by PDM | Feb 4, 2026 | Architectural Time Capsules, Featured
A restored and colorized 1928 French-style house design by architect Francis Keally, originally published in House Beautiful, featuring redrawn floor plans and a newly interpreted elevation based on the architect’s original description.
by PDM | Jan 22, 2026 | Architectural Time Capsules, Featured
Every so often, you stumble across a house that doesn’t just belong to its time — it announces it. This 1930 design, published in Beautiful Universal Homes: The 1930 Book of Plans by Universal Plan Service, Inc. and architect E. Glen Morgan, reads today like a...
by PDM | Jan 20, 2026 | Architectural Time Capsules, The Return To Mississippi
A century-old family cottage in Laurel, Mississippi tells its story through a 1920s shotgun house, a post–World War II expansion, and a long-imagined renovation that may never happen—but still matters.
by PDM | Jan 15, 2026 | Essays, Restaurants
Thieves are regularly exploiting food delivery services, restaurants, and delivery drivers using a simple but effective tactic: A thief places an order through a food delivery app while sitting in their car outside a fast-serve restaurant. The thief walks into the...
by PDM | Jan 13, 2026 | Art / Graphic Design, Humor
I was standing in the checkout line at a thrift store in Charlotte, North Carolina—a place where the prices are optimistic, the lighting is unforgiving, and every object seems to have a backstory it would rather not discuss. I absolutely love going to thrift stores as...
