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you're building a home. ...
« on: October 16, 2010, 03:54:03 PM »
I'm bored. do this in point form it's easier to read.

If I was building a home, it would have to have a;

- sauna
- weight room
- basketball half court in basement
- indoor swimming pool
- bowling lane
- smoking room
- audio room, for recording[instruments] or listening to music.
- obviously a home theatre
- massive aquarium






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« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2010, 04:05:21 PM »
- space in the back for dirt bikes and quads

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« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2010, 04:06:15 PM »
a grow room

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« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2010, 04:43:19 PM »
- a green house

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« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2010, 04:45:25 PM »
If I was building a home, it would have to have a;

- sauna
- weight room
- bowling lane
- smoking room
- obviously a home theatre

That, and a great professional kitchen, library, office, formal living room, dining room, family room. I'd like to have a fire place in almost every room.  I'd like a gigantic one open through to both the family room and living room which would be laid out back to back.

i also want a completely finished basement, with concealed doors similar to the oval office. i want a giant laundry room with commercial washer and dryer.

i also want a pit in one of my garage bays, about two feet wide and eight or so feet long that I can pull a car over and easily change the oil, etc...

- a green house

yep, got to have a green house, I'd like a room similar to the one open off the biltmore estate.  Like a green house open to the rest of the home, if you know what I mean.  Maybe off the family room or end of the living room through a giant arch.

I'd also like a four car garage, tudor revival style.











this is easily my favorite thread, next to that thread about houses on the general board with all the pictures.

i'm going to have a kitchen that's a cross between this:



and these:






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Re: you're building a home. ...
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2010, 05:01:32 PM »
you don't like aquariums??

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« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2010, 05:02:55 PM »
you don't like aquariums??
no not really i never have really cared for them at all.

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« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2010, 05:07:07 PM »
you don't like aquariums??

Large indoor aquariums can be nothing but trouble in residential homes.

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« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2010, 05:09:21 PM »
Large indoor aquariums can be nothing but trouble in residential homes.

that's what ive heard, and really i dont get the appeal at all.  i'd rather just have a great, maintenance free piece of artwork in its place.

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« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2010, 06:00:19 PM »
the middle kitchen is really nice. Always wanted a center island in a kitchen

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« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2010, 06:19:51 PM »
that's what ive heard, and really i dont get the appeal at all.  i'd rather just have a great, maintenance free piece of artwork in its place.



Agree.  One alternative is a waterfall, which is much less problematic, but is still very expensive to maintain. 

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« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2010, 06:34:11 PM »
Agree.  One alternative is a waterfall, which is much less problematic, but is still very expensive to maintain. 

yeah, that could be neat but i think creepy houses that look like theyre off the Harry Potter movie are more my style...  ;D
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« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2010, 11:48:16 PM »
All those places are overwrought,...Understatement has a greater impact...Two examples follow...

Phillip Johnson in Connecticut is the more famous...


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« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2010, 11:49:53 PM »
This one in illinois has been in the movies...


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« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2010, 11:51:57 PM »
more...

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« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2010, 11:53:18 PM »
Understatement speaks more loudly...

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« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2010, 11:58:39 PM »
Large indoor aquariums can be nothing but trouble in residential homes.

If you do it right,...have a plumber put a washing machine bib and drain where the aquarium will be,...it's easier if you do it when the house is built,...there you have a drain for draining the aquarium and a source of water at tap.

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« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2010, 12:02:32 AM »
All those places are overwrought,...Understatement has a greater impact...Two examples follow...

Phillip Johnson in Connecticut is the more famous...

looks like a fucking aquarium, are you insane?

these are homes:


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« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2010, 12:11:09 AM »
looks like a fucking aquarium, are you insane?

No...I just have a greater sense of visual eloquence...

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« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2010, 12:16:56 AM »
No...I just have a greater sense of visual eloquence...

they're art, not living spaces  :o
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« Reply #20 on: October 17, 2010, 01:42:53 PM »
schweppes I like tudor, I'd def like to have one in my lifetime. LAtely I've been more of a contemporist/modern house fan ..
http://www.contemporist.com



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« Reply #22 on: October 17, 2010, 02:37:45 PM »
schweppes I like tudor, I'd def like to have one in my lifetime. LAtely I've been more of a contemporist/modern house design fan .. there are more blogs on these types of homes than tudor. I wish I could find some good blogs on tudor style homes. but I can't.

http://www.contemporist.com

Yeah, I actually like those a lot too.  I just don't like sync pulse... lol

I know of this really cool one locally, I'm going to try and find pictures!
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« Reply #23 on: October 17, 2010, 07:44:19 PM »
A garden, perhaps an orchard.  2 car garage.  Just make it a farm with some pigs, a few cows, and a couple of horses.  I'd like to live where I can completely sustain myself.

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« Reply #24 on: October 18, 2010, 10:51:19 AM »
I wish it was mine, either one...can only admire it from afar...