a woman can dream, cant she, 2015/10/08:13:26
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the perfect house
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sliding glass doors wherever physically possible car garage--if any--is under the house, not up against its wall(s) or in its yard windows on every exterior wall, preferably on more than one side of the rooms windows that slant slightly downward so that birds never fly into them built-in closets in every room, along the inner walls only (not along exterior walls where there could be windows) storm windows and screens in every window and every outer door all windows present a green view, some with flowers no window faces another building big, unfrosted windows in the bathroom (curtains are the user's choice, as always) retractable/collapsible awnings no awnings over north-facing windows, anywhere, ever windows flush with the exterior wall wherever possible doors that swing out into the passageways, not into the room where they waste space far enough from the nearest neighbors that it is not possible to smell their air fresheners or hear their tile saws (where such nuisances are legal) covers up flaws, holes, and cracks with building materials, not with carpeting no false floors covering creepy secret passage-ways with access from outside the house no creepy unfinished attics with skinny beams balancing between cravasses full of insulation fluff and accented with welcoming entrances for insects and mammals no stucco, wood, cardboard, or other water-soluble or absorbant materials that touch or descend into the soil no pressboard, period built-in drawers, in which each drawer is completely sealed when shut oil- or water-filled radiators, no forced air heating central air filtering smooth flooring (rugs are always the user's choice) no cellphone-smashing, hip-shattering tile flooring no grout, anywhere countertops that do not have decorative speckles the size of ants and food crumbs "immovable" obstructions such as counters, bars, islands, refrigerators and washing machines, that are actually on wheels with brakes and lifts climate-appropriate architectural design (no sloping snow-roofs in the desert, no rain-pooling flat roofs in rainy climates, no dark winding porticos and overhangs and tunnels where the temperature never gets above 74F) will still be standing, sound, and comfortable in 200 years |