Playing House

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfDeUXE077zfGAClq6ppLOcHXuDdQDA-2BKDkXiQWk4yc_P4Y9c6QMP0Q2TL-Yxa-8ouvfwKJyHErs4pVNt7GHTQJV-WhntJscM49DColto2TmX10FMM9QtJakQLS3FTwKoFlfOHnJO4/s1600/101572213_ss%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfDeUXE077zfGAClq6ppLOcHXuDdQDA-2BKDkXiQWk4yc_P4Y9c6QMP0Q2TL-Yxa-8ouvfwKJyHErs4pVNt7GHTQJV-WhntJscM49DColto2TmX10FMM9QtJakQLS3FTwKoFlfOHnJO4/s640/101572213_ss%255B1%255D.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This "pigeonnier" in Houston, Texas is used as a playhouse by the owner's grandchildren. ("Pigeonnier" is French for "dovecote".)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: Ken Tate, <a href="http://www.kentatearchitect.com/" target="_blank">Ken Tate Architecture</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Landscape architect: Helen Grivich.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Builder: <a href="http://www.rbratcliff.com/" target="_blank">R.B. Ratcliff & Associates</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by John Granen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Traditional Home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRZMITk5pC87t0YWLXlMi2qOEG4pwgi7LF8kcXEgxOSRKfkCkY53IlvYeF8me1Yex4Uc_Z3b4POHJr9SZcDEtR9S-1NRCFwDj2Kfz1ZaemCxJI93OrVa2ZVtVroyeNrdVQKAtDSuKIG4/s1600/BlogGamesPeoplePlayVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRZMITk5pC87t0YWLXlMi2qOEG4pwgi7LF8kcXEgxOSRKfkCkY53IlvYeF8me1Yex4Uc_Z3b4POHJr9SZcDEtR9S-1NRCFwDj2Kfz1ZaemCxJI93OrVa2ZVtVroyeNrdVQKAtDSuKIG4/s640/BlogGamesPeoplePlayVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Playhouse belonging to the four children of India Hicks and David Flint Wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Designed by David Flint Wood and painted the colors of the Union Jack.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hibiscus Hill in the Bahamas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Landscape design by India Hicks and David Flint Wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veranda (May - June 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDRKCK-LqMHWPVcdexvukNTqnlyGIXqEJs0D0JNBYWdpk6LeCi4kxHiDejReNjkdjsNwrOHjz3Q6_KXdId1RJ-ZPU_-3XrXj1ckSl9kybhvIsYPGJIOu8OTs5mbSnlOBcrTF8FuCmYrI/s1600/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDRKCK-LqMHWPVcdexvukNTqnlyGIXqEJs0D0JNBYWdpk6LeCi4kxHiDejReNjkdjsNwrOHjz3Q6_KXdId1RJ-ZPU_-3XrXj1ckSl9kybhvIsYPGJIOu8OTs5mbSnlOBcrTF8FuCmYrI/s640/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Vernon playhouse created by Susie Hilfiger for Tomes Higgins Designer Showhouse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: <a href="http://www.allangreenberg.com/" target="_blank">Allan Greenberg</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Paul Whicheloe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (March 2000).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfZs7x_ztDvhfU2HYQ7likwmSOjfds21PLTL9JLiV7e4WXUeQAbLZgpkpsFsz_9I4_STcTAa__oZ-NSugRlTAj6zwOKTP51wbH8JqgOtBVef-eTqHfumfYD6dc7w23EZfoIBvrGvDqOc/s1600/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfZs7x_ztDvhfU2HYQ7likwmSOjfds21PLTL9JLiV7e4WXUeQAbLZgpkpsFsz_9I4_STcTAa__oZ-NSugRlTAj6zwOKTP51wbH8JqgOtBVef-eTqHfumfYD6dc7w23EZfoIBvrGvDqOc/s640/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000Two.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Vernon playhouse created by Susie Hilfiger for Tomes Higgins Designer Showhouse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: <a href="http://www.allangreenberg.com/" target="_blank">Allan Greenberg</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Paul Whicheloe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (March 2000).</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3C1yHa5d3XAfLgzFTPLfvYi8Ri3ASKppMHUl0vj5n7q2a0VNxNT1bYdpHFJgCY1ZV3ADq97Y494ktPRFb5-BOWXz3eMXwIGfcDzn7g1uZtlZ2PwdfuUHZUZ74TEFk9qjT7trUrEH6-I/s1600/21playhouses-span-articleLarge%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3C1yHa5d3XAfLgzFTPLfvYi8Ri3ASKppMHUl0vj5n7q2a0VNxNT1bYdpHFJgCY1ZV3ADq97Y494ktPRFb5-BOWXz3eMXwIGfcDzn7g1uZtlZ2PwdfuUHZUZ74TEFk9qjT7trUrEH6-I/s640/21playhouses-span-articleLarge%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dan Burnham's $248,000 playhouse near Santa Barbara, California.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Built by artist and treehouse builder <a href="http://www.barbarabutler.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Butler</a> of San Francisco.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Kevin Scanlon for the New York Times.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Published in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/garden/playhouses-childs-play-grown-up-cash.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (July 20, 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzdSWkJQcGDzba8Rv8mRwIwBGVdWCLZM1x3FzJGNHNKOPcIpKv7ZE2ZyUjL9Fd8i8WxPRT3Twtn900Do8orwGokzCBWtu_pxMwGF0rHSMH4tzhcPXfTpt8aem5XajBXs6-IHHO0rIC9c/s1600/style-guide-ED0609-SCHRAG27-8%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzdSWkJQcGDzba8Rv8mRwIwBGVdWCLZM1x3FzJGNHNKOPcIpKv7ZE2ZyUjL9Fd8i8WxPRT3Twtn900Do8orwGokzCBWtu_pxMwGF0rHSMH4tzhcPXfTpt8aem5XajBXs6-IHHO0rIC9c/s640/style-guide-ED0609-SCHRAG27-8%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Playhouse at the Southampton home of Rita Norona Schrager.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Hernan Arriaga.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (June 2009).</span></div>

Playing House

This "pigeonnier" in Houston, Texas is used as a playhouse by the owner's grandchildren. ("Pigeonnier" is French for...

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