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Paco
Trad climber
Montana
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Jan 12, 2014 - 10:35pm PT
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Jan 12, 2014 - 10:56pm PT
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I admit this one needs a little work still, but you can't beat the Colorado location on the backside of the Maroon Bells just at the edge of the Snowmass wilderness area.
or the view in the opposite direction.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 13, 2014 - 12:06am PT
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What's my dream home?
Not one where I have to mow the roof.
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Jan 13, 2014 - 06:43am PT
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is that a butterfly bush in the picture? ^^
I have the same one. samesies!
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2014 - 09:29am PT
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What's my dream home?
Not one where I have to mow the roof.
LOL! I think I'd get a goat for that.
Here are a couple of shots of the place we live in now. The first is from about 1943, when it was first built...um...before my time. The second is one or two winters ago, and is how it looks now. If I'm not gonna live in a hobbit dwelling, this comes pretty close to our dream house. We like small, cozy, and with a good inside flow for lots of people. We knocked out internal walls, and did some remodeling to make it more of a "great room" feel, and we like how it turned out. Still working on it, as is always the case with older houses.
The little house in back is a rental cottage built in 1928, and we have designs on the gutting the 680 sq. ft. interior, turning it into an open space floor plan, and living in it some day.
These house y'all are posting are nice! Cragman, your place is kind of phenomenal. Thought of putting it on the market as a possible retreat center?
Chief - cozy! Love smaller places like that.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 13, 2014 - 10:50am PT
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@ Mooser.. I'm a big fan of the vintage bungalow-style house myself. I love cozy 20's- 30's houses with interesting architectural details and would totally dig living in a house like that. I'm a purist though... I'd put the original windows back and suffer the drafts and maintenance issues for the sake of aesthetics.
One of my favorite houses is the straw-bale house Mr.E's parents built on Guemes Island. Heck.. even the miniature guest house is a work of art. I'd just want to pick up the structures and move them to a warmer/drier location.
I'll try to find some pics...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jan 13, 2014 - 11:05am PT
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I'm a purist though... I'd put the original windows back and suffer the drafts and maintenance issues for the sake of aesthetics.
Said the lady from Los Angeles, where drafty windows might be an issue once a decade. This is hardly the arctic, but unless your goal in life is to support the local gas or electricity company, drafty windows are a bad idea.
And having spent time in Mooser's house, I can vouch for the fact that it is a good place. A welcoming place. Despite not having drafty windows.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 13, 2014 - 01:05pm PT
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We are talking dream house here.. no one said it had to be realistic. In my fantasy house the old windows magically repel drafts. What can I say.. I'm a vintage window snob. ;) My guess.. there's some awesome vintage-repro insulated windows these days. .
Edit: Mooser.. Just nit-picking... I still love your house!
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John M
climber
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Jan 13, 2014 - 01:23pm PT
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Actually putting mine on the market very soon….
Dean, that is a beautiful house. why are you selling it? I love the fireplace and the view. I like dramatic fireplaces. I once designed one that could be changed into a waterfall in the summer. A bit much, and never done, but thats the dream.
In my youth I designed my dream house, but realities having set it and now my dream house is one that I own. Given my circumstances, that is unlikely, but one can still dream. :-)
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jan 13, 2014 - 01:24pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 13, 2014 - 01:29pm PT
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I lived in my dream home, complete with armed and friendly guard. Actually,
he was more on the lookout for wolves and Snow Leopards. Nothing beats
freshly squeezed goat yogurt in the morning.
edit: It wasn't all that far from Ghost's dream home above.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2014 - 02:12pm PT
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Edit: Mooser.. Just nit-picking... I still love your house!
Totally got that! :-)
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Hoser
climber
vancouver
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Jan 13, 2014 - 04:43pm PT
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My friends dad built this...off the grid on a gulf island with no roads
Bed rolls out onto the deck
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Jan 13, 2014 - 05:00pm PT
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Hoser, spectacular.
I have to admit, our little place in the woods is far preferable to the family homestead in the burbs of LA.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
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Jan 13, 2014 - 05:53pm PT
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I gave up on the dream home concept to live more simply, and cannot imagine having a "dream home" now. Partly because I have an aesthetic that is pretty sophisticated. If I were investing in a home....oy veh, how to pay for what I would "dream up!"
If I were planning a dream home, it would quickly escalate in the way that happens to a newly engaged woman who is planning her wedding. They start out wanting "just a small, simple..." and within minutes it is HUGE and extravagant!
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Jan 13, 2014 - 06:07pm PT
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I have to admit a certain amount of envy for those who already live in their dream homes. Probably a good indication that you are living your ideal life. However, if money were no object, I'd had a hard time turning down this:
Or this:
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jan 13, 2014 - 06:14pm PT
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I want to live in Cragman's home!! Damn, that is incredible!!! Well done.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2014 - 07:11pm PT
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^^^ Guard Kitty, Tami?
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Guangzhou
Trad climber
Asia, Indonesia, East Java
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Jan 13, 2014 - 08:05pm PT
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I lived in my dream home, complete with armed and friendly guard. Actually,
he was more on the lookout for wolves and Snow Leopards. Nothing beats
freshly squeezed goat yogurt in the morning.
It's the -40C that gets me here. (Eman in Mongolia)
SOme nice home above. My wife and I are both in the market now. California and Southern France seem to get most of our attention.
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