My Thoughts on Architecture

One of my favorite things about the earth is that there are cars and houses almost everywhere I look - in the city, in the country, pretty much everywhere! That right there is the main focus of my new blog - A House of Many Colors.

Firstoff I'll begin with architecture:

I would like to start this blog off with some of my opinions on architecture - I hate Contempor-ary homes more than anything. All those funky angles and unnecessesary walls and impractical window designs - it drives me crazy. My all-time favorite home style is Crafstman. I love the mixture of color and wood and stone, and the traditional look and feel of it. I love the huge pillars and peaks and the windows, too. I guess one could say that Crafstman designs are the Queen Anne/Victorians of the 21st century. I really do appriciate all house designs, and Contemporary/Modern might even have its place. I have acctually come to like Modern plans, to a certain degree.

Last fall a three story townhouse was just built in the neighborhood next to mine, and it was recently in the newspaper. The 2,000 square-foot home has only two doors in the entire house (!!) - the two bathrooms! The couple that had it built loved openness and modernness, so they had the living areas wrap up and around a gas fireplace. The exterior design intrigued me - the couple was one of cycling - they had eighteen bicycles all together - yes, 18 bikes. They live on their bikes, and their new garage was built for it. A car won't fit - only bikes - really strange for new-age Portland Oregon! They moved out of a condominium, where they filled the entire boiler room with their bicyles! All in all, the house was amazing architecture - I liked the house a lot. For me, that is rare.

I live in a beautiful neighborhood!! The architecture is unbeliebibly phenomenal! There are so many types and styles; oh my word, it's just unbelievable. Eastmorland is almost densly wooded, tucked away in southeastern Portland, scarcely bothered by traffic - ever!

I would hurt myself naming all of the different styles of homes in my neighborhood, and my parents wouldn't through a party if I pulled an all-nighter to start off the week with my (already cranky) teacher! I will be deffinately sure to name the most common designs (not necessarily in my neighborhood) in another post, but the document is on another computer and I'm already pushed for time. Well, this basically sums up tonight's post, as an introduction to yours truly,

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