Morgan and Glazer spent months traveling together through the United States, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, scouting antique fairs and dealers, flea markets, junk shops and old manor houses selling their patrimony.
The rooms There are a dozen entry-level rooms in the curvy main building, and several outrageously large residences and villas right on the beach.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
In a region where contemporary farmhouses, Tuscan villas and modern glass boxes tend to dominate high-end construction, the home’s French country roots feel intentional rather than trendy.
Built in 1876, the Camron-Stanford House is the last of the 19th-century Victorian mansions that once lined Lake Merritt.
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Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
The historic Camron-Stanford house, the last of the 19th century Victorian mansions that once lined Oakland’s Lake Merritt, was damaged in a fire early Saturday morning.
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Sarah Feldberg,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Apr. 2026
Last week, councilmembers approved expanding the number of miniature dwellings at a homeless shelter on Roseville Road, with Councilmember Lisa Kaplan casting the sole opposing vote.
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Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2026
In Europe at least, most people lived in single-room dwellings without windows and families all slept in the same bed.
The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
Several of the royal palaces hold public egg hunts according to the Crown’s official website, but the royal family doesn’t host or participate in any of them.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
4 Apr. 2026
Most visitors to London see an old-world scrim of royal palaces, ancient pubs and West End theaters.
Let alone seek revenge by annexing the manors of your enemies.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
4 Feb. 2026
Virginia‘s countryside is dotted with traditional farmhouses and manors, but one in the foothills of the Southwest Mountains has been given a contemporary twist by a New York architect.
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