Tie a bunch of helium balloons to a house until it lifts up and floats away. The idea was whimsical in the Pixar animated movie Up. But is it possible in real life?
A National Geographic team decided to find out. They hooked hundreds of colorful weather balloons to a brick house weighing a ton. They even included a grumpy old man. (Actually, he appears to be a perfectly nice youngish man.) The result? Up, up and away.
Psst, have you considered a makeover?
Never mind your wardrobe, although Spice Girls concert T-shirts make fine window rags, we’re talking home here. Some brainiacs at Harvard University report that annual remodeling expenditures will likely increase at an inflation-adjusted 3.5 percent in coming years. That may not sound like ground-breaking news until you consider that since its peak in 2007 the remodeling industry was on a double digit decline.
Jayme Jenkins digs dirt. But she’s not the country type. That presented a problem when she sought garden accessories for her Eugene home.
Jacqueline Thomas wanted her home store to feel homey, like walking into your grandmother's house as a child.
Pianist, songwriter and founder of Pink Martini, Thomas Lauderdale shows Oregon Home around his fabulously eclectic downtown Portland home.