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elise the great posted:What in the WHOLE gently caress That's not a rustic hearth, it's an indoor waterfall, per the listing.
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Youth Decay posted:That's not a rustic hearth, it's an indoor waterfall, per the listing. Ah man, I was betting on elaborate cat-nook.
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May 14, 2018 04:04
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there wolf posted:Ah man, I was betting on elaborate cat-nook. I was hoping it was the remains of some elaborate built-in large reptile enclosure. Indoor waterfall is pretty great too tho.
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May 14, 2018 04:18
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Southern Heel posted:This 'box' in my hall covers the 'roof' of the stairs (Which loop around underneath). It's a total eyesore and the triangular space inside has just been filled with my wife's shoes. My immediate thought was to put some batons and molding on it, paint it a contrasting colour and add an overstuffed cushion top to it - but honestly I don't know how often I'm going to think to myself 'gee, between my bedroom and the toilet, I really wish I had somewhere to sit down...' The most important thing is building a practical space. It is good storage for a pre-rigged Home Alone style paint can on ropes swinging trap to cover the stairwell
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May 14, 2018 04:25
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Youth Decay posted:That's not a rustic hearth, it's an indoor waterfall, per the listing. Um it's clearly the deformed, screaming face of a tormented soul.
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May 14, 2018 05:14
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Fireplace, waterplace. Why not.
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May 14, 2018 06:59
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hailthefish posted:Um it's clearly the deformed, screaming face of a tormented soul. Fireplace, waterfall, cat nook, lizard enclosure. I think it can be all that and more. But mostly the tormented soul thing.
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May 14, 2018 14:11
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YamiNoSenshi posted:Fireplace, waterfall, cat nook, lizard enclosure. I think it can be all that and more. But mostly the tormented soul thing. This place is sacred. It can be many things to many people. Go- look into the rocks. What do you see? 
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May 14, 2018 14:57
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Electric Bugaloo posted:This place is sacred. It can be many things to many people. Go- look into the rocks. What do you see? This place is not a place of honor…no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here… nothing valued is here.
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May 14, 2018 15:51
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I'm not the only one who sees a nose and mouth, am I? hailthefish posted:Um it's clearly the deformed, screaming face of a tormented soul. Nope, I'm not.
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May 14, 2018 16:56
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Southern Heel posted:This 'box' in my hall covers the 'roof' of the stairs (Which loop around underneath). It's a total eyesore and the triangular space inside has just been filled with my wife's shoes. My immediate thought was to put some batons and molding on it, paint it a contrasting colour and add an overstuffed cushion top to it - but honestly I don't know how often I'm going to think to myself 'gee, between my bedroom and the toilet, I really wish I had somewhere to sit down...' Do you own anything triangular?
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May 15, 2018 01:10
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Southern Heel posted:This 'box' in my hall covers the 'roof' of the stairs (Which loop around underneath). It's a total eyesore and the triangular space inside has just been filled with my wife's shoes. My immediate thought was to put some batons and molding on it, paint it a contrasting colour and add an overstuffed cushion top to it - but honestly I don't know how often I'm going to think to myself 'gee, between my bedroom and the toilet, I really wish I had somewhere to sit down...' Sand down the white finish and apply light wood stain to match the banister and get a nice stuffed cover for the lid to be used for seating. Get yourself a small cabinet / shelving unit for the empty space next to it (maybe a few small indoor plants too?) fill the shelves with books and you'll have an out of the way reading nook. As for the storage side, if you're wife is happy using it as shoe storage keep it as that. If the box is in a central location in the house it might be a good space to hide a decently powered wifi router.
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May 15, 2018 21:12
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There’s no point in making it a seat, it’s just an unoriginal trap to make use of the space and the assumption that every area has to have some utilitarian purpose. There’s nothing wrong with just having open areas, and too many people underutilize them. The only instance in which you should have a seat there is if you’ve thought to yourself “man I wish I could sit right there”. Otherwise you’re just replacing one useless furnishing with another. Plus, if that were the case you would already know that’s what you planned on using it for. This is how people end up with houses stuffed with chairs everywhere that nobody uses.
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May 16, 2018 21:05
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PRADA SLUT posted:There’s no point in making it a seat, it’s just an unoriginal trap to make use of the space and the assumption that every area has to have some utilitarian purpose. There’s nothing wrong with just having open areas, and too many people underutilize them.
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May 16, 2018 21:12
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He's got a point though.
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May 16, 2018 21:17
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He's not wrong, but it would still amuse me to grief-gift him an uncomfortable knockoff chair with crooked seams and incorrect styling.
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May 16, 2018 21:20
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whoa whoa whoa, don't want to ruin the floor-sitting Feng shui
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May 16, 2018 21:29
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My brain threw an extra "h" in there and I was briefly really concerned about your bowel habits. I am also currently envious of anyone who has managed to simplify their lives and belongings, as I am surrounded by approximately fourteen metric tons of baby-related paraphernalia. Within immediate sight: pack-and-play, small wheeled storage unit for changing supplies, trash can for fecal deposition, infant swing, infant jumper-thing, infant bouncy chair thing, floor playpad, several spare outfits and vomit cloths, breast pump and supplies, approximately a dozen books and a handful of toys. Hidden from view in some stands are approximately five thousand diapers. And this is only the living room.
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May 16, 2018 21:43
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Youth Decay posted:Hmm this looks like a perfectly normal old house No you idiots you're supposed to build the house on the Indian burial ground, not the other way around!
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May 16, 2018 22:07
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SENSUAL DAD KISS posted:No you idiots you're supposed to build the house on the Indian burial ground, not the other way around! loving  at Native Americans running screaming away from a burial mound as unmatched windows, two-story entranceways, and fake shutters come after them.
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May 16, 2018 22:17
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Please don’t put a cushion on top of it. If you want to decorate in that space you could always put some other decor items (pictures, plants, etc) on it and use the inside to store occasional-to-rare use things instead of shoes. Leaning a large framed print in that space with some other decorative items in front of it seems much better to me than stuffing a cushion on top. IDK, it just seems dowdy to me but that might be a taste matter.
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May 17, 2018 05:09
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Southern Heel posted:... Have you considered building a nice bookshelf there?
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May 17, 2018 05:13
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Drill out the bottom and pour boiling oil onto invaders on the staircase
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May 17, 2018 06:48
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tetrapyloctomy posted:My brain threw an extra "h" in there and I was briefly really concerned about your bowel habits. Oh don't worry, it gets so much better when they're older. Like 30 years older.
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May 17, 2018 07:20
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cakesmith handyman posted:Oh don't worry, it gets so much better when they're older. When their stuff still fills your attic?
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May 17, 2018 09:40
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Jaded Burnout posted:When their stuff still fills your attic? gently caress that noise, I'm gonna reinsulate and rewall it up there (renovator appears not to have installed a vapor barrier, thanks) and turn it into a small theater/game room. He can rent a storage unit.
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May 17, 2018 11:30
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Jaded Burnout posted:When their stuff still fills your attic? Fun fact, my elder brother, 35 at the time, refused to help clear his stuff out of my parents attic last time they moved, so I helped them throw away over a dozen boxes of fast ford and Max power magazines. He was upset because he was convinced they were worth something.
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May 17, 2018 11:37
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cakesmith handyman posted:Fun fact, my elder brother, 35 at the time, refused to help clear his stuff out of my parents attic last time they moved, so I helped them throw away over a dozen boxes of fast ford and Max power magazines. He was upset because he was convinced they were worth something. Delicious.
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May 17, 2018 13:09
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tetrapyloctomy posted:My brain threw an extra "h" in there and I was briefly really concerned about your bowel habits. First kid, eh? The next one will wear vomit-stained onesies, get changed on the same dirty blanket every time, and you'll just take the dirty diapers straight out to the garbage can. Take lots of pictures. It's the only thing you won't ever regret.
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May 17, 2018 16:40
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Jaded Burnout posted:When their stuff still fills your attic? Just tell them to put it back in their room.
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May 17, 2018 17:22
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I assume this joke was already made but I figured it would help to envision the space. Imagine shooting your rear end in a top hat dad with a crossbow while he took a poo poo on this
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May 17, 2018 19:28
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Imagine shooting your rear end in a top hat dad with a crossbow while he took a poo poo on this Is this too long for a thread title?
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May 17, 2018 19:31
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Phil Moscowitz posted:I assume this joke was already made but I figured it would help to envision the space. Imagine shooting your rear end in a top hat dad with a crossbow while he took a poo poo on this also instead of installing plumbing, install a trap door and put a baby pool on the floor below
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May 17, 2018 19:50
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TheMadMilkman posted:First kid, eh? Spot on. One and done -- I'm too old for this! We have some friends who are planning on more, so at least we have a place to put this stuff other than the attic or the back basement.
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May 17, 2018 20:33
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TheMadMilkman posted:Take lots of pictures. It's the only thing you won't ever regret. Take video too. Being able to hear their voices later is great.
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May 17, 2018 23:40
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My dad caught my younger brother swearing on his 3rd birthday party and it totally justified him renting a huge late 90s video camera.
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May 18, 2018 00:44
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https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/05/the-curse-of-an-open-floor-plan/560561/quote:Openness and continuity might have been modernist aspirations for the spirit as much as the body, but just as the open-plan office created the oppression of constant oversight in the name of collaboration, so the open-plan home merged the duties of hostess, butler, cook, and childcare provider. And despite its promise of relaxation and conversation, open-plan living has actually combined leisure with labor. When the two fuse, work wins in the end, converting recreation back into obligation quote:That is why one company, Schumacher Homes of Akron, Ohio, has a fresh new design on offer: a house with an open floor plan, with its kitchen, dining area, and living room all flowing into one another. But then, behind the first kitchen, lies another. A “messy” kitchen. There, the preparation for or remainders from a meal or party can be deposited for later cleanup, out-of-sight, out-of-mind.  sure, that's the right solution Qwijib0 fucked around with this message at 04:35 on May 18, 2018 |
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May 18, 2018 04:32
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Qwijib0 posted:https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/05/the-curse-of-an-open-floor-plan/560561/ 4 kitchens on the edge of a house. One falls off and another kitchen takes the place of the first.
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May 18, 2018 04:45
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The Duggar house has something like that. Commercial canteen in the back, "show kitchen" facing the living room. ps flat open island kitchens are evil. Get yourself a little half wall or suffer.
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peanut posted:The Duggar house has something like that. Commercial canteen in the back, "show kitchen" facing the living room. gently caress half-walls. Kitchens need to be rooms. All an open concept kitchen is good for is getting a thin layer of grease on everything you own when the woefully undersized (and probably recirculating) hood can't keep up with any amount of actual cooking beyond making mac & cheese. Gimme a kichen that's got walls and a commercial-grade hood.
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