can be done, or might be fraught with extra-costs.
Common themes and issues for David, meanwhile, include the problem of keeping the couple or family in the same area. Living in the same area is almost always of importance to the homeowners, who almost always have children already in local schools. Since most homeowners on the show are living in somewhat sub-par interior homes (frequently starter-type homes), they have a toehold in a much more expensive neighborhood than they realize, and David is rarely able to find a nicely renovated or newly built home for sale in their existing neighborhood, and must show the homeowners houses farther and farther away from their preferred neighborhood in order to give them a home with more updated square-footage at what is often a budget that is little more than the value of their current home.
The above two elements - Hilary unable to grant all renovations, and David unable to find a house in the same area are the series' most frequent sources of dramatic tension.
At the end of the show, the homeowners are shown the result of Hilary's renovation work, albeit usually not meeting the complete list, but almost always eliciting the oohs and aahs of the newly wowed homeowners who almost universally express that they can hardly believe it's the same place. After seeing their renovated home, David gets his turn to show the homeowners the new value of their newly renovated home. David then demonstrates how their newly renovated home "value" places the family that much closer to affording the new home he has shown them, and he takes time to remind them of what, inevitably, Hilary was unable to accomplish, despite her having done wonderful work on what she did get done.
The homeowners then face the catchphrase questions from Hilary "Are you going to love it..." and David, "...or are you going to list it?", the couple then proceeds with their decision. Before the couple proceeds with their decision, the camera always pans between Hilary and David and goes into slow motion to increase the dramatic effect of the decision.
Presenters' statistics Seasons 1-7[edit]
|Farr, HilaryHilary Farr
|Home design
|Visentin, DavidDavid Visentin
|Real estate
Host and crew biographies[edit]
- Hilary Farr – Hilary Farr is a home designer from Toronto. She has lived in Australia, England, California, and New York. Farr honed her skills on properties in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, New York and Toronto. When she first moved back to Toronto, she became the first designer to "stage" properties for sale. She continues to build and design homes in the downtown core where she herself owns properties.[1]
- David Visentin – David Visentin is a real estate agent in Southern Ontario with Country Living Realty Limited. He has been practicing since 1987.[2]
Assistant Designer[edit]
- Desta Ostapyk – Desta is a Toronto-based designer who graduated in 2004 from the Toronto International Academy of Design and Technology in Interior Design, and has since focused on a career in the Television Industry. She first started working with Big Coat Productions during her last semester of school as an intern for HGTV's hit series My Parents House. She soon became the Design Stylist for the show.[3]
- Eddie Richardson – Eddie Richardson is a contractor on Love It or List It who started his own family business. Richardson has also been a pro-beach volleyball player and professional bass fisherman.
- Fergus McLaren – Fergus McLaren started up his own construction company, R-Mac Solutions, 10 years ago.
Hilary Farr victories[edit]
Families or clients who decided to love their home and stay
Seasons 1–7: 2008–14[edit]
Season 1[edit]
- The Challenger Family
- The Lederman Family
- The Doudelet Family
- The Singh Family
- The Thompson Family 2
- The Wood Family
- The Roedger Family
- The McMinn Family
- The Moredick Family
Season 2[edit]
- The Turner Family
- The Preston Family
- The Mitchell Family
- The Kowalik Family
- The Yee Family
- The McLean Family
- The Adamidis Family
- The Smount Family
- The Bayda-McLean Family
Season 3[edit]
- The Nguyen Family
- Ed and Martine via The Richardson Family
- The Shanahan Family
- Mark and Desta
- The Matthews-Rooney Family
- The Symth Family
- Colin and Beth
Season 4[edit]
- The Hung Family
- The Olmstead Family
- The McPherson Family
- The Milne Family
- The Brown Family
- The Douglas Family
- The Shaver Family
- The Denil Family
- The Smith-Baumfeld Family
- The Cunningham Family
- The Jaswal Family
- The Hunt Family
- The Banyay Family
- The Zeleniak Family
- Dan and Rich
- The Bukovec Family
- Sandra and Geoff
Season 5[edit]
- The Pattinson Family
- The Cullen Family
- Sharon and Sandra
- The Cartwright Family
- The Sinclair Family
- Joe and Linh
- Matt and Kelly
- Heidi and Greg
- The Byrne Family
- Julie and Sherry
- The McWilliams Family
- Ron and Mishelle
- The Neilson Family
- Peter and Stephanie
- Jade and Darlene
- Dave and Krista
- Calum and Rachel, Make Room For 2 More
- Dave and Wendie
Season 6[edit]
- Leslie and Michael
- Allison and Robert, Daily Squeeze
- Katherine and Natalia
- Brian and Andrea
- Chelsea and Brian
- The Donovan Family
- Brent and John
- Mike and Danny, Good Cop Bad Cop
- Irene and Marcos
- Jody and Sam
- Stephanie and Peter
- The Neilson Family (Aaron & Danielle)
- The Di Palma Family
Season 7[edit]
- Kelly and Robin
- Brent & John
- Bob and Lorraine
- Irene & Marcos "Four Things!"
Total victories for Hilary: 76
David Visentin victories[edit]
Families and clients who decided to list and move into a new or better home
Season 1-7: 2008-14[edit]
Season 1[edit]
- The McGeachie Family
- The Thompson Family
- The Pliskat Family
Season 2[edit]
- The Tallmeister Family
- The Cunniam Family, Bachelor Pad to Family Home
- The Ford-Williams Family, Standing Tall
- The Goddard Family
- The Elliott Family
- The Sproat Family
Season 3[edit]
- Michael and Jeffrey
- The Gallagher Family
- The Ethier Family
- The Cira-Bagnato Family
- Jim and Connie
- The Ramos Family
- The McKeon-Bryce Family
- The Dinis Family
- The Pollock-Jones Family
- The Pinnock Family
- The Renton Family
- Mark and Alana
- Patrick and Kasia
- The Maharishi Family
Season 4[edit]
- The O'Hara Family
- The Robertson Family
- The Wahl Family
- The Coughlan Family
- The Godoy Family
- The Piccione Family
- The Barrett Family
- The Fowler Family
- Mary Jo and Glen
Season 5[edit]
- The Richardson Family
- The Young Family
- The Rimes Family
- Niru and Alok, Urban versus Suburban
- The Abbot-Brown Family, Builder's Plan Predicament
- The Finlay Family
- Colin and Aline
- Melissa and Oliver
Season 6[edit]
- Bevin and Jacqueline
- Sarah and Andrew
- Sachi and Cam
- Siobhan and Duncan
- Aline & Colin
- Catherine and Scott
- Sarena and Flare
Season 7[edit]
- Sarah & Andrew
Total victories for David: 49
Other Canadian Home design shows in competition with Love It or List It include Take This House and Sell it, Colour Confidential, and Divine Design. The show took the title of W Network's Top rated Home Improvement in a reality series, the title was previously held by Take This House and Sell it for 5 years. According to the Wall Street Journal, the show and its Vancouver spinoff is one of Canada's beloved reality series.[4]
International spinoffs[edit]
Vancouver, British Columbia[edit]
According to the show's producers, "The time is right to bring the winning formula to Vancouver's hot real estate market." Love It or List It Vancouver will showcase families in B.C.'s largest metropolitan city who are struggling with homes that no longer suit their needs. It's up to Jillian to put a stop to the wandering eyes of our homeowners, armed with a list of "must-haves" and a design she hopes will persuade them to stay. Meanwhile, the realtor is determined to get homeowners to relocate by taking the homeowners list of "must-haves" and finding them new digs. This is very similar to the original show's format. According to the show's executive producer Maria Armstrong, "Love It or List It has been a huge success for us and we are thrilled to be taking this amazing show to the West Coast." Love It or List It Vancouver was launched during winter 2012.[5] The Show is hosted by ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition designer Jillian Harris and actor now realtor Todd Talbot. (The program runs on HGTV under the name "Love it or List it Too" without any mention that it's shot in Vancouver.)
United States[edit]
In November 2011, HGTV acquired distribution rights to air Love It or List It.[6]
|Country / Region
|Television Network
|Dubbing / Subtitles
|Love It or List It
|W Network
OWN Canada (The Oprah Winfrey Network Canada)
|Love It or List It
|OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
|Tu casa a juicio
|Divinity (TV channel)
Behind the Scenes[edit]
- Architect: Simon West
- Senior Production Coordinator: Linda Johnstone
- Construction Coordinator: David Violante
- Construction Assistants: Chris Blinn, Adam Dalgarno, Ahren Mrowietz, Dale George
- Design Coordinator: Kaaveh Shoman
On August 31, 2010, Love It or List It was nominated for two Gemini Awards: Best Reality Program or Series and Best Direction in a Reality Program or Series. The show is once again nominated for Best Reality Program or Series along with its competitors Dragon Dens and Cupcake Girls. When HGTV premiered the show on the network, the company states that "Love It or List It" has been the highest rating reality series, since Candice Olson's Candice Tells All.[7]
In 2012, New York Times' columnist Gail Collins noted that it was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's favourite TV show.[8][9] according to the U.S secretary of state, Clinton finds the show "very calming"[10] after being interviewed about her departure from politics.[11][12][13]
In 2013, Vanna White said it was one of her favourite HGTV programs in an interview with Las Vegas Magazine.[14] Actress Julianne Moore also gave similar praise for the show in an interview with Katie Couric and the Daily Mail.[15][16]
In February 2010, Vim was advertised in four episodes of Love It or List It. Designer Hilary Farr was featured in various commercials of Vim in 2010 while competitor David Visentin was featured in an LG earth campaign in 2011. Vehicles promoted in the show include Lexus, Toyota, Volvo, and Jeep
See also[edit]
- Love It or List It Vancouver
- Property Brothers
- Income Property
- Divine Design
- Take This House and Sell It
- Candice Tells All
- ^ Host Bios; Hilary Farr http://www.wnetwork.com/Shows/Love-It-Or-List-It/HostBios.aspx
- ^ Host Bios; David Visentin http://www.wnetwork.com/Shows/Love-It-Or-List-It/HostBios.aspx
- ^ "Big Coat Productions". Big Coat Productions. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ "W Network Announces Return of Home-grown Favourites in Fall 2013 Lineup". The Wall Street Journal. July 17, 2013.
- ^ Love it or List it launches new spin off; http://metronews.ca/scene/261486/love-it-or-list-it-launches-vancouver-spinoff/
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (November 28, 2011). "HGTV Acquires Canadian Lifestyle Series 'Love It Or List It'". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ W Network's Top Rated Show; http://corusent.com/home/Corporate/PressReleases/tabid/1697/Default.aspx?Id=2323
- ^ Maga, Carly (March 29, 2012). "Hillary Clinton's favourite show is Canada's 'Love It Or List It'". Ca.omg.yahoo.com. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ Miller, Julie. "Hillary Clinton's Unlikely Favorite TV Show Revealed". Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ "Vanity Fair: Hillary Clinton's Unlikely Favorite TV Show Revealed". Huffingtonpost.com. November 13, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ "Hillary Clinton likes 'Love It or List It'". Politico.Com. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ "Love it or list it News, Video and Gossip". Jezebel. November 11, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ Collins, Gail (November 10, 2012). "Hillary's Next Move". The New York Times.
- ^ "Q&A WITH VANNA WHITE". Las Vegas Magazine. September 13, 2013.
- ^ Daily Mail (London) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2376232/Julianne-Moore-My-50s-important-years.html
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- ^ "Julianne Moore Opens Up About Her Family". KatieCouric.com. Retrieved August 17, 2014.


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Before & After: Family Room Turned Dream Playroom
One of my favorite home trends is families using their space to suit current needs and desires instead of being hemmed in by traditional floor plans or how a room had always been used. Last week we saw Lindsey turn her family's formal dining room into a family study and today's example is a huge family room re-imagined as a dream playroom for two young kids. It's quite the transformation and is just what this family wanted.
When Asia's first child was young, the family was living in a small Seattle house and, because of the trademark Seattle rain, they spent many days at home coping with cabin fever. When they moved to a bigger home, and with a second child on the way, creating a playroom was a top priority. Now, my guess is they have to be sorely tempted to leave!
Pretty great right? Not only is the new room a physically charming space (lightened up with carpeting, off-white paint and colorful circular decals), Asia has included so many different activities and distinct play zones:
- swinging rings, a small trampoline and a rock wall for moving (and burning off energy on those rainy days)
- a terrific play kitchen for imaginative play
- sensory boards and discovery bottles for exploration and motor skills development
- a huge magnet board that not only covers up a not-so-kid-friendly spot but becomes a letter learning station
- a swinging pirate ship (gift from grandparents) for physical and pretend play
- toys both quickly accessible on kid-height shelves and organized in see-through containers
I know what you're thinking - this is awesome, but our playroom is tiny or I don't have a room to make into a playroom. There are still important takeaways ideas here for inspiration in a smaller playroom, kid's bedroom or your living room to make it maximized for play. Here are two pieces of advice from Asia:
My mom, who was instrumental in helping me lay everything out, warned me that the biggest mistake people make with a large room is laying everything against the walls. We made an effort to break the room up into sections by using a couch and one of S's toy shelves and it really does make a difference!
Finally, a playroom is floor space, for sure, but there's also wall space and ceiling space you can use! In addition to decals, we also have sensory boards, Discovery Bottle display shelves, and a rock wall on our walls. We have a pirate ship and swinging rings hanging from our ceilings.
Thanks for sharing, Asia! Readers, you can see more of this playroom on Asia's blog, Fun at Home with Kids. She also converted a bedroom into a reading room and a former home gym into an art room - check them out!
(Images: Fun at Home with Kids)
32 Comments
Where is the pirate ship?
We had a fireplace once that wouldn't fully close. I had a similar plan for it. It's cool to see the idea at work!
Also, I wanna see the pirate ship, too!
yea well t would be nice to see the whole room
So pretty! And a future CrossFitter!! :)
Love that the room is so light and cheerful. I went onto your blog post to see the pirate ship (so cool!) and love that it's a basement room turned into fun and inviting space. The room is well planned out and can easily be transformed to grow with the kids or be made into any sort of room if you decide to move. You did an amazing job. :)
Too bad they had to paint those wood walls.
Thank you so much for the feature, Carrie!
To answer a few questions -
The pirate ship and more of the playroom can be seen by clicking through Carrie's link to our blog "Fun at Home with Kids"
We have no plans on moving anytime soon, thus the extreme customization. :)
The wood walls were actually in terrible shape - I agree - if they were lovely I would have left them. The previous tenants had dogs that had scratched and chewed most of it. I spent about 5 hours patching all the damage with wood putty prior to painting...
I think putting carpet over wood floors is just crazy, especially in a playroom. And it's LIGHT colored carpet. Even well-behaved children spill. She could have had carpet remnants bound into rugs for a fraction of that price, and it would have been easier to clean too since you can flip a rug over to get to the underside. Plus cheaper to replace when they start looking rough.
As an Interior Designer of children' spaces, I applaud this play room!!! It has all the features that make a successful space for children.
Heck, I want a room like that for ME. :) Fun.
Hi katmburke - I didn't include that photo, but you can see it on Asia's blog.
This is great - thanks for the link to the additional pictures on the blog.
What a cool space! That light carpet would be a pain to keep clean, but presumably you can pull it up when the kids are older and turn the space into an art studio/ teen hangout space.
I am SO jealous. Marvelous job! I cannot see how anyone could have a negative comment, unless maybe about the carpet.
To answer a few more questions:
The before photos were taken by a professional real estate photographer with specialized wider angle lenses. I am not a photographer, and the only lens I have is a portrait lens, so I simply can't get the same shots from the same locations. I know it's not ideal, but it's the best I could do! :)
And I totally agree about carpet being ugly - hahaha. It so is. But it's really functional for little crawling knees and cushioning tumbles for now. The original floors were Pergo - at some point when the kiddos are older, like ensuenos mentioned, we'll likely put wood in. Oh, and for what it's worth - we've had no trouble keeping the light colored carpet clean (at least not so far).
Dream big! Put you baby in the cart and go shopping! Get back in that kitchen!
Heh, kidding. It is a wonderful wonderland, beautifully realized.
I haven't been able to get this room out of my head all day... Next home will be a ranch for sure!! Itching for a renovation ;)
What a lucky girl! I think it's awesome and amazing that a massive room is devoted to play. It makes ME want to go in there and play.
It's lovely, but I am annoyed by the trend in parenting to be really indulgent with your kids. People with one or two kids want massive play-rooms. And of course each child needs separate bedrooms and bathrooms, more toys than they know what to do with, lavish birthday parties for babies that are more about showing off than about the actual child, ipads with apps for children. Maybe I am old-fashioned (though I'm only 22 years old) but kids do not need all that and half of it seems like an excuse to do less parenting. And it leads to entitled children. My sister and I had alot of these things growing up, but we both agree our favorite memories involve just playing without toys in the backyard, drawing pictures, making up stories, etc. Kids are resourceful. Let them entertain themselves with their imagination once in a while. /rant
WOW! What a transformation! I am sure your children love it and I think from a design point of view, it is really well-done.
BUT... I can't help but agree with some of what jamesisme said. While I don't necessarily think a room like this equals lazy parenting, (I have three young daughters and can appreciate having some space for them to play) I do see this room as incredibly indulgent. The square footage and expense (not to mention the sheer quantity of toys) for two little kids seems over-the-top.
We stay home all day and have long winters here in Seattle, jamesisme and mamamaqc, thus the decision to dedicate the large rooms in our home to play. Our children share a bedroom upstairs. Our kids also raise money for charity every birthday year in lieu of presents because yes, I won't even try to pretend like they aren't spoiled with the playroom! We love it - and I don't know that it's wrong to convert a family room to a playroom if you have the space. We are lucky enough to have the space - and that is how we chose to use it. :)
What a wonderful space you have created for your children. I don't think that it is wrong to customize your home for your family. I personally believe in doing what you think is best for your family and your needs. It is your space and your money. I find it annoying when instead of focusing on design some feel they can judge you and your parenting because it is not what their ideal would be. My children *gasp* have some of the things that others on here would disapprove of. I will continue to do my best to make sure my children are grateful for what they have and don't judge others for what they do or do not have. Kudos to everyone who has the courage to post a room on AT.
What a wonderful space you have created for your children. I don't think that it is wrong to customize your home for your family. I personally believe in doing what you think is best for your family and your needs. It is your space and your money. I find it annoying when instead of focusing on design some feel they can judge you and your parenting because it is not what their ideal would be. My children *gasp* have some of the things that others on here would disapprove of. I make sure that they know material things are not what's important in life. I will continue to do my best to make sure my children are grateful for what they have and don't judge others for what they do or do not have. Kudos to everyone who has the courage to post a room on AT.
Asia, as you know I think the playroom is wonderful and your children are very lucky. What other people do not realize is the time and effort you make with your children and the wonderful craft you do with them in that awesome space! You are a true inspiration of motherhood! Tam xx
You are being incredibly gracious to these two people that have no idea what they're talking about. The toys in this room are open-ended, imaginative, don't have batteries, and it's your square footage you paid for to do with what works for your family.
As far as lazy/less parenting or entitled children, kids become what their parents role model so as long as we're making parenting judgements based on a design blog, my judgement is your kids having a mom that approaches things with a positive attitude & sense of self unshaken by sour people that have arbitrary rules about how others should live are far ahead in the parenting game regardless of the size of their playroom.
I'll add an addendum to the previous comment:
I don't know anything about the people who own this home and my comment was directed in a general sense at the trend of indulgent spaces for kids and what it CAN mean, I wasn't intending to make accusations towards this mother in particular. I watch HGTV alot, and it seems every person looking for a house or a remodel wants a playroom for their child and they're often massive spaces on the main floor. It just seems like it's a trend, something else for the parents to have, not necessarily a benefit for the child.
But again, I don't know the mother who created this playroom (which, as I said before, is lovely) and having a large dedicated playroom in place of a family room isn't wrong. I am annoyed by a trend that AT has jumped on, not by any one person in particular.
Looks great, and as for whether it's worth the space or money - it's all relative! We're using our basement the same way because the arrangement works for us, though I've spent practically nothing to do it, since I see it as temporary and I'm happy with it being more modest and homemade.
I really don't think it's going to warp kids to have a playroom... not like the even higher-end trend to give teens their own suites. Or, my peeve was college students whose parents bought them their own condos.
I totally get why you did it and the results are beautiful. I am sure you and your family will have many happy moments in that space and if it suits your family, that is great! I have three kids aged 4, 4, and 7 and we also have long winters here in New England so I do know what it is like. We also carved out a space in the basement of our 1700 square foot house for them to play since they have to share a room and there's no extra space. My point is only that children don't need so many toys and so much space to be happy even though the trend in children's design seems to demonstrate the opposite.
Wonderful room! I have triplets and am considering doing something like this. I am curious, however, about the swinging rings.... how did you install them and did you first figure out what kind of loading baring beam/joist you installed these on? I'm concerned about weight and movement and what it may do in terms of shifting the drywall on my ceiling when the joists move.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas and images from your personal space.
I am totally stealing your activity board idea for the wall--doorknockers, chains, push on lights...whoa it's like a kid's dream! Fantastic job!
When I was growing up in the seventies, nearly everyone had a rec room in the basement. Often it was the largest room in the house, and it was generally stuffed full of toys. Today's versions may be more polished and snazzy, but of course, you're looking on design blogs. That's kind of the point.
Honestly, before I had kids, I was much more of the "fewer toys are better, you don't need a lot of space" persuasion. Now I have two very, very active boys in a 1100 square foot apartment with no yard (who needs a yard when you have a park? We do. Seriously.) and every day I hope I'll find a job in another area where I can afford more space, a play room to get the toys out of the living room, outdoor space, room for them to move on miserably hot days and bitingly cold days and raining buckets days.
I love your space! I think it is inspiring and considerate of what kids actually do and like. I also find it very pretty.


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