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Pablo Bluth posted:This popped up in my Youtube feed for some reason. Mostly I think "I could live there" (even if there is a lot of exposed timber and rock) but then there's something like the copper piping faucet... (at 8m30) "We wanted it to look like it had been here forever, so we bought three Amish barns and had them shipped out and built it out of the wood." I think the correct conclusion here is that rich people are not really from this planet.
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Jasper Tin Neck posted:May I request inspiration for a ceiling light that doesn't hang terribly low, fits into a mid-century style living room and isn't a boob light? Knock yourself out. Admittedly there's some variations on the boob light theme here, but overall a pretty decent selection. Also, consider whether you want a flush mount light or a semi-flush mount. This is at least a place to start, anyway. Might give you some idea of what you like/don't like in a ceiling light. I'm kind of partial to this one. Also comes in brass if that's your thing, but I'll take nickel any day of the week. 
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MetaJew posted:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4417-Dudley-Dr-Austin-TX-78735/58312514_zpid/ I used to have a house with a platform toilet situated so that you could get a really good look at your butt as you pulled your pants up. I got rid of several pairs of jeans because of how unflattering they were.
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KillerEggplant posted:"We wanted it to look like it had been here forever, so we bought three Amish barns and had them shipped out and built it out of the wood." There is a mansion we visited in high school called the [url=https://salisburyhouse.org/about_salisbury_house.php]Salisbury House[/urk]. It was built for north of $3m in the 1920's, modeled after King's House in Salisbury England. Much of the interior is 16th century woodwork brought in from England, and some of the stonework and roofing was imported from Lord Nelson's estate at Trafalgar Park. This is located in Des Moines, Iowa. Rich people do truly absurd things.
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Liquid Communism posted:There is a mansion we visited in high school called the [url=https://salisburyhouse.org/about_salisbury_house.php]Salisbury House[/urk]. It was built for north of $3m in the 1920's, modeled after King's House in Salisbury England. Much of the interior is 16th century woodwork brought in from England, and some of the stonework and roofing was imported from Lord Nelson's estate at Trafalgar Park. What was the toilet like?
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Feb 15, 2020 03:33
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I'd be worried about walking too close to that thing 
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Feb 15, 2020 03:51
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A scottish croft renovation. This is a crime:    
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Budgie posted:A scottish croft renovation. This is a crime: I don't know - it feels more like a joke to me.
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Budgie posted:A scottish croft renovation. This is a crime: Serious question, but what was left of the house before they renovated? Because I could see building a new house in the ruins of an old one, and that's kind of a neat idea. If they destroyed the house to do this, hard no.
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Sounds like it was ruins already. https://arqa.com/en/architecture/ruins-studio.html I thnk I'd need some art or color inside though, otherwise it seems like a murder house or something.
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falz posted:Sounds like it was ruins already. https://arqa.com/en/architecture/ruins-studio.html The kitchen just screams A Clockwork Orange to me.
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Budgie posted:A scottish croft renovation. This is a crime: Which episode of Grand Designs was this from?
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Weembles posted:Which episode of Grand Designs was this from? This is more like the only thing they had permission to build instead of just tearing it down and building a Grand Designs monstrosity in its place. It looks like a shed.
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Budgie posted:This is more like the only thing they had permission to build instead of just tearing it down and building a Grand Designs monstrosity in its place.
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Is the all black thing an aesthetic choice to highlight the ruins, or is it to try and absorb as much heat from sunlight to warm the home, or a little of both? I feel like I've seen structures maybe in Iceland or other parts of skandinavia with all black facades like that.
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Feb 16, 2020 02:19
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Budgie posted:A scottish croft renovation. This is a crime: A Good House
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Feb 16, 2020 04:26
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It looks like a rich person’s house, so not a crime.
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Budgie posted:A scottish croft renovation. This is a crime: I actually really like the modern exterior. It makes for a nice contrast and showcases the old stone really well. Inside is boring and ugly, though. How much money do people spend just to advertise that they have no taste at all.
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Feb 16, 2020 06:19
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MetaJew posted:Is the all black thing an aesthetic choice to highlight the ruins, or is it to try and absorb as much heat from sunlight to warm the home, or a little of both? I feel like I've seen structures maybe in Iceland or other parts of skandinavia with all black facades like that. It references agricultural buildings in the UK, which often have exterior walls made of wooden beams that have been charred on the surface. Also, you’re all blind (or mad), that house looks amazing.
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I like it? Inside and out But it definitely feels like a house that a Musk analogue character in a high production black mirror episode would live in
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Feb 16, 2020 11:18
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All-white interiors have always been tasteless and poo poo but in 2020 they are also hopelessly passé.
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Feb 16, 2020 11:32
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It looks so friggin cold and lifeless inside. I can't imagine anyone who sheds skin cells, sweats and slops coffee when they walk ever touching the icy white surfaces. Its a house for robots and ghosts. Also Scotland cold wet and muddy y'all. Definitely a good place for an all white house
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Feb 16, 2020 11:45
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I think a lot of people aspire to minimalism ('declutter your life') but utterly fail to be able to live up to it. A new build or renovation is a rare chance to implement it and architects are only too happy to oblige. I bet it doesn't look like that after a decade of real life....
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I love the idea of reanimating a ruin by inhabiting it in a new structure while allowing it to show through, making two time periods separated by centuries co-exist in the present in a neat way. The new structure is super dull in its trendy minimalism which makes it feel temporary, though, as if it was only there for the duration of the exhibit on the history of the original.
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I like the concept of highlighting the ruins by not trying to hide them away, nor by building on modern additions that try to make the entire building look like it's hundreds of years old. To that end a stark obviously modern structure is perfect, it's just a shame that the house looks a little too hard like it's trying to be trendy, meaning it will date quickly and thus become as much a point of focus as the original structure itself.
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I think that general design would be OK, if it used something other than iPod white for the surfaces. Like some light wood, maybe have a couple different shades of color.
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Gave my hallway a bit of a mastectomy. If anyone's wondering, Ikea Nymane, $40 or so. Before  After  Installed fairly standard. My ceiling box didn't fit the mount holes by default but it had an adapter bracket in there already that I had to wrestle with. Old fixture was three 60w bulbs. New fixture is 28w total and brighter. 
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I installed that light in a kitchen and like it. However, it and several others have integrated non replaceable lcd lights, it's going to be a bummer to have to replace the fixture when some lights go out. I'm sure some exist, but now that we're all in on led lighting we need to update the standards to be more modern, not have everything incandescent shaped. I replaced most lighting in my house when I moved in last year, donated all old fixtures to Habitat ReStore. I enjoy going in there and while there, checking if anyone bought the ugly old brass stuff. Spoiler: most are still there.
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mutata posted:Gave my hallway a bit of a mastectomy. If anyone's wondering, Ikea Nymane, $40 or so. Cool I have a light that's on a beam in a home that I have under contract and it's ugly as sin so I may order up one of those .
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Please let me know if interior decorating advice goes in another thread! My apartment has this big stupid walled-up fireplace that I am not allowed to un-wall-up (or indeed, do anything to any of the walls other than hang poo poo), is there anything I can do with it?  I was thinking maybe I could put a giant mirror on there or something, but I've really only seen mirrors up high on the wall? I'm struggling to find suggestions online for this particular situation. Comedy option is get a poster printed of a roaring fire and paste it up in the gap
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Killingyouguy! posted:Please let me know if interior decorating advice goes in another thread! That "comedy option" is really about it. I mean you could design a piece of furniture like a curio cabinet, bookshelf, or entertainment center to fit over it and hide it, but that's probably not worthwhile unless you plan to live there for a long time.
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Killingyouguy! posted:Please let me know if interior decorating advice goes in another thread!  e: a nice warm-coloured mosaic could work
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Is there a hearth bit in front of the walled up fireplace? Put a massive dry floral arrangement there.
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Or a crazy decorative fireguard https://www.amazon.co.uk/Decorative-Jewel-Screen-Spark-Guard/dp/B00GOY8BHU
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Sloth Life posted:Is there a hearth bit in front of the walled up fireplace? Put a massive dry floral arrangement there. Argh that sounds so nice, but unfortunately there isn't a hearth, it's just normal floor in front of it Jerry Cotton posted:e: a nice warm-coloured mosaic could work This sounds nice actually, I'll see what I could do, thanks 
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Yeah we have a closed chimney so on one floor we have a floral arrangement in the space and use the mantle as a shelf, and then in the bedroom above we use it as a headboard. Not sure what else I would do with if it was more like a side accent.
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Senor Tron posted:I like the concept of highlighting the ruins by not trying to hide them away, nor by building on modern additions that try to make the entire building look like it's hundreds of years old. If they just bulldozed the ruin and built a Tudor over it, this thread would be rubbing their collective nipples over “preserving the architectural history” or some poo poo
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Killingyouguy! posted:Please let me know if interior decorating advice goes in another thread! Eh, I'd just put the couch in front of it or something. It's a wall with a shelf jutting out at this point.
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Killingyouguy! posted:Please let me know if interior decorating advice goes in another thread! Actually putting wallpaper where the hole would be is a pretty common way to deal with a closed up fire place. Something like this  is pretty popular. But I've also seen books, floral arrangements, busts, and all sorts of other things. Another idea is, instead of putting something floor level, you hang something from the mantel  All the examples I find are Christmas or hippie-dippy, but that gives you the idea.
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Killingyouguy! posted:Please let me know if interior decorating advice goes in another thread! Mine is walled up like that but the brick and board were painted black. I think it looks alright, it dominates the main room of my tiny apartment so they couldn't really hide it.  If your landlord lets you paint stuff you could maybe do an accent wall type thing?
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