(Photo by flickr member wahlmic.)

If you live in the Southeastern United States and you’d like a good dose of Frank Lloyd Wright, The Rosenbaum House in Florence, Alabama is awaiting your visit. Designed by FLW and built in 1939 on a budget of $14,000, the house was in a terribly dilapidated state after Mrs. Rosenbaum, moved to a retirement home in 1999. The City of Florence stepped in, bought the property, and spent over $700,000 and several years painstakingly restoring it. Almost all of the furnishings are the original Wright-designed pieces that the Rosenbaums used for decades, and the house is now open to the public for tours. For information about visiting the only FLW Usonian house open to the public in the southeast, or to learn how to become a volunteer there, please visit wrightinalabama.com. There is also a great article about the history of the house and the restoration in Preservation.

Speaking of Preservation, if you are looking for worthy causes to donate to as the year comes to an end, consider donating to The National Trust for Historic Preservation. When you become a member, a subscription to Preservation is included and it’s a great magazine.

photo from flickr member alabama tourism department

photo from flickr member alabama tourism department

from flickr member Parker Anderson

So, we aren’t that great about posting pictures of holiday decorations here at Hatch. We used to beg you guys to send us pictures of your decorations, and now I’ve just relied on other blogs to school me on the subject. Do you have any favorites? I’ve been digging The City Sage this week. From goofy holiday cards to non-traditional trees, it’s full of decorating both of the Martha Stewart type and the funky independent Swedish avante garde type, and everything in between.

photo via from Canadian House and Home (by the way, I LOVE that magazine! It’s helping me fill the void left by the loss of some of my favorite shelter mags of late), via The City Sage.

I don’t do a whole lot of Christmas decorating, but a little wooden villa model and some greens made for a good base for gifts at a party the other night. Just thought I’d share it with you! Also, I am still recovering from said party – does anyone know how to get red wine out of a rug that’s been there for a few days?

We told you about the Blu Dot Real Good Experiment awhile back, and now there is video. Check it out!

Blu Dot Real Good Experiment from Real Good Chair on Vimeo.

This weeks flickr fave comes from our Fresh New Spaces Group. It’s from flickr member souvenirs du passe.The space is beautiful in its simplicity, and the light in the photograph is just beautiful.

O.K. As I was working on this post, I realized that this flickr member is Paper Flower Girl, whom I was just reading about on decor8 a few days ago. The world of the interwebs just gets smaller and smaller the longer you are on it! Be sure to check out her Etsy store, her blog, and her entire flickr photostream, which is now a favorite of mine (especially the sketchbook page images).