Tuesday, January 13, 2009

A tour of an eclectic abode

On Sunday I dragged myself out of the house and rode up a hill in the heat to attend my friend's birthday barbeque. I'd never been to her house before so was in a state of shock when I asked to go for a tour and was greeted with the following scenes...


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What an insane bookshelf! Heard a story about that Helmut Newton publication too. Published by Taschen, it is apparently too large for all conventional printers. What to do? Fortunately, there is a large enough printer in the world. That used by monks. Imagine that: monks printing reams and reams of nudie pics! Inappropriate use of the word ream, perhaps?

I also noted that the owner of the house is an avid collector of Folio Society tomes.

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Note the slightly less massive TV behind the massive TV. Sitting on milk crates. The dad apparently "rescued" it from the middle of a building site, so it wouldn't get stolen. Um, isn't that technically stealing also? Beautiful grandfather clock.



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This is the master bedroom (indeed the only bedroom in this open plan house). The bed is the size of two queens. Its sheets need to be custom made!

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The house also has the most incredible garden - it's a tropical paradise.


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We spent the afternoon playing music in the Summer house:

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