Zamboni_Rodeo posted:

Why yes, this office building is supposed to be a private, single-family residence.

Just imagine how terrible the acoustics must be in this big open room with bare concrete floor:



What 2-story house wouldn't be complete without an elevator?



And let's just put an open fire hazard right in the middle of the stairwell. What could go wrong? The floor is made of concrete, remember?

Indolent Bastard posted:

But...this is a dead forum...what the heck?

Youth Decay posted:

I call this aesthetic "Grandma Gothic"

The Bloop posted:

The garage door is terrible for a dozen reasons, the dazzle camouflage tilework is ugly to me but competently done so whatever, but what the gently caress is the reasoning behind toilets at the top of stairs?

No door on the toilet is dumb and bad, but have these people never been really sick? That toilet is a suicide machine. I have to assume there is some lazy/cheap architectural/plumbing reason for it.

Enfys posted:

That's a double bed You have to get to poop in front of your partner.

The Dave posted:

Indolent Bastard posted:

Source your rugs.

surf rock posted:

OK, any other advice about what to do with the fireplace? I'm 100% never going to use it, what can I do to make it less conspicuous that won't cost thousands of dollars? I'm completely willing to do something else with it; I just don't know what.

I have no idea how to judge the quality of a brick stain.

peanut posted:

oh lmao these are curtains
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N6ZJHR5?psc=1

tetrapyloctomy posted:

I should just give up and get a cheap set of shelves for my cats to knock poo poo off of.

Youth Decay posted:

Guess the price of this 4,000+sf tacky house:

Enfys posted:

there wolf posted:

Looks like a solidly functional work space, though I would recommend finding a way to hang your rulers.

Southern Heel posted:

OK guys, thank you for your help and advice. PM'ed a couple.


I would actually enjoy taking some time to design out the place myself - I'm conscious of decisions I have to make now, which are going to have big knock-on effects that I feel like I have to be relatively certain going into it. If I could possibly call on some advice for the thread on these structural alterations (assuming building code, safety, etc. is all met - purely from a functional perspective) then I feel as though I can take my time learning and changing myself over time. Any help on the below would be greatly appreciated. EDIT: I appreciate this is less around design, but I feel like having a solid foundation will allow me to ask 'rattan or hemp' at a later date much more freely!

The requirements are in order of preference:
- Create a kitchen diner by opening up the space in the kitchen
- Add an additional bedroom/office to increase resale value in future
- Find a way to move utilities away from the kitchen-diner
- Add a downstairs bathroom

This is the current plan:


My wife would like to ensure there's space for another bedroom, which leads to this rather simple change where we rebuild the non-load bearing wall between the kitchen and dining areas in the original plan before selling up, and putting an RSJ across the kitchen span instead of those arches to make space to place the dining table there. Cabinets for utilities would have to reside against the south-east wall over from the dining table. Structurally this seems the simplest and most direct way - but I'm wary of carving into living space to create another bedroom.


Possibly long term she would like to have the utilities in a separate room, and a downstairs bathroom, so expanded to something like this. I can't help but feel this is a bridge too far - ten times the cost of the intermediate step and only gaining a small footprint. It would be a brand new room (possibly better used as another bedroom? roughly 3m x 3m square) but the cost would likely match any increase in value so seems a zero-sum opportunity either way:


The loft is finished, but only has a 6' apex and as such isn't suitable as a real room - based on conversation with residents and local planning officials it's going to be impossible to get planning permission to heighten the roofline, and adding regular stairs (even space savers) to get there is going to require the removal of the upstairs toilet.

Southern Heel posted:

Aw thanks buddy Wife and I really liked it, even though it needs a bit of modernising IMO. I'm really not a fan of the green walls - doing some quick colour swatches in Photoshop however, I'm not sure what WOULD work. Not chopping up LDK, because the K is already separate. I'm thinking of making the K bigger by bashing thru that arched wall - but then not entirely sure what I'd do with the space I've gained in the LD area if I'm not going to use it for a dining table!

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Also what on earth would you guys put in all those bedroom cabinets? I'm thinking of using the long skinny drawers to each hold a single blu-ray from the Fast and Furious franchise.

Bad Munki posted:

Hahahaha, wow. I mean yeah it's awful, but in a way that is totally self-aware, which I think puts it firmly in the realm of "I did this only for myself, consequences be damned" so I guess good job, person, enjoy your thing, you earned it! Like, I don't think it's entirely fair to critique that thing from an interior design standpoint, as that's not the intent of the installation? Or something. vv

EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:

I'm pretty sure that wizard wall room actually actively blocked a loving WINDOW to put in that monstrosity. I saw it on Imgur and was just floored by what a senseless use of resources that represented.

Youth Decay posted:

I LOVE the tiling. Definitely the style I would go for if I had to renovate a kitchen/bathroom with ugly linoleum.

I like most of Bright Design lab's stuff, though once again I do not understand the appeal of bare concrete floors (in a MCM house, no less). Are they trying to make it look half-finished?

vonnegutt posted:

I have this ladder-style shelf in my bathroom (it's actually more of an right-triangle shelf) and it is actually works really well? The bathroom was a long, narrow one with absolutely no storage, and the width made a full-sized shelf or console untenable.

tetrapyloctomy posted:

I had a trampoline as a kid, and it was the first thing I thought of when I saw the hole. As it is stone-lined and surrounded by the spiked remains of old stumps
... less attractive an option.

The surrounding trees drop a TON of debris, a lot of which is an utter pain to clean. Part of the issue with cleaning this out was that the bottom was two feet of mucky sediment. I think our local building codes may prohibit outbuildings forward of the main house, unfortunately, as a gazebo-like cover would help a lot.

learnincurve posted:

Ladies and Gentlemen, for your pleasure. The 90s time capsule McMansion.

http://thechive.com/2017/08/29/amazing-90s-crib-for-sale-is-all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips-37-photos/

1. I got to admire their commitment to the colour scheme
2. That pool.
3. I would unironically live In that house and not change a thing so it can be preserved for our great great grandchildren's generation.

cigaw posted:

Granny House kitchen desperately needs updating. Except for the wall-mounted phone with the infinity-cord; that needs to stay.

Youth Decay posted:

Haifisch posted:

PRADA SLUT posted:

I think it's the same pillar that's behind the fridge in the first shot, just the picture position is different.

peanut posted:

Lol so there is no hidden fridge, is there? That bathroom is very clean and functional but too Japanese hotel.

Coca Koala posted:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/345-Wayside-Rd-Portola-Valley-CA-94028/15600940_zpid/



Oh, that looks like an interesting house.



The circular kitchen is a little weird, but okay.



Is that.. the bedroom?



The kitchen, bedroom, and office are three separate buildings. In order to go from the bedroom to the kitchen to make your coffee in the morning, you need to put on shoes. Hopefully it's not one of the rainy days in California.

Redeye Flight posted:

Y'all are super cynical. Myself at like age twelve would be indescribably excited to just know that a house like that exists in real life.

That's cool, and someone's going to buy it and live the loving dream.

tetrapyloctomy posted:

Did some digging today, and it turns out there is in fact a slate pathway the whole way to the Portal To Hell in my side yard.



I have not unearthed any stones with runes on them, so I think I am safe for now.

Phil Moscowitz posted:

Now some of you may jump to conclusions, but I really want you to give this one a chance because I think it has potential. Especially since it's an HDLC property, meaning the building cannot be torn down without preserving the historically significant exterior.

http://www.latter-blum.com/residential-for-sale/la/new-orleans/70115/315-eleonore-street__3401235