Topic: If you could build a mansion... (Read 13491 times)

Taldren_Erin · « **on:** December 11, 2003, 07:14:05 pm »

...what would it have in it/what would it incorporate? Sky's the limit.

Tus · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2003, 07:59:02 pm »

had to do somthing like this for cad last year, guess i will post a pic of it when i get home in a week

Tus

WaterTiger · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2003, 08:31:22 pm »

It's funny you post this topic. Kinda gave me chills for a second.

When I was young, my mother worked as a secretery for a major archetect firm in Phoenix, Az. She sometimes would bring renderings home ... I took up an interest in art, and for Christmas "Santa Claus" brought me an easel. I sat there for days and watercolored and pencil drew my own renderings so that she would be proud of me and show her bosses at work.

I had a picture that I'm sure mom has stuffed away in some box of a southern mansion that I envisioned as a home -- my own private little castle. I drew a large library for the master of the house (me) with leather chairs and a dark cherrywood desk, and a huge kitchen and winding marble staircases in the entryway, like those in "Gone with the Wind."

The mansion had a long road dirt road to its circular horse and buggy driveway and wrot-iron gate. The road was draped and shaded by decades-old willow trees, so that it looked like a tunnel to the marble columns and stoney white brick that layered its entrance ...

This picture was so vivid in my mind, I drew every detail, from every angle ... It's almost as if I had lived there in a former life. And at the age of nine, the visions rushed to the paper in a flash.

The grounds were covered in flowers and you could almost smell the suckle-sweet aroma fill the air and honeybees buzzed dance around your head, flying harmlessly to the next rose for nectar.

I found something on the Web that comes close now 32 years later.

Southern Mansion

I don't know if you spotted the "wedding" specials, Erin ... but I'm currently single. *wink*

They even have two-for-one weddings specials.

You can bring a friend. Perhaps ToastyO would like to ride along?

WaterTiger

Stormbringer · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2003, 09:09:17 pm »

Queen Anne Victorian (turrets) Three story with basement. Vestibule entry with cloakrooms/closet. Beyond a curved stair. Also an elevator. parlor/den. 2 story library. guest suite on first floor. Island kitchen. dining room. gathering room. 2 car garage with work area. skylighted sunroom conservatory. gathering room. living room contains plasma TV/stereo system. 2nd floor contains master suite which has balcony and stairs, sitting area and master bath. Master bath has walk in closets, and a huge spa type bath tubon a dias, also a shower stall with sitting bench. separate vanities, linen or towel closets. toilet is out of site in its own chamber. exits to balconied gallery. Exercise room. lounge area. 3 additional bedrooms each with bath. third floor turrets. Used as office, studio and activity or storage. Basement. Safe/storm room. Utility/laundry/sewing. mechanicals, alarms, automated systems. Gameroom and storage.

House has additional victorian touches: Wrap around veranda/covered porch, hardwood or marble tiled floors. Dumb waiter and laundry chute.

lot size: 5 or more acres. Old trees. Water garden. southwestern patio like area with marble benches (forgot the term)

Cost to build locally over 500K.

Kmelew · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2003, 09:34:51 pm »

Quite frankly I would be happy with a modest house.

Sirgod · « **Reply #5 on:** December 11, 2003, 09:45:05 pm »

Quote:

Quite frankly I would be happy with a modest house.

I was thinking along the same lines. I would like to get some acrege Back, But to be honest, I've become quite Frugal when It comes to Home expenses, Not Because I want to be, But Because I must.

Hehe, It reminds me of an Old Hagar the Horrible comic where he was Telling Lucky Eddie...

"I don't need much to call my own, A great wife, A nice Pet, a wonderfull Family, and A little land to call my own, Like EUROPE!!!"

Stephen

WaterTiger · « **Reply #6 on:** December 11, 2003, 09:46:33 pm »

Erin,

Did you check out the "wedding specials" or not?

**kicks Erin under the editing table**

P.S. We live just down the 91 Freeway from eachother. Wanna grab a beer? The passenger seat is barely worn in the Vette.

P.S. You are female, right? OMG!! Erin could be a guy!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!!

JMM · « **Reply #7 on:** December 11, 2003, 10:15:56 pm »

I'd be happy with a modest house, a little bit of land, and maybe a swimming pool to bask in the sun in...

Taldren_Erin · « **Reply #9 on:** December 11, 2003, 11:50:01 pm »

Awww, that's... uh... sweet, WT

but I'm afraid you're not my type of tiger.

I should clarify, too -- I didn't mean the question as a sort of "if you won the lottery..." question (I agree I'd build a small but architecturally elegant and self-sustaining house out in the Olympia region -- for one thing, I wouldn't want to clean a mansion =P), but rather just as a question about what, in your wildest dreams, would make the coolest and most luxurious absurdly big luxury home/castle. My tastes in this have a lot in common with Stormbringer's... the two-level library is a must, as is the conservatory, and I would add outdoor aviaries and greenhouses, plus full-on wiring for the interior, polished granite countertops in a big kitchen with stainless steel appliances and wrought-iron fixtures... I could go on.

So, let me rephrase:

Suppose a man was going to pay you two million dollars to build a house. You have an unlimited budget (access to his gargantuan accounts), and he wants it to be your idea of perfection in every way, with every amenity and every element you could possibly need to entertain yourself and any guests you would like to have around you. You have an unlimited budget, but the budget goes toward the house and in the end you get your two million and that's it. What do you build, and what features does it have? In as much or as little detail as you want.

TB613 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 12, 2003, 05:47:41 am »

Even in the if I won the lottery vein I really don't want a mansion, a two or three bedroon raised ranch on a minimum of twenty acres would do me just fine. The only real extravagance I would have would be an indoor sauna. Now the other buildings would be where I would spend some money with a minimum of a three car heated garage/shop and a good sized pole building/barn if the property did not have a barn already.

Atrahasis · « **Reply #11 on:** December 12, 2003, 05:55:11 am »

LOL I have the inside word that Erin is quite the hottie.

No offense, Miss Hoffman.

James_Smith · « **Reply #13 on:** December 12, 2003, 08:53:34 am »

Easy this. It'd be one giant air-conditioned garage...filled with machining equipment, hot-tanking equipment, a proper painting booth for doing 2-pack paint, room to park at least 7 cars...everything I need to restore some nice rusty old Mopar.

And a little cottage tacked onto the side of the garage so I have somewhere to sleep.

762 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 12, 2003, 09:58:41 am »

A big ol' smoking room, with a fireplace, 20' ceiling, an adjacent walk-in humidor, wet bar, and a 9' pool table.

Oh and big comfy leather chairs.

NJAntman · « **Reply #15 on:** December 12, 2003, 10:04:06 am »

Indoor Barbeque Pit. No more statnding in the snow while grilling steak.

Taldren_Erin · « **Reply #16 on:** December 12, 2003, 02:10:51 pm »

I'm picturing the garage from the Wayne Mansion in Batman Forever... ah, so we have an expansion on the original question. =) Given the uber-garage, which cars/bikes would you put in it?

762 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 12, 2003, 02:16:56 pm »

Well first and foremost we'd have to find a way to get a Porsche 959 into the country.

Stormbringer · « **Reply #18 on:** December 14, 2003, 11:43:51 am »

I was looking into bathroom remodels due to the fact that at 6 foot one inch tall, 225 pounds I can barely wedge myself into a normal bathtub. Looking through this book I came across things a simple country boy like me have never heard of. A plan to put a waterfall into a grotto like spa bath with the fall and mutiple shower heads. And Vessel type vanity basins.

I was also looking at kitchen cabinetry. In the remodel book I saw a circular layout with all appliances arrayed around and built into the cabinetry. It ws striking.

But I also priced tiles at the local home depot and Lowes. One marble tile, which I particularly liked (naturally) was $13.95 per tile!!!

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