December 03, 2009
Imagine
Way back when I first got my new camera, my intention was to "house blog". I fully intended to take pictures of houses I love to look at or those I hate. I love looking at houses, inside and out. I find it fascinating to see how they are designed and how they work or don't work.
I've been watching the show Holmes on Homes lately. It's fabulous. In one of the episodes he makes the brilliant observation that we have got everything turned around in modern house building. Houses are now built from the "inside out". In other words, they are more worried about the rooms inside and don't give a moment's thought to how the outside looks, how it works, what problems it might have...
He is so right. Witness the "house" that appears to be a large garage with something tacked onto the back. No aesthetic appeal at all - yet people buy them. Those houses make me want to gag!
Sorry, enough, I could go on forever about bad looking houses...
Oddly enough I've been taking the occasional house shot, but most of them haven't made the blog because of space and time.
This house may be the one to get me back on that track. Just look at it...
I have no idea how old the oldest part is, the siding is certainly newer, but the brick chimney is old. It looks as if they have added to it multiple times over the years.
I love the various odd angles. I love the 2 old front gates. I love the overgrown shrubbery. All of it.
This is a house that makes you wonder... who has lived there? How many rooms? What were the people like when it was first built? Are there unexplored nooks and crannies?
One could write an entire book based in a house like this. It's wonderful. But the picture from the front is a bit deceiving. Walk around the shrubbery and have a look at the rest of the place - oh yeah and the tree - good grief!
It's huge! I can't get a good shot of the other side because of the overgrown shrubs. However, it has more oddly angled add ons on the other side.
Of course it's not the most beautiful house in the world, but it has that certain something that catches the attention and makes you wonder...
I've been watching the show Holmes on Homes lately. It's fabulous. In one of the episodes he makes the brilliant observation that we have got everything turned around in modern house building. Houses are now built from the "inside out". In other words, they are more worried about the rooms inside and don't give a moment's thought to how the outside looks, how it works, what problems it might have...
He is so right. Witness the "house" that appears to be a large garage with something tacked onto the back. No aesthetic appeal at all - yet people buy them. Those houses make me want to gag!
Sorry, enough, I could go on forever about bad looking houses...
Oddly enough I've been taking the occasional house shot, but most of them haven't made the blog because of space and time.
This house may be the one to get me back on that track. Just look at it...
I have no idea how old the oldest part is, the siding is certainly newer, but the brick chimney is old. It looks as if they have added to it multiple times over the years.
I love the various odd angles. I love the 2 old front gates. I love the overgrown shrubbery. All of it.
This is a house that makes you wonder... who has lived there? How many rooms? What were the people like when it was first built? Are there unexplored nooks and crannies?
One could write an entire book based in a house like this. It's wonderful. But the picture from the front is a bit deceiving. Walk around the shrubbery and have a look at the rest of the place - oh yeah and the tree - good grief!
It's huge! I can't get a good shot of the other side because of the overgrown shrubs. However, it has more oddly angled add ons on the other side.
Of course it's not the most beautiful house in the world, but it has that certain something that catches the attention and makes you wonder...
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