Fireplace, claw-footed tub, ENOUGH BOOKSHELVES AND CLOSETS, and maid service. Those are on my wishlist.
High on my list are series of pneumatic tubes. (Possibly cat-sized) and a secret passage/room through a bookcase.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Feb 08, 2013 10:01:15 am PST #10420 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Jessica - Feb 08, 2013 10:03:29 am PST #10421 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My sister has been restoring an old cabin we own up in Canada, and was toying with the idea of ripping out the HOLY GOD WHAT WERE YOU THINKING GRANNY BEYOND GODAWFUL bathroom that's there now and installing a composting toilet instead. I say go for it, it can't possible be any worse than what's there now.
My grandparents up in New Hampshire have a wood stove in their kitchen/sitting room, and space heaters in the second floor bedrooms. And lots and LOTS of wool blankets. I love it up there.
Jessica - Feb 08, 2013 10:04:28 am PST #10422 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
pneumatic tubes. (Possibly cat-sized)
Ahahahahaha.
Theodosia - Feb 08, 2013 10:10:53 am PST #10423 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I should dig up the pictures I've taken of my aunt's antique "Cottage Diamond" wood stove that they use up in the Catskills. If I could inherit one thing from that house, I'd take the stove.
Sue - Feb 08, 2013 10:12:50 am PST #10424 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I suspect the cats would not be so keen on pneumatic tube transport.
sj - Feb 08, 2013 10:13:10 am PST #10425 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Lots of people have wood burning stoves for heat in my neighborhood; on really cold days you can smell them throughout my neighborhood. There was one attached to our fireplace when we first looked at this house, but the owner took it with him. Which was fine, because the smell of burning wood really bothers my allergies.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 08, 2013 10:14:02 am PST #10426 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I suspect the cats would not be so keen on pneumatic tube transport.
They have their own methods of instantaneous transportation if my mom's cat is anything to judge by.
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2013 10:15:57 am PST #10427 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I suspect the cats would not be so keen on pneumatic tube transport.
They don't like being stuffed into the little carriers. It always makes trips though the bank drive-through awkward.
Theodosia - Feb 08, 2013 10:16:57 am PST #10428 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Maybe cats' fear of vacuums has to do with some unfortunate early cat-pneumatic-tube experiments. We may have forgotten, but they haven't.
Amy - Feb 08, 2013 10:17:07 am PST #10429 of 30001
Because books.
Some of those cat ... shelves (I don't know what else to call them) that wind all over the house would be sort of cool.