Here is a comment I tried to post about an article by Styleist Home called:
House Tour: Inside This 150 Square Foot House By Molecule Tiny Homes (PHOTOS)
at :
http://www.stylelist.com/2012/09/24/house-tour-molecule-tiny-homes_n_1909830.html?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%20Brief&utm_campaign=daily_brief
My mother said "Don't say anything unless it is
kind" but I'm still laughing over this. In Oz this building is called a
CARAVAN. As depicted, it is a mobile home designed and built by a male
ballerina and his brother in-law who pose as cabinet makers without
engineering capabilities. To have been doing this for about "a year" and
to get this amount of intenet exposure is astounding. That time frame,
in business parlance, indicates they have been doing this for a long
time or not at all! Which one of them is holding the baby, and where is
the place for a "change table"? Where is there room for the cat's bowls -
or is the subliminal message in the main photograph - "there is no
pussy in this home"? It's not the intent of these two lovely people that
I question but the intent of the author of this article. Shana Ecker is
a freakin' genius. She should be writing for a comedy show. The pathos,
the drama. the underlying social issues, the politics and the bank
balance, the suburban ethos. This woman is every marketing officer's
dream come true. This is a beautiful piece about 'downsizing' not just
your home, but your relationship. Heck, I'm inspired. Why can't I do
something totally left of field outside my range of expertise - like
midwifery or UN Peace Consultant? After all, I've been looking after
babies and shooting guns for "almost a year". I'm totally qualified in
fucking things up. And, the price tag is priceless. What do I get for
twenty thou? A pile of icecream sticks, glue and an exploded diagram of
the Millenium spaceship?
Maybe I should subscribe to "Modeller's Monthly" and be done with my aspirations as a homemaker or architect.