She carries real peppers past electrically lighted plastic ones to customers who could be in Northern California, judging by the view of apartment houses cascading down a hillside with porthole windows, Spanish tile and porches with curvy, shiny metal rails.
The world is still green — a lime dust coating the porch tiles, rocking chairs, patio, yard, delicate as a mourning veil.
Teen-aged girls and their young children socialize on the smooth, cool ceramic tiles on the porch of the main building, grateful for the respite and refuge.
Bathrooms are decorated with hand-painted Mexican tiles, and comfortable porches with hammocks are well suited for private meals.
$300,000 to $599,999 Belleville $399,900 94 Van Houten Place Number of bedrooms: 3 Number of full bathrooms: 1 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Weeks on market: 14 weeks 50-year-old colonial; enclosed porch, terra-cotta tile foyer, h/w floors, den, finished tiled basement; 53-by-125-ft 53-by-125-ft 53-by-125-ft 53-by-125-ft
There's a large screened-in wraparound front porch with Saltillo tile floors laid down by the current owners.
WHAT -- 3-bedroom house HOW MUCH -- $234,500 This house on Sandogardy Pond in New Hampshire's Lakes Region has a 15-by-11-foot 15-by-11-foot 15-by-11-foot 15-by-11-foot
At the back of the entry level is a glassed-in sun porch with clay tile and terrazzo flooring that runs nearly the length of the house and overlooks Pease Park.
The money will be used to repair damaged swimming pool tiles, cracked walkways, a front porch and outside lighting and to replace dead plants.
The couple removed several interior walls in the five-bedroom, six-bathroom house, took down some overhead kitchen cabinets, added a screened porch, installed new floor tile and changed several entryways, among other things.
