Outdoor Living

Ideal Living’s Spring 2010 Styles

By ashleys • Apr 20th, 2010

1. iPad Revolution
Starting at just $499, iPad lets users browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more. iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers battery life of up to [...]

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Importance of Air Quality: Check out the air quality in your new neighborhood before you buy

By ccullen • Feb 1st, 2010

When you move, you typically check out the safety of the neighborhood, quality of schools and distance to shopping, restaurants and work. Now you can add another item to that checklist: the local air quality.
When considering a move to a new city, air quality should be one of your top considerations, because the quality of [...]

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Blogging Helps NC Community Stay In Touch

By leeh • Nov 3rd, 2009

Just a few short years ago, when “blogging” was just a word only techies knew, Communities across the southeast relied on printed newsletters and telephone calls to let people know all of the great things happening in and around their community.
As the times have changed, so has the way communities communicate with homeowners and potential [...]

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Ideal Living Discovers Bay Tree Lakes, NC

By leeh • May 26th, 2009

Bay Tree Lakes, NC – Growing up in Elizabethtown, NC I remember going to White Lake for the rides and festivities. But just a few miles further down the road was where some of my fondest childhood memories were made.
Bay Tree Lakes, is a North Carolina waterfront community like no other. Unique waterways act as [...]

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Putting Down Roots: The Settings of Mackay Point Transplants 55,000-pound Giant

By ashleys • Oct 28th, 2008

It sounds like the set-up for a classic riddle.
Q: How does a 26-ton live oak tree travel 65 miles down the expressway?
A: Very slowly.
But when The Settings of Mackay Point found just the right tree for the community entrance, time and distance took a back seat to acquiring a tree that would make an unforgettable [...]

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Surf Fishing the Coastal Mid-Atlantic

By msyrett • Oct 21st, 2008

Thinking about flying to Baja or the Caribbean for a once-in-a-lifetime angling adventure? Think again. Surf fishing on the U.S.’s mid-Atlantic and Southern coasts, some anglers believe, is better than anywhere else in the Americas.

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Designing Championship Quality Golf with Legendary Course Designer Rees Jones

By skauffman • Dec 31st, 2007

Growing up with a famous golf course architect, Rees Jones was born into the business. It was a natural fit for the son of Robert Trent Jones, Sr., the preeminent architect of the post-war golf era.

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Roughing It Resort Style

By pwood • Dec 22nd, 2007

In 1962, luxury tour operator Abercrombie & Kent started the luxe camping trend in America, with upper-crust mobile African safari camps marketed to United States citizens. Today, in the pages of Town and Country and Condé Nast Traveller, you can read about African safaris where people pass the time in their luxurious canopy beds eating authentic African fare—while having their feet massaged.

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