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Character Home | jeffery holley
characterhome.com · American English
CharacterHome.com is a blog blending architecture, interior design, and art history. It examines how these elements intersect in our built environment, reflecting a historian's eye on design trends. Covering cities like DC, NY, SF, LA, and PS, the site offers insights into books and design from mainstream to unique perspectives.
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- The Dream House That Would Not Cooperate.
Mar 6, 2026 · original
The book, A Meaningful Life by L. J. Davis, appeared in 1971 at a moment when American cities began rethinking what houses meant. Davis, born in Boise in 1940 and educated at Stanford and Columbia, left Idaho for New Yor... - Lessons from the Senate Hearing on Section 106.
Oct 30, 2025 · original
A National Conversation on Preservation and Progress - "Gentle Density."
Oct 25, 2025 · original
The Land Use and Housing Study Committee met on October 24, 2025, at the Idaho Statehouse. Around the table sat Senator Ali Robbi, Senator Taves, Representative Woodward, Mayor Chadwick of Star, county commissioners, dev... - Eaton Station in Weiser, ID.
Oct 23, 2025 · original
It started with yellow paint catching morning light. A small structure at the edge of a park, square in plan, gabled, quiet. What used to be a railroad stop now stands as a shed, but even in its stillness it tells a stor... - Reading a Character Home for Historical Status.
Sep 13, 2025 · original
Clouds drift across the street, pulling the light in and out as if testing how the house should be read. I came here because the record is missing. A search in ICRIS, a historical record database, turns up nothing for th... - Preservation is Change.
Sep 9, 2025 · original
Boise’s North End is often described as the city’s first true suburban neighborhood. Its tree-lined streets, narrow alleys, and mix of bungalows, foursquares, and cottages grew rapidly during the streetcar era between 18... - Character Homes Tell Stories.
Sep 8, 2025 · original
The North End Neighborhood Association publishes a newsletter a few times a year. - Serverocene: Emotional Support Dinosaurs and Other Infrastructure
Aug 3, 2025 · original
I'm summering in Idaho this year, staying with my sister, who has generously offered me the guest room, also known as the Emotional Support Dinosaur Sanctuary. It's a Jurassic panic attack waiting to happen. Nothing says... - What a Bridge Carries.
Jul 24, 2025 · original
Here’s a line I come back to often: “Best of all he loved the fall, the leaves yellow on the cottonwoods, leaves floating on the trout streams and above the hills the high blue windless skies.” —Ernest Hemingway, Idaho r... - Character Home in a Historic District.
Jul 23, 2025 · original
Summer dispatch from Old Boise: Updating vague and flat surveys from the 90s with richer and appropriate detail for homes that contribute to a historic district. - The Stockyards Speak: Preservation, Power, and the Art of Refusal
May 30, 2025 · original
A building like the Ogden Union Stockyard Exchange shouldn’t have to beg for its life. And yet—here it is: fenced off, half-forgotten, its windows darkened, its surfaces marked like punctuation on a sentence someone mean... - Between Architectural Isolation and Inheritance
Mar 13, 2025 · original
In the last semester of my architectural history degree studies, I was caught between two vastly different interpretations of what architecture is—and what it should be. On one side stood Zaha Hadid’s Patrik Schumacher, ... - Effective Home Improvement: Communication and Expectations.
Jan 17, 2025 · original
Effective Home Improvement: Partnering, Communication, and Expectations - High on the Hog: Space, Place, + Narrative through Foodways.
Jan 5, 2025 · original
My friend Andy Staszak recommended High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, and I’m glad he did. The first episode, Our Roots, captivated me by exploring history, identity, and cultural memory. ... - Shadows and Light: Hidden Histories of the Academical Village.
Dec 30, 2024 · original
"Can we forget the crack of the whip, the cowhide, the whipping post, the auction block, the handcuffs, the spaniels, the iron collar, the negro-trader tearing the young child from its mother’s breast as a whelp from the... - Client Desires, Fears, + Frustrations.
Dec 12, 2024 · original
As I approach graduation with a master’s in architectural history and historic preservation, I reflect on the path that led me here. High-profile roles in visual merchandising, interior decorating, and real estate broker... - Modern Architecture: Cultural Identity, Exclusivity, + Erasure.
Dec 1, 2024 · original
Growing up in the American West, I was surrounded by the iconic ranch-style homes that defined mid-20th-century suburban landscapes. With their low profiles and sprawling layouts, these homes were symbols of the era’s op... - Heritage: Bridging Tradition and Conservative Values.
Nov 26, 2024 · original
In Gardens and Landscapes in Historic Building Conservation (2014), Marion Harney explores the preservation, restoration, and management of historic gardens and landscapes, emphasizing the complexities of balancing cultu... - Terms for Understanding Reparative Historic Preservation.
Nov 24, 2024 · original
Architectural heritage studies evolve as new lenses and filters emerge, deepening our understanding of preservation and its broader implications. This article, part of a more extensive series exploring repair, reuse, and... - Empty Pedestals, Full Histories: Interrogating Narratives
Nov 19, 2024 · original
I was honored to attend an enlightening panel discussion at the Architecture School at UVA on "Empty Pedestals: Countering Confederate Narratives Through Public Design." This impactful book delves into how Confederate mo...
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