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Posted by Kris Krieger on February 7, 2008, 1:46 pm
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>> >> s.c om:
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>> >> > Hi Kris and friends.
>> > ...
>> >> > I enjoy studying people.
>> >> > I studied people in sitting rooms, with adjcent couches
>> >> > 14' , 12' , 10' and 8' apart, to ascertain bonding.
>> >> > The purpose was to determine a good parlor to
>> >> > enhance communication. I suppose that might
>> >> > be involved with the term "choregraphy"
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>> >> I'm not too sure but it seems to make sense. I visited someone
>> >> once in their family's *humongous* house - the "living room" was
>> >> so large that, being a little nearsighted, I couldn't get a clear
>> >> view of the poele I was talking to, and everyone had to pretty
>> >> much shout to be heard. I'm not exaggerating. It was very
>> >> unpleasant. I do like to have a good amount of personal space,
>> >> but even for me, there is a point in a home at which separation
>> >> distances become unpleasant, cold, dare I say even depressing.
>>
>> > Some friends of ours bought a "humungous house"
>> > and in the living room pushed a nice set of furniture
>> > closer together and put trees behind them, quite nice.
>>
>> That would work well IMO. Sort fo like creating one's own "wooded
>> glen" ;)
>
> The lady is a school principle, and he is an airline pilot,
> (retired now), and had a fair chunk of change and decided
> to buy a very large home. They explained that as kids
> they were brought up in small homes with some envy of
> those in large houses and always dreamed about living in
> a mansion style place, well that's cool, they worked hard
> and got what they wanted, I admire that.
> Their living room was about 20x20.
Well, 20'X20' is large but not what I'd call "humongous" - the one I told
the story about was larger than that, which is why it registered so
strongly on my "weird-O-meter" ;)
I actually kind of like a room that allows me to have the furniture away
from the walls, because I'm big on "circulation". Poss because
Isometimes ahve to get up at night and walk around (various muscle
cramps), and pacing back and forth through 6' doesn't quite cut the
proverbial mustard.
OTOH, I still often think about that one boat I'd seen in Vancouver.
Both sail and motor, jsut gorgeous inside, and yet less expensive than
the averagde house at the time...and the allure of the idea of freedom to
just literally "pick up and go"...
Well, anyhoo... ;)
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>> And I also like the idea of what you mentioned aboutr friends and the
>> furniture arrangement. It can be a challenge to make a large place
>> feel homey/intimate, but that's vey different from it being
>> impossible. OTOH, a lot fo people still tend to sutomatically put
>> all furniture smack up against the walls. OTOH, I suppose that also
>> keeps designers in business <G!>
>
> Hotel lobbies are nicely furnished that way.
True, some of them are very interesting, esp. when the aesthetics are
pleasing. It's interesting that one really can, in a good one, be in a
alrge space, and yet feel comfortable having an individual/close
conversation.
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>> >> > Oh, yeah, I mentioned that to suggest how
>> >> > intimate a social setting can evolve, the parlor
>> >> > is lifestyle choice.
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>> >> That and also, a back proch or covered patio - with bug screens,
>> >> tho' - keep out the mosquitoes.
>>
>> >> > I constructed 2 couches on castors to provide
>> >> > the necessary adjustment to the parlor and also
>> >> > made them fold out to beds, in case anyone
>> >> > wants to sleep over, in the living room, with
>> >> > two adjacent beds pushed together...folded out.
>> >> > Ken
>>
>> >> THat sounds clever to me - good idea. Multifunctional. I like
>> >> multifunctional. It also gives peole the ability to pull back a
>> >> bit if they need to. Adaptive furniture.
>>
>> > The coaches are normally back, but roll forward
>> > for dining.
>> > Ken
>>
>> Heh, coaches ;) I know you meant "couches" but "coaches" does bring
>> up some amusing emntal images/scenarios ;)
>
> OOPs, it's that twilight moment when you hit the send
> button, look and see a typo and think "oh-darn", was
> that a Freudian Slip?.
> Ken
Freudian slip? Well, I dunno, it certainly *might* be... ;)
Actally, given how dismal my own typing often is, I seldom comment on
typos, it's only that I though that one was fun ;)
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