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April 10, 2006

Great Plans!

Well, the plans for our future home are constantly evolving - we've made a list of our most crucial pieces of furniture and have tried to cram them all into the space. Below you'll find one of many iterations. We have followed quite a progression of ideas:

1. Have one study, insulated, for Robbi to make tons of freelance money in under ideal temperature conditions, along with a large living /sleeping area that is uninsulated, and thus only inhabitable for approximately 6 months of the year.

2. Have two studies, insulated, for Robbi to make tons of freelance money in and for Matthew to while away his hours in making his weekly allowance of 21 cents (courtesy of Robbi) under ideal temperature conditions, along with a large living/sleeping area that is uninsulated, and thus only inhabitable for approximately 6 months of the year.

3. Have one study, insulated, for Robbi to make tons of freelance money in, and another study/bedroom, insulated, for Matthew to while away his hours in making his weekly allowance of 21 cents (courtesy of Robbi) and sleep his days away under ideal temperature conditions, along with a smaller living area that is uninsulated, and thus only inhabitable for approximately 6 months of the year.

4. Have one big insulated room for everything, that is inhabitable year-round, with high heating bills.

5. Have one study and one big insulated room for variable temperature control.

6. Any combination of the above, for any reason whatsoever.

Below is the most recent floorplan, which isn't recent enough for the most recent decision of how to set it up - I think we've decided to insulate the whole thing, but save on heating and construction by putting in the dreaded drop ceiling. We'll see if it sticks. But, we liked this plan for a while, anyway:

Posted by ribbu at April 10, 2006 08:27 PM

Comments

I don't even know this place and this drop ceiling idea is killing me. What you save in money, you make up for in blandness. Also high ceilings give one a nice illusion of space - as in awe-inspiring, God-fearing cathedrals - even in a small space. As the most important decision-making member of the board, but I vote for one big open room. I feel strongly about this.

Posted by: Steve at April 11, 2006 02:51 PM

Oh Steve -
We both read that and cringed. CRINGED. Because
WE KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT.

Right as rain. (er, what the hell does that mean?)

^sigh^

We looked into "decorative tiles" (or, more precisely, "magnifique tiles") (http://ceilingsmagnifique.com/pictures.htm) to try to make us feel better, but I can't actually tell if they look totally heinous or not.

^sigh^

Posted by: ribbu at April 11, 2006 04:24 PM