Comments on: The replacements on tour http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9373 I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gabrielle Dolly http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9373/comment-page-1#comment-25144 Gabrielle Dolly Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:01:22 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9373#comment-25144 The old saying about Grandmother's broom in 3... 2... GFD The old saying about Grandmother’s broom in 3… 2…

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]]> By: fillyjonk http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9373/comment-page-1#comment-25112 fillyjonk Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:21:49 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9373#comment-25112 Part of the reason I bought my house was that, unlike "modern" houses fitting a small footprint, they didn't try to carve out a dozen tiny rooms (including four cell-like bedrooms) from the space. I prefer fewer but larger rooms: less claustrophobic. I will admit if I could wave a magic wand and change something without major life disruption, it would be to "finish" the attic, put a second bathroom up there, and turn it into my sleeping/hideout area. But that would probably cost more to do than I paid for the place, not to mention having my life in major turmoil for the months it would take to have it done. Part of the reason I bought my house was that, unlike “modern” houses fitting a small footprint, they didn’t try to carve out a dozen tiny rooms (including four cell-like bedrooms) from the space. I prefer fewer but larger rooms: less claustrophobic.

I will admit if I could wave a magic wand and change something without major life disruption, it would be to “finish” the attic, put a second bathroom up there, and turn it into my sleeping/hideout area. But that would probably cost more to do than I paid for the place, not to mention having my life in major turmoil for the months it would take to have it done.

]]> By: CGHill http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9373/comment-page-1#comment-25111 CGHill Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:25:07 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9373#comment-25111 I know the feeling, though really very little of my house has changed since 1948: the garage was added on three years later, the roof is relatively recent, and you can be sure the breakfast bar and the track lighting above it did not exist back then, but by and large, it is what it was. For now. I know the feeling, though really very little of my house has changed since 1948: the garage was added on three years later, the roof is relatively recent, and you can be sure the breakfast bar and the track lighting above it did not exist back then, but by and large, it is what it was. For now.

]]> By: fillyjonk http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9373/comment-page-1#comment-25110 fillyjonk Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:09:16 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9373#comment-25110 I was misremembering that as the Delian Ships. But I was thinking about them just yesterday, when the contractors got done measuring my house for new windows: "Bit by bit I'm going to replace this place, and eventually there will no longer be anything built in 1947 other than perhaps the foundation." I was misremembering that as the Delian Ships. But I was thinking about them just yesterday, when the contractors got done measuring my house for new windows: “Bit by bit I’m going to replace this place, and eventually there will no longer be anything built in 1947 other than perhaps the foundation.”

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