Archive for March, 2008

Houses are a lot of work!

Posted by on Mar 31 2008 | my house

I haven’t gotten around to posting anything here for a long time!  I’ve been way too busy trying to keep my house clean, which is no easy task!  Sheer clutter and dirt aren’t my only problems.  It seems like if you live in a house long enough it may start to self-destruct on you!  This doesn’t necessarily have to be anything serious, just annoying and time consuming.  For instance, I think that just about every light bulb in my house has burnt out in the past month!  What’s up with that?  And some have even been those supposed long lasting bulbs- nothing lasts long around here.  Also, the island in my kitchen can’t manage to stay together anymore.  The continual beating it takes from little feet day in and day out has finally proven to be too much, and now I have resorted to affixing the corner trim piece with masking tape until my husband can get around to fixing it with something more permanent.  Yes, I could do it myself, but I’m way to busy dusting, vacuuming, mopping floors, wiping things down, and cleaning toilets.  Speaking of toilets… is is just me or do they purposefully make the seats out of cheap plastic that stains so easily that you are forced to replace them every couple of years?  Really, I do clean toilets often, and yet the stains always appear anyways.  And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!  Houses are a lot of work.  And don’t even get me started on yards!

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Welcome to my Castle

Posted by on Mar 19 2008 | castle, European stlye, house plans, interesting, luxury home

castle house plan

Every princess dreams of building her own castle and living happily ever after! Well, with this house plan, your dreams just might come true! I would love to know if any has ever really built this particular house plan. And if so, then they owe us all some interior shots of the place! Can you even imagine?

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I Love This Feature!

Posted by on Mar 06 2008 | house plans, interesting

When I’m in the mood to look at house plans, I most frequently go to theplancollection.com.  In addition to the thousands and thousands of available house plans to look at, they have a feature that I just love, love, love!  Under the pricing box on the right hand side of the screen there is a heading that says “Similar House Plans” and under that is a “Other House Plans by this Designer” link.  It’s always fun to find a cool or interesting house plan and then click there!  I’ve found some of my favorite house plans this way, because apparently a designer often times makes small changes to their own designs and then renames the new plan!  The cool thing is that frequently the designer makes some of the same changes I had in mind as I was obsessing over the original plan.  Give it a try!  I bet you’ll like it as much as I do!

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Don’t Forget the Maid!

Posted by on Mar 06 2008 | European stlye, house plans, luxury home

This is an amazingly humongous house!  But, if you’re ever in the market for a 8,327 square foot home, then why not this one!

luxury home

This plan is called Manderston Estate and apparently for a good reason.  Something of this size certainly deserves to be called an estate.  I think my current house would almost fit into this house’s grand room!

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