Comments | silencius: A House of One's Own

silencius

A House of One's Own

Oct 15, 2004 00:10

This one is for the ladies, because someone here is feeling all Emily Dickinson-y and wants a tiny houseAssuming this would be some flavor of secondary abode, would you actually want one of these? And what would you do with it ( Read more... )

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springstreet October 15 2004, 00:43:26 UTC

i love small spaces. they make me feel safe and comfortable. i don't know why.
i would have a tiny house just to live in. tinily!

silencius October 15 2004, 02:56:07 UTC

I'm just more of a Versaille sort of guy. I like rooms you have to navigate. I like large desks, big windows, two story libraries with oak and brass ladders on both levels.

I wouldn't mind putting a tiny house in the middle of my topiary maze though.

lipsandwings October 15 2004, 02:05:29 UTC

Oh I lovelovelovelove! Want!

Tiny spaces are good, because I have a serious pet-peev about wasted space. And just about any other kind of wastefulness. It would make me feel like I wasn't smushing the world around me in order to exist - taking just what I need. Also, so cozy.

It would have to be just me and a cat, though. I could never ask another person to squish into one of those with me.

silencius October 15 2004, 02:22:27 UTC

See, here's the difference between your journal and mine: if you had posted that last bit on your journal, you'd already have half a dozen volunteers.

I like big spaces because they always seem so full of potential. Also, my messes are further away that way.

lipsandwings October 16 2004, 00:08:14 UTC

Are you calling me a tease? Hehehe.

Big spaces definitely have their virtues. But the Laura Ingalls appeal is hard to resist, here.

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Your icon looks grumpy. Grumpymonkey. Hehehe.

silencius October 16 2004, 00:42:55 UTC

I'm saying you have shameless e-suitors who should probably be discouraged with a pointy stick.

And Jennifer is a very grumpy monkey. For a tough to read sample:
http://www.slavelabor.com/Jennifer%20Preview/jennifer.html

esk October 15 2004, 03:52:06 UTC

i told you - laura ingalls - not emily dickinson. sheesh.

poke bonnets! gingham aprons! maple sugar and sourdough bread! tiny houses!

rimrunner October 15 2004, 07:08:41 UTC

If I lived in a smaller house I would have less stuff.

I like little houses. I would probably turn one of these into a writing room.

Some friends of mine have something like this on their property out near Fall City. They use it as a guest house.

silencius October 16 2004, 01:29:46 UTC

That must come as a disappointment:

"A visit over Christmas? Capital idea, old chap! I'll just have the guest house aired out. We had the whole Kennedy family over for Thanksgiving and they made such a frightful mess of it. Moaned the whole time, 'Oh! It isn't nearly as big as the compound back in Massachusetts! Boo hoo!' Tosh! You'll love it, fantastic little house: gothic windows, vaulted ceiling, all the creature comforts."

If the creature is a gnome. With dwarfism.

bosstweed October 15 2004, 08:03:55 UTC

I'm not sure why everyone is so down on it. It looks like a very pleasant and well-lighted outhouse. I'm probably with you, however, about the light saber research. Or maybe I'd be more of a Contact the Elder Gods sort of guy. Hard to know without the cash in hand.