tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post116278037170095064..comments2023-05-02T06:06:00.795-07:00Comments on Tropical Embellishments: Day DreamingChristopher C. NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1163001013705268542006-11-08T07:50:00.000-08:002006-11-08T07:50:00.000-08:00I love the wrap-around porch.I love the wrap-around porch.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12367467798229082341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1162967645677848952006-11-07T22:34:00.000-08:002006-11-07T22:34:00.000-08:00Middle-age people aren't much faster. Actually, ev...Middle-age people aren't much faster. Actually, even for one person it makes sense to have 2 bathrooms - when it's time to repair, renovate, paint - you have a spare.<BR/><BR/>Christin, it's probably obvious that I'm the oldest sister. My family is Girl/Boy/Girl/Boy/Girl and I was in high school when my baby sister was born. <BR/><BR/>AnnieAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1162870146409256122006-11-06T19:29:00.000-08:002006-11-06T19:29:00.000-08:00I like that idea of making it into two adjoining s...I like that idea of making it into two adjoining studio apartments. Since it's being built for two friends who are retiring together, rather than for a married couple -- having two distinct living spaces makes a lot of sense.christin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1162794405558920592006-11-05T22:26:00.000-08:002006-11-05T22:26:00.000-08:00Old people may take more time in the bathroom than...Old people may take more time in the bathroom than teenage girls and the idea is to have two distinct studio apartments of sorts. A dining room table could go in the main living room on the right by the stairs plus a smaller breakfast table could go on the left side of the kitchen in the top left corner of the LR, but I am thinking a closet to hold the hot water heater/furnace may need to go Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1162793119961848912006-11-05T22:05:00.000-08:002006-11-05T22:05:00.000-08:00Annie,What a coincidence -- Christopher and I both...Annie,<BR/>What a coincidence -- Christopher and I both came from families with five kids. We even have the same sibling line-up of girl-girl-boy-boy-boy. I'm the younger of the two girls, but only by a year-and-a-half. I'd be interested to know what your birth order was too.<BR/><BR/>I like both of those songs -- the CSN&Y song was popular when I was a kid, but it still sounds good to me christin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1162788574369519982006-11-05T20:49:00.000-08:002006-11-05T20:49:00.000-08:00You could make it work!People lived in garages aft...You could make it work!<BR/>People lived in garages after WWII, when returning soldiers married and needed houses all at once. A family would buy a piece of land, drill a well, and build a garage/cottage. Basements were tried, but they took water. <BR/><BR/>When I was a kid in the late fifties, hanging out at a friend's garage, I noticed shadows of those early days - lines where cabinets and Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1162787946398314982006-11-05T20:39:00.000-08:002006-11-05T20:39:00.000-08:00Those dimensions are just right -- not too big, no...Those dimensions are just right -- not too big, not too small. Also, having one bathroom for each bedroom is good planning. I know that's the norm today -- not like back in the old days where most homes had, at best, one-and-a-half baths. I was just remembering how, when my sister and I were in our early teens -- our poor little brothers used to have to wait for the bathroom forever when christin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.com