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Old 04-26-2009, 11:42 PM   #1
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April 27, 2009: Fairy-tale Homes

Long ago and far away, after the War-to-End-All-Wars and before Mexico retook possession, Los Angeles was a magic place.
Tinseltown, Hollywood, Movie Stars, Big Bucks and Irrational Exuberance.

Some of the people with the money also had imagination... or some of the people with imagination figured out how to get some of that money by building houses the people with money wanted.
Either way, some fairy-tale homes were built a few of which still exist.



I love these places but creating one today would be soooo expensive. Even away from the stratospheric CA real estate (land) costs. The battle with zoning boards, banks and inspectors, to not build a ticky tacky box, would be expensive and exhausting.
You'd have to be rich enough to have other people do that battle while you lived somewhere else.



But it sure would be cool.

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Old 04-27-2009, 01:15 AM   #2
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Beautiful interior! That fireplace is lovely.
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Old 04-27-2009, 04:41 AM   #3
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Gee, I hope Brianna likes it.
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Old 04-27-2009, 04:57 AM   #4
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That pretty particulate/monoxide/carbon generating fireplace.. California Air Resources Board - CLEAN UP ON ISLE FOUR!

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Old 04-27-2009, 07:18 AM   #5
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Gee, I hope Brianna likes it.
I looooooove it! When can I move in?
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Old 04-27-2009, 09:16 AM   #6
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I love it. I want to sleep in that little alcove, or whatever it's called.
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Old 04-27-2009, 09:17 AM   #7
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I want it! Especially the bed. Just look at all those soft comfy pillows. Makes me sleepy.
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Old 04-27-2009, 10:48 AM   #8
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I've always envied craftsmen who could make something that looks like it's 400 years old and falling apart when they finish.
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Old 04-27-2009, 01:16 PM   #9
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Even better than the church camp at Martha's Vineyard! I love it also and would move there in a second - providing, of course, that a large Pizza Hut box could fit through those whimsical doors, too.
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Old 04-27-2009, 08:27 PM   #10
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I've always envied craftsmen who could make something that looks like it's 400 years old and falling apart when they finish.
The falling apart bit is easy. The looks like it's falling apart is the tricky bit.
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Old 04-28-2009, 10:26 AM   #11
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Old 04-28-2009, 01:07 PM   #12
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I couldn't sleep in that bed. How am I supposed to dangle my leg out over the edge?
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Old 04-28-2009, 01:59 PM   #13
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Is that a bed?
I thought it was a window seat.

For wantonly reclining after my imps have ridden Diz into the forest (on Diz) and brought back the mellowest of all the mushrooms for me

And look what I found as perfect furniture for a hobbit hole. From here (teak root furniture)
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Old 04-29-2009, 02:10 AM   #14
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I couldn't sleep in that bed. How am I supposed to dangle my leg out over the edge?
What are you nuts? Don't you know they will drag you under the bed, suck out your juices and turn you into dust bunnies.
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Old 04-29-2009, 02:23 AM   #15
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ok...that triple post wasn't my fault!
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