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luxury handset posted:i apologize if you took it differently - i only mean that the people who were going around calling their style "the modern style" in 1950 were arrogant. everyone thinks their innovative style is modern, dorks! now we are going to have to invent postpostmodern in three decades and it's all downhill The problem with styles is there literally can't be a term for one until enough time has passed to see the boundaries explored. And by that time it's too late to pick what the term actually is. Instead, it's determined by the first dingus to realize they were looking at something distinct while happening to have enough of an audience to make it stick, irrespective of whether they were deliberately trying to name anything.
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The Bloop posted:Too modern. I only use pull chains and DPDT knife switches I kinda wish old-time push button switches never went out of style. 
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Weembles posted:I kinda wish old-time push button switches never went out of style. I remember those things from my grandparents row house in Philadelphia
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Weembles posted:I kinda wish old-time push button switches never went out of style. You can still get them. They are expensive though. Van Dyke's has some for $28.
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selnaric posted:You can still get them. They are expensive though. Van Dyke's has some for $28. But if they're new you won't get that whiff of ozone when you turn lights on.......
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Motronic posted:But if they're new you won't get that whiff of ozone when you turn lights on....... just order them from AliExpress
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selnaric posted:You can still get them. They are expensive though. Van Dyke's has some for $28. $28 is high, I’m paying $14 ea for the reproductions I need. https://www.kyleswitchplates.com/push-button-light-switches/
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was i picked on in design school? hmm let me think * Weighed 7500 square feet * Parents were both Frank Gehry (long story) * Store bath robes everywhere * Had the word "home" instead of a wall
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good thing they put a popcorn cart in there to add some color
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Youth Decay posted:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9121-County-Road-23-Brainerd-MN-56401/2133287365_zpid/ this 10k square foot home cost $1.8 million to build in 1997 and is being sold for $449k in 2020 For 10k square feet, the master bedroom looks smaller than the one in my 700sqft one bedroom apartment. Also looks like the kitchen is a complete afterthought. Bizarre all around.
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Jul 16, 2020 02:57
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My grandmother had a dome home, I lived there when I was in grad school. Dome homes own, motherfucking triangle windows
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Cugel the Clever posted:Hooboy, there has to be a story behind this gem. One of Garrison Keillor's mansions, maybe? Has to someone in the entertainment business given the recording studio. It appears to have been used as a commercial building by something called The Water Foundation, which apparently consisted of a non-profit, a green construction consulting business and an advertising agency. From what I gather they also used to offer tours of the Eco Domes. Their website(s) are dead but I found this presentation on wind energy featuring the domes. http://archive.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/sites/default/files/publication_files/CERTs_presntations_Small_Wind.pdf I also found their CEO/head honcho guy on LinkedIn
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The private island seems like a bargain if you’re into that sort of thing. Maybe as a holiday home?
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Really wanna know how a private island has a $200/yr HOA fee
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Sirotan posted:Really wanna know how a private island has a $200/yr HOA fee It's part of this https://chaseslakeny.org/ The lake and surrounding roads are owned by the POA which maintains both. This in turn is part of the Adirondack Park, so there are a lot of restrictions on building around there.
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Youth Decay posted:The Zillow search term of the day is "eco" That's not a mezzanine, is it? It's one of those stupid dead areas. Don't mind the industrial ladder, it's how we get to our luggage!  EDIT: Aha! I found your secret: 
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I'm the huge poster/plaque with a picture of a crown and "OLD CROWN" in big-rear end letters 
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Imagine dedicating that much space to a train layout and having it look so loving sad
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Imagine being on a mezzanine crowded with a train layout and having no safety rail behind you.
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The Lord Bude posted:The private island seems like a bargain if you’re into that sort of thing. Maybe as a holiday home? it would have to be a holiday home, there's no indoor bathroom. gently caress using an outhouse in the winter
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luxury handset posted:it would have to be a holiday home, there's no indoor bathroom. gently caress using an outhouse in the winter Oh definitely. It was actually the norm in Australia till the 50s or so; and even in our climate it would have sucked. And not only an outhouse but one with a composting setup - those reek to high heaven.
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luxury handset posted:it would have to be a holiday home, there's no indoor bathroom. gently caress using an outhouse in the winter It seems like the ideal spot to spend the summer/fall hiding from the plague though. Youth Decay fucked around with this message at 15:53 on Jul 16, 2020 |
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Youth Decay posted:Also the lake probably freezes over enough to make it impossible to actually get to the island by boat in the winter. So you drive, ski, or skate 
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PRADA SLUT posted:was i picked on in design school? hmm let me think Lmao. I'm seeing a Beetlejuice remake here. Prada Slut!Prada Slut!Prada Slut!
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just introduced a new piece of modern decor
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looks more like deconstructionism to me
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how the gently caress do people get furniture upstairs w spiral staircases? i've looked at one or two houses that had one
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Speaking from experience, disassemble it or haul it in through a window/balcony as appropriate. It's not convenient at all.
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Tell me about people painting their fireplaces white. Who started that trend? Why? I added that to my list of deal breakers once I realized how much of a pain the rear end it would be to undo completely.
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corgski posted:Speaking from experience, disassemble it or haul it in through a window/balcony as appropriate. I had to take apart a box spring because neither the staircase nor windows would accommodate it. It was just as big of a poo poo show as you would imagine, it didn't work well and yeah.....that poo poo sucked. Almost as much as using rope to squeeze up the mattress enough to fit up the loving staircase.
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I'm looking to buy a new couch and am hoping someone can give me a name on what style I should be looking for. I like this one from Article, but I'm hesitant to buy one online that I haven't been able to sit in, though their return policy is decent. Mostly I like the beefier legs, I don't like the really thin pin legs on many couches but I still want something that has a bit more room above the floor than a lot of the really blocky short legs I see.  I'm OK spending up to 2-3k on something if I need to. Preferably there's a matching ottoman or it has a chaise.
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Bioshuffle posted:Tell me about people painting their fireplaces white. Who started that trend? I am really curious about limewashing my ugly exterior brick veneer. But I mean literally using lime, not watered down latex paint. A think another goon in here did it to his house but I don't know where to find the photos now. But my house only has to small sections with brick siding the rest is a mixture of other lovely wood-based siding products.
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MetaJew posted:I am really curious about limewashing my ugly exterior brick veneer. But I mean literally using lime, not watered down latex paint. A think another goon in here did it to his house but I don't know where to find the photos now. This was me so search for my posts. I'll take some photos tomorrow now that it's been some months. Short version is that I'm still pretty pleased although I should've been a bit more careful about over-splash. It's not bad, but you can tell here and there. Edit: Uh, I can't find it. I think it was in a different thread, lol. mutata fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Jul 17, 2020 |
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"Its never too late"? "It's wine o'clock"? Signs of our time.
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Who are waiting??? 
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Dagen H posted:Who are waiting??? THE H A R E S
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Motronic posted:I had to take apart a box spring because neither the staircase nor windows would accommodate it. I always swore that if I ever built my own home, all the doorways would be extra wide. Wide enough to fit a couch or armchair because I am so over removing doors just to try and find that extra tiny bit of width to squeeze furniture through doorways. 
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