Author Archives: mayfairblog

In the Mix

Posted on July 24, 2013 by mayfairblog

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty vistits a New Jersey house with quite a past but also a wonderful future. How ironic that a German family who had emigrated to America to make their fortune should do so, only to … Continue reading →

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How to Make an American Quilt

Posted on July 23, 2013 by mayfairblog

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty enjoys a comfortable and creativly fashioned home in New York. At their best American quilts can be items of utmost and complex beauty. When the component parts are beautiful in their own right, when … Continue reading →

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Aye-Wiay to Paradise

Posted on July 5, 2013 by mayfairblog

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty relives a childhood dream in the remote and romantic Outer Hebrides. After his terrible defeat at the battle of Culloden in 1746 – when the British army led by the ‘Butcher Cumberland’ ruthlessly crushed … Continue reading →

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A Perfect Storm Porch

Posted on June 28, 2013 by mayfairblog

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty looks at a wonderful house in a beautiful Nova Scotian coastal town made for sailing. The north east coast of North America has a long and celebrated relationship with the sea. The fishing communities … Continue reading →

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Peach of a Place

Posted on June 24, 2013 by mayfairblog

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty discovers a unique building in an English country garden. In Codicote – which is a small village about 30 miles north of London – is a fairly large country house called The Node. A … Continue reading →

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Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers

Posted on June 21, 2013 by mayfairblog

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty introduces a very special house in the heart if the English countryside. Take a beautiful East Sussex farmhouse, about 50 miles by road from London, with a distinctive hipped roof and pretty, tile-hung elevations; … Continue reading →

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iPadded Upstairs and Down

Posted on June 19, 2013 by mayfairblog

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty finds the Modernist ideal alive and well in Houston Texas. Architecture in Houston, Texas is a strong mix of styles and ideas. Some work well. Some perhaps not so – but then that goes … Continue reading →

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A River Runs Past It

Posted on June 17, 2013 by mayfairblog

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty steps back five hundred years in England and discovers a Tudor gem near Oxford. The river Thames wanders for 215 miles like a liquid ribbon of history through southern England. At first it meanders … Continue reading →

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Toga Party

Posted on June 11, 2013 by mayfairblog

Nick Churton of Mayfair International travels back to the future – not in the hills above Rome, but the hills above Austin, Texas. Roman builders knew a thing or two. So brilliant were they that even today their style is … Continue reading →

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Forever Frank

Posted on June 10, 2013 by mayfairblog

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty follows in the footsteps of the master by visiting a splendid house in Houston. I’m a big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright. So, clearly, is the designer of 5477 Doliver Dr in Tanglewood, Houston, … Continue reading →

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