Hi Campers, I was driving around my one and a 1/2 horse town and found "Thee"subdivision for these parts. And it sucks. the streets are just wideenough for two cars to pass, made from concrete slabs. No sidewalks,brick mailbox at the curb. The mini mac's are 8 feet apart. I say minimac's as these houses look to be on the 3000 to 5000 sqr ft range,which is big for this area. Not like the monsters in west Little Rock.I don't see what people like about this sghitty places. Anyway, my house is about 1400 sqr ft. It wasn't designed formodern living. It's a 70 year old house. I started drawing houses as akid and went from large A frame ski lodges, to multi shell domes, toclassical villas. Now, i I were to build a new house, I don't think itwould be any bigger than what I now have, maybe smaller. I was wondering any of you were to build a new house, would it bea bigger home than you now have, A palace for a king, or a modestcottage, or what? How has your desire to build for your self changedover your life?

That is so cool.Can you give some exact info on what possession you'vekept and what you've had to get rid of?I'm in process of downsizing as well. And running intologistics problems as far as what to keep that fit insmall space. example...do I get rid of my big tube TVand buy a small thin LCD TV? That kind of problem.

a bigger house for yourself?

Jul 16, 2005 41 Replies

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Notan 20 years ago

I'm not siding with them, but, in my experience, that's the way it is!

Notan

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zenboom 20 years ago

packing-unpacking-packing-unpacking...good

This reminds me of the pavillion-like Furniture House [Yamanaka, Japan;

1998; by Shigeru Ban] where the aim of minimal structure led to use of pre-fab timber storage-plus-structural units [8' h x 3' w x 18-28" deep] which replace internal walls,partitions and furniture [the rest is glass].

I think a demountable version could be practical, with pack-able floor and roof etc [?] Not something your local mover could handle, but easy for a large flatbed&hoist truck. Just prepare an open & level site to set it up on.

-- R'zenboom

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