January 21, 2025

137 Pillars House: A dramatic revitalization

This story begins in Siam (later known as Thailand) and centers around a late 19th-century teak house and how it was restored and became the […]

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Georgia, The Cradle of Wine.

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A Georgian wine revolution is happening right now, and that’s a good thing. A recent trip to Georgia confirmed it! Let me share my

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Hi, I’m Phyl!

I’m a lapsed travel writer and photographer and have been absent from these pages for too long.

My niche is: “adaptive re-use of space” which translates to re-using or re-purposing old buildings for a new life while retaining their historic integrity. This is gaining momentum world wide and we are seeing old buildings such as banks and post offices transformed into high fashion boutique hotels, abandoned warehouses becoming restaurants and coffee houses, and revivifying entire neighborhoods that would otherwise have been flattened by the bulldozer. What’s old is new again and people love the patina of age that enhances these developments and sets them apart from new construction.

Please read on to see where I’ve been more recently and what I’ve been doing.

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137 Pillars House: A dramatic revitalization

Georgia, The Cradle of Wine.

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