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For those who love generally interesting-looking houses House Hunting is the best tumblr. She always finds these incredible MCM time-capsule houses for sale    They're always super cheap and probably get "renovated" into boring HGTV clones shortly after But my favorite is THIS HOUSE       (selling for $215,000 btw, if I could stand living in Arizona I'd totally buy it)
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House Hunting also found what may be the ugliest house ever, in Iceland of all places       "Scandinavian design" developed as a reaction to this house And they're trying to sell it for the equivalent of $1.8million US.
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May 29, 2017 20:17
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Anyone else remember The Cats' House? If you're gonna go full crazy cat lady (or crazy cat couple in this case) at least make it aesthetically pleasing.       They sold the house in 2013 and the new owners apparently painted it all white and took down the decor and catwalks 
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Jun 15, 2017 03:41
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Arachnamus posted:Expensive is relative in this project, we've already rebuilt several brick walls in stud for the sake of convenience, but a £1200 carpenter job on a custom door isn't workable. The £500 ones you linked are closer to doable. I wouldn't mind carrying some more light through that side of the house. Yeah bespoke double doors might be your best option. Although 1100mm is a standard size for shower doors, so you could get creative and use that!
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Jun 23, 2017 02:07
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:I have to admit, on review I'm mildly disappointed that there's not a single suit of armor to be found in any of those photos. http://www.fairstone.com/property/or/portland/97231/-/14125-nw-germantown-rd/57d1fa7e30e08a73a0000144/         wait for it... wait for it...  It was built in 2014, listed for sale in 2015 (hence the date on the MLS photos) at $7.175 million and 2 years later they're still trying to sell the monstrosity.
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Jul 5, 2017 22:12
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That's gorgeous though, and I appreciate that they were able to include a couple big ol' comfy-looking couches in an otherwise ~modern~ living room. The empty library shelving gives it an almost Brutalist vibe.
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Jul 7, 2017 04:00
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Amina Mucciolo's instagram is fabulous. Gotta love the commitment to an aesthetic.Anne Whateley posted:Wow, there's one deeply buried detail: Her husband has an instagram as well They're pretty cute together tbh https://www.instagram.com/p/BPqQtICglnr/
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Jul 9, 2017 04:31
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How not to stage a house (featuring Lisa Frank posters hung with thumbtacks)
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Jul 10, 2017 04:03
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One thing about crappy Edwardian San Francisco apartments is that they tend to have lots of nice built-in cabinetry.   At some point after the 1910s/20s builders stopped putting real pantry space in apartments.
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Jul 12, 2017 04:07
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Anne Whateley posted:In what way is this a crappy apartment??? Those are three different apartments. I don't know about the individual places (just plucked them off Craigslist) but besides lacking "modern" amenities (vent hoods, disposals, outlets, etc), being in very old buildings they often have maintenance/pest issues that go unresolved because the landlords know they can rent them in a split-second for $2500+ without doing anything.
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Jul 12, 2017 04:29
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This topic reminded me of the ciassic Kitchen Counters You Could gently caress On tumblr. This is pretty much my ideal kitchen layout. Though I don't need an island quite this big.  And this I'm pretty sure was built by someone with an actual loving-on-counters fetish. 
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Jul 13, 2017 02:41
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hailthefish posted:
See, the first one keeps the work triangle close together and the areas for food storage/prep, cooking and cleanup flow smoothly. A lot of fancy rear end kitchens have the fixtures like 10 feet from each other.
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Jul 13, 2017 03:09
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How to ruin a house the Portland way Before:       After: This skinny wooden columns trend needs to stop.    Who needs kitchen cabinets anyway?  RIP built-in bookcase   Sold for $303,000 in 2015 "as-is", was given a facelift (along with doubling the size by adding a lower level apartment and bumping out the attic) was put back on the market recently for $721,000. The remodel isn't exactly bad (except for the kitchen), i just feel like they could've kept more of the character of the house.
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Jul 16, 2017 23:19
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SoundMonkey posted:i wish there was a pic of what they'd done with the attic(?) space because it looked Not Great and i was wondering if they'd fixed it at all The second-to-last photo is part of the old attic, they just added a huge mega-dormer to it to increase the square footage. It definitely needed fixing up (that flooring ew) but I'm just not a fan of plain off-white walls + light brown laminate everywhere. And I really like built-in things so I wish they would've kept or put in some shelving at the end. It's mostly the kitchen I hate. No upper cabinets might make it look ~clean~ and ~minimalist~ but they've gotten rid of like half the storage space.
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Jul 17, 2017 00:08
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tetrapyloctomy posted:We have no closets on our ground floor, and no common-area closets ... anywhere, come to think if it. "Where do we keep the vacuum?" is a more complicated question than it has any right to be when the answer is either "in the storage area in the basement" or "in the one closet in the attic" ... and literally every floor needs at least occasional vacuuming. But it's also an issue with kitchen storage -- we just don't have room for everything, and we use pretty much all of it. You can buy a free-standing cupboard(s) https://www.wayfair.com/kitchen-tabletop/sb0/food-pantries-c246777.html There are probably some available way cheaper on Craigslist
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Jul 17, 2017 01:54
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I actually LOVE this house, but it may be the most over-the-top Queen Anne I've ever seen. Most of this is obviously not original but it is spectacular all the same.   So many McMansions attempt this entry hall, this is how it's done for real      You aren't a real aristocrat unless you have your Live Laugh Loves in stained glass      The entire ceiling (including the beams) is trompe l'oleil. The real ceiling angle is cut off above the window.   Can be yours for $599,000. Gotta love Midwestern home prices.
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Jul 17, 2017 03:42
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Baronjutter posted:I'm the loving queen anne stained glass version of "live laugh love" wall words. If a Queen Anne is "tasteful" they're doing it wrong IMO. It should be ornate and extravagant and have all the little Victorian idiosyncrasies turned up to 11. I bet the original builders would have approved o most of the design choices of the house above.
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Jul 17, 2017 05:29
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This MCM house is awesome   But idk what to think about the open-plan bathroom situation   
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Jul 18, 2017 03:01
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Haifisch posted:You missed these very important saloon doors. That's a different bedroom. There are two bedrooms shown with open bathrooms. Here's the other one    I think those saloon doors separate two other bedrooms or a bedroom and an office. It's a big house.
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Jul 18, 2017 03:33
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Ouhei posted:See, that's dope as hell but still needs a poo poo ton of work before it'd be something I'd live in. I hate old kitchens and bathrooms. Basically I love the bones, hate like 75% of the finishes. Well, that house is only $249,000. Partly because it's in bumfuck nowhere Illinois, but also because it's mostly original. The more expensive MCM houses have updated finishes, though often they put in really generic kitchens/baths that don't go with the rest of the house. Example: Oh look a nice little mid-century houwait, what's that in the corner?  Oooooh noooooo  At least pick the right shade of wood ffs There's also a big difference between architect-designed showpiece houses and your average mid-century ranch. The bathrooms in this house are awesome.   
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Jul 19, 2017 01:14
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And now I present the ultra-rare McMidCenturyModern. This house was built in 2016. All those 50s houses had one roofline, let's put 7 on ours.  Backside is uglier.  Despite the attempt to be ~modern~ the telltale obnoxious talll foyer of the McMansion remains. That sideboard ain't foolin nobody. Also "an art" x7.  gently caress your Noguchi  Oh god are wood-veneer fridges making a comeback  "If we put MCM furniture in the house maybe people will believe us"  Nice Ikea rug  "Hippies use back door" Get it? Because it's the 1960s? lolololol  More an arts scavenged from Etsy  Put a teepee in here to show that our un-PC mid-century children live here. Said mid-century children must share their room even though the house is 5700 sf.  A rug so nice they staged it twice  At some point they gave up on the MCM decor and just put in more generic poo poo  Spy on your fellow McMansionites from your tiny tub  The whole thing is just so half-assed it makes me sad  There are so many lovely renovated real MCM houses that are better built and for a fraction of the price of this, I just don't get it.
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vonnegutt posted:Ugh but those houses are used. And so small. Most of them don't even have a walk-in closet off the master suite. How could anyone live there? Richard Neutra's gorgeous, well-renovated Pitcairn House is for sale and that's 6300 sf. Though it's been on the market for 3 years and the price has dropped from $6m to $2.5m so I guess rich people would rather have the McMCMs. Youth Decay fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 04:47
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I loooove this house and especially its wallpaper  Wallpaper close-up    VINTAGE ROTARY TOILET PHONE Y'ALL 
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SoundMonkey posted:tag urself im the flame-emblazoned guy fieri-rear end ceiling fan I'm the mime watching you gently caress 
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Phil Moscowitz posted:I was just saying to myself "I really want to procrastinate by looking at cool houses, wonder if anyone posted something interesting in the design thread" and here you are. Okay, are you ready to see the ugliest kitchen ever? Only thing worse than a tiny useless sink is a tiny useless sink that is nowhere near any food prep areas.  How many of these cabinets do you think they actually use? I bet only the one next to the terribly-camouflaged fridge.   Rest of the place is pretty fugly too. And now a palate cleanser: Look at this cute old house! Sold furnished and can be yours for $75,000.  Wonder what this room used to be before they added indoor plumbing to the house   These folks probably do more cooking in this kitchen in a month than the owners of that fugly kitchen above do in a year.  More neat houses This is my kind of mansion Weird combination of mid-century and rustic cabin styles. So ugly it's cute Chestnut-wood house with old wide shiplap walls and wide plank floors (can't find that size lumber anymore) Needs some work but you literally couldn't build this house today. You're in the jungle baby, you're gonna dieeeeee
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Jul 25, 2017 04:16
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Here is "Asian inspired" design done right IMO. Helps that it's in an amazing location of course.        
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Jul 26, 2017 02:29
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PRADA SLUT posted:So GeekChic went out of business so I'm in the market for a new coffee table. I really like the Noguchi but want to explore some other options first. I'm looking for something more "interesting"-looking, so no boring-rear end suburban coffee tables.
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Jul 27, 2017 02:05
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Check out this atomic lakehouse y'all. It's like super-low budget Lautner.       
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Jul 29, 2017 03:19
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Lazlo Nibble posted:Imagine trying to furnish the rest of the house, where no two walls meet at a 90° angle. Some restoration inspiration! A 1968 house in Colorado by Don Price Leon Meyer 1967 Nolan House, one of 6 round houses he built Gilbert Spindel's Geodesica, nicely renovated with before-and-after photos Richard Foster's 1968 spinning Round House and more photos Youth Decay fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Jul 30, 2017 |
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SoundMonkey posted:22" seems kinda uncomfortable assuming the bed is being boarded from both sides My apartment building (built in 1817) has its original double doors at the entry and each door is extremely narrow, like 18-20" at most. There's an original set of stairs to the attic that is similarly narrow. People were just smaller back in the day I suppose.
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My current design pet peeve is ~minimalist~ kitchens. Like this one. How can you cook here? Where do you put food? And dishes? And cookware besides your stupid teapot collection?
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Suspect Bucket posted:It is the Dada kitchen. It rejects the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalist society, instead expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest. DOWN WITH THE CAPITALIST KITCHEN. ALL MEALS WILL BE THROWN AT YOU IN CENTRALIZED DINING HALLS ALONG WITH INTERMITTENT MUMBLINGS OF SELECT DADIST WORKS. Oh no, it is very real.. And worse, the house (which was built in 1902, fully renovated in 1999 and had won awards for its previous renovation) was sold for $459k back in December, then was given a "modern farmhouse aesthetic" which included this dumb kitchen and now they're trying to sell the thing for $735k. Good loving luck. The house needed some updating but they changed it into the most bland boring white-and-blue bullshit ever.     This was a perfectly good kitchen drat it!       Lol let's get rid of all the storage in the bath because piling poo poo on the counter looks way neater than putting it in drawers and cabinets. Also let's take away the towel bars while we're at it, nobody needs those right?          
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I see a red door and I want it painted white, No colors anymore I want them to turn white.
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Aug 1, 2017 04:18
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cheese eats mouse posted:Paneling like that reminds me of our old houses that need to be gutted. It screams I need a renovation to me. The house needed updating, yes (although I actually like old wood paneling). But it didn't deserve to be turned into a generic white ~modern farmhouse~. It also makes no sense to me that people can take a house, cover all the details in white paint, remove the drawers from the cabinets and then pretend it's worth $300k more. The whole "renovation" cost them maybe $5k-$10k total and they didn't even touch the outside or the guts of the house.
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Aug 1, 2017 04:46
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PRADA SLUT posted:It's not intended to be. Not having any doors or closable drawers on your bottom cupboards is a serious safety hazard if you have little kids roaming around. That's my biggest issue with the kitchen, I don't need much storage space but having everything (even a small amount of stuff) out in the open like that doesn't look minimalist or even stylish, it's just a mess. Also that stove needs a hood and a vent fan.
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Less arguing, more terrible kitchens Real estate ad copy: "Enjoy the large, industrial-look kitchen"   Don't lie, you just tore out the old kitchen and didn't bother putting in a new one and now you're trying to sell a house for $700k without a drat kitchen. Normally I like old ugly kitchens, but this is too ugly even for me  On an unrelated note WHY ARE YOU STAGING A HOUSE WITH PALLET WOOD FURNITURE  WHY  On an even more unrelated note, this is an amazing fake ad for a real house
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Aug 2, 2017 03:42
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Doctor Butts posted:The house we're moving into has a kitchen that just consists of the countertop that holds a sink and a few drawers, stove/oven, and fridge. So, I've been looking at cabinetry from places like Home Depot. The weird thing is that the rest of the house is pretty normal modern renova-  Wait what is the flooring? Is it bare concrete? Did they rip out the old carpet and forget to put in laminate?  And that's unfinished wood above the...balcony?  did they just paint over the old lovely siding back here  oh hey they didn't bother renovating the "family room" either  This is the worst layout. Gotta walk up the stairs through the not-kitchen around to the bathroom if you gotta piss in the middle of the night. There's loving plumbing down there in the suspiciously large laundry room you couldn't add a toilet??? Also the garage opens to the bedroom why   Holy poo poo someone cut corners hard here TheMadMilkman posted:We have an obscenely wealthy family friend who had a washer and dryer installed in their master closet. It was so convenient that they converted their actual laundry room into a sauna.
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Aug 3, 2017 02:27
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Original real estate ad said there was a "custom children's playroom" so I assume that's what that is.
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Aug 4, 2017 21:22
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I call this aesthetic "Grandma Gothic"   
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Enfys posted:I sort of like the idea of a spice cave. Option 1: fuckin' magnets  Option 2: those tilted drawer inserts that you can buy or make  Option 3: rip out your cabinet doors and go mason jar crazy (I actually like this kitchen but drat it looks like Pinterest threw up on it)   
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