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Whose Problem Is It, Anyway? Property Line Landscaping Disputes, Solved
Photograph: istockphoto.com Is it ok to trim back your neighbor’s prized oak tree if its limbs begin achieving into your yard? Who’s liable for pruning the overgrown hedge that runs alongside your property line? What about that strip of grass among your homes that no a single wants to assert when it will come time to mow the garden? The problem of who’s liable for what when it will come to landscaping emerges where by your assets ends and your neighbor’s begins. Even though these conflicts can often be solved with a helpful dialogue, often they escalate into bitter disputes and lawsuits if neighbors can’t concur. Find out what you…
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This Main Line Couple Meets in the Middle With Their Stylish Home Design
Photographs by Ed Williams Darkish colors are the compromise that sets the phase for this pair’s combine of modern-day and standard home style in Delaware County. Garry Staegemann is a minimalist. John Crossan is a collector. Staegemann is modern. Crossan is standard. The home they share is a content marriage of sophistication and sentiment—a place where by a weathered century-outdated butcher block life harmoniously in a smooth, modern-day kitchen area. “This house is best for us,” states Crossan. “It’s a blend of both worlds, a conference in the center.” House owners Garry Staegemann (still left) and John Crossan. When the partners started house searching back in 2015, they’d been in…
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With home goods line, artist Francis Pavy offers more ways to bring south Louisiana into your home | Business
Lafayette artist Francis X Pavy and his wife, Cathi, are taking his art in a new direction with the launch of a wallpaper and textiles line from their new company, Pavy Art + Design. The line, officially launching Tuesday, includes eight fabric patterns in two to three colorways each and seven wall coverings in one to three colorways each, printed with Louisiana-inspired imagery from Pavy’s body of work and previously unseen sketches. The project has been nearly four years in the making, the couple said. In 2018, Cathi Pavy retired from BBR Creative, a Lafayette advertising agency she co-founded, and the couple took the transitional moment to re-evaluate what they…
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LICENSURE ON THE LINE | Landscape Architecture Magazine
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish. The state of Virginia has regulated landscape architecture as a profession since 1980, certifying practitioners through its professional occupational agency. In 2010, landscape architecture became a licensed profession in the state. A few bills attempted to deregulate or lower the level of regulation back to certification, but none of them made it out of legislative committee. Around 2011, Republican then-Governor Robert McDonnell set up a commission to eliminate regulations in general, including of professions such as landscape architecture and interior design. Members of the Virginia chapter of…
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