OK, a small game just minutes before Obama gets inaugurated.
This house was featured in an 80’s movie classic.
The person living in the house is seen lying in bed, sick, chanting “When <insert character’s name> was in Egypts Land…. Let my <insert character’s name> go….”
spot that movie
Another famous line of that character, in pretty much the same scene is “He’ll keep calling me… he’ll keep calling me until I come over. He’ll make me feel guilty…”
What movie was this house in? Anyone? anyone?
Posted in Quizes and trivia, See how others live
Tagged filming, house, locations, movie homes, obama
I have always been a big fan of real estate and maps and everything that would show me how other people live. I would read real estate brochures, developers plans, atlasses etcetera. The internet brought me floorpans, real estate websites from all over the world, maps and everything, a few mouse clicks away. I was the happiest camper imaginable. But it got even better! Then there was Google Maps…. the best invention since sliced bread! Zoom in, zoom out, see how close or how far one lives to a highway or motorway. Is there public transport nearby? Do they have nice views? What’s the garden like? Do they have a pool? Are they close to the outdoors? What type of building is next door?
But the real icing on the Google Maps cake is that I can unleash the stalker in me….With Google maps one can see anyone’s house from above.. that’s right, anyone’s, so that includes celebrities. Yes my friends, Google Maps can let you stalk people from the privacy of your own home. Bless the world wide web, can I hear an AMEN!
Here’s Madonna’s UK hideaway in the English countryside…
Ashcombe House
And here’s Oprah house in Montecito California.
Oprah
Funny thing that… the houses next to hers look tiny yet those must be massive too.
John Travolta really has an airstrip right in his back yard. It’s not an urban myth.
Jumbolair. JT's house
He lives in an enclosed community with it’s private airstrip as seen on the left of the picture. The town is called Jumbolair…. That just doesn’t have a romantic ring to it….
Lesser names seem to do well too. Lori Loughlin has raked in enough big bucks between Full House and 90210 to afford this little number in the Hollywood Hills.
Lori Loughlin
It might look smallish compared to the ones before, but if you look inside you’ll see that is is actually a fairly decent house for an ex Full House star. Jody Sweetin, who annoyed the world as Stephanie Tanner, reportedly lives here
To show you that I am aware it is not very nice to blatantly reveal such privacy sensitive information I would like to share with you where I myself live.
My 'hood'
In the Dutch city of Haarlem the old ‘Weeshuis der Doopsgezinden’ (Baptist Orphanage) has been remodeled into several city apartments. The building, dating back to 1634, is located in the very heart of the historic city center.
The apartment is not very big, about 75 square meters, which is about 810 square feet. But because of the high ceilings, the light and the clever lay-out it feels like a lot more. The ceiling is still pretty much original with exposed beams. This allowed the architect to create a small room/entresol overlooking the living room and kitchen. To get acces to this, he designed a modern and basic flight of stairs which do very well in these historic surroundings.
entresol
The kitchen was designed especially for this flat. It’s woodwork is finished in absolute white. The surface is solid granite slate. Together with the top of the bill appliances brands, this kitchen is a dream for wannabe chefs.
towards the kitchen
light and spacious
Posted in See how others live
Tagged architect, beams, haarlem, weeshuis der doopsgezinden
On garbage night when we were walking our dog Lola, we found this small quaint little table between someones trash.
funny little table...someone loves carpentry 😉
It looks like it walked out of a childrens book. It has black details on the legs and on the side of the top. A funny feature is that it opens up to reveal a box shaped storage unit. Great for knitting needles or the remote control of your TV (and in our case VCR/VHS, DVD player, UPC digital set, stereo)
Storage!
I think I will try to paint it warm grey or black and maybe pad the top with a grey-ish floral pattern or a lush velvet. I would just need to buy some round shaped padding foam and fabricated pins.
A bit like this.
Only I would leave the bottom bit wood I guess. It might be too small to pad the entire thing plus I really like the legs. I guess I could draw fake milled lines in a slightly darker colour on the legs to make it looks more rich?
I would end up with a more classic version of the well known skai/faux leather knitting poof our grannies loved.
I had one in green in my room in college 😉
Any suggestions? Let me know. I will make sure to post the final result on here.
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