Schoolhouse Electric house tour

[pitterwoo]

Have you seen the house tour of the Schoolhouse Electric owner's place?

Wdyt?

www.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/greathomesanddestinations/nothing-fancy.html?_r=4#

[pitterwoo]

It seems impossibly impersonal and magazine like. I feel like it could be really warm and still sleek, but it's too minimal for me right now.

[Marmee]

I love except too much plank walls/ceilings for me. My first house was a U-shape layout & I completely loved it! I wish they had a floor plan.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Aug 18, 2014 10:46:37 GMT -5 Marmee said:

I love except too much plank walls/ceilings for me. My first house was a U-shape layout & I completely loved it! I wish they had a floor plan.

Exactly what I was going to say!

[pitterwoo]

Aug 18, 2014 11:03:20 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

Aug 18, 2014 10:46:37 GMT -5 Marmee said:

I love except too much plank walls/ceilings for me. My first house was a U-shape layout & I completely loved it! I wish they had a floor plan.

Exactly what I was going to say!

Oh yeah a floor plan would have been nice. I'm really intrigued by courtyard houses. I only ever see them in magazines, they are uncommon here.

[darby]

I agree with everyone else about the walls, it's a bit much. And just have to add that I want a courtyard house so, so badly.

[downtoearth]

Aug 18, 2014 10:46:37 GMT -5 Marmee said:

I love except too much plank walls/ceilings for me. My first house was a U-shape layout & I completely loved it! I wish they had a floor plan.

Ditto, but I love the courtyard and design otherwise. I do feel like the school house fixtures tie in the plank walls well and fit with his job.

[cosmowife]

I love this house but all the planks make me feel anxious. I just keep thinking of all the dust that is going to collect in those little cracks.

I am LOLing at all the "downsizing" talk in the article. Geez, they still have 3200 sf - it isn't like they are squeezing into an 800 sf condo.

[dr.girlfriend]

I like most of the aesthetic, but I agree that it looks very staged. I mean, who really has a kitchen with no toaster, can opener, coffee maker, just beautiful little terrariums? Three kids and a totally empty entryway...where are the backpacks and jackets, except for the artfully-placed shoes? The "catchall" area is SO staged -- what family of five just uses entryway cubbies to hold a single plaid jacket and some throw blankets?  lol.   I do think the floor-to-ceiling storage in the fireplace room (yeah, right, no t.v.?) probably does hold a lot of clutter, which is nice.  I think planking both walls and ceilings is overkill, but I love the courtyard, and the little nook with the greywashed planks.

[my4girls]

I love the look of it

[bunnymendelbaum]

Aug 20, 2014 10:33:38 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

I like most of the aesthetic, but I agree that it looks very staged. I mean, who really has a kitchen with no toaster, can opener, coffee maker, just beautiful little terrariums? Three kids and a totally empty entryway...where are the backpacks and jackets, except for the artfully-placed shoes? The "catchall" area is SO staged -- what family of five just uses entryway cubbies to hold a single plaid jacket and some throw blankets?  lol.   I do think the floor-to-ceiling storage in the fireplace room (yeah, right, no t.v.?) probably does hold a lot of clutter, which is nice.  I think planking both walls and ceilings is overkill, but I love the courtyard, and the little nook with the greywashed planks.

Idk, that's the plan for our new house. Enough storage and thoughtful spaces to hold our stuff. I don't like visual clutter. I'd like our tv in a cabinet that can be shut, same for kitchen appliances. (We did this in our last house too.)