| Ken S. Tucker 2006-10-11, 8:25 pm |
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Tiki Weirdness wrote:
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> <SNIP>
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> Ahhh all good points, however you fellas need to meet my friends...
> www.fraternalorderofmoai.org
>
> We know the value of a good house, a pool table and dare I say, mix a damn
> fine Mai-tai/Martini/cocktail of your choice with the best of them. Many of
> us own mid-centruy moderns and have used Atomic Ranch magazine to style the
> inside. I am about to purchase a 1968 track house with full basement and
> wet bar. I intend to use it as it was designed. To live in and to entertain
> in. I dispise all these new cookie cutter houses you see in new sub-
> divisions with 20 ft celings and such. :P Give me a minimalist house
> anyday.
Yeah, been awhile since this thread was creased.
1968 was a great year for houses, the times were
optimistic, (btw, check for Al wiring).
IIRC split levels were vogue, and nice exterior brick,
but insulation might be light, nice stuff all-round.
We're doing an architecture/home experiment using
a "minimalist" 20x20x9' ceiling, that has been ok so
far.
I think a house larger than the home required, tends
to gobble the occupants, in that, empty non-used
rooms become something to be decorated and filled
with junk, without tangible benefit, hence the house
comes to dominates the home-owner.
It's that "gobble" conjecture we're testing, so we
definitely must dominate the house to make it a
home.
Ken
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