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ashling

(25,771 posts) Tue Jan 28, 2014, 03:34 PM Jan 2014

Loooooong list of things I want in my house when I grow up

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Loooooong list of things I want in my house when I grow up (Original Post) ashling Jan 2014 OP

Lots of cool stuff, but the kitchen wall garden actually looks doable if one had the room and right hlthe2b Jan 2014 #1

Palette Planter blogslut Jan 2014 #6

thanks... that really would be doable (if I had somewhere to mount it)... hlthe2b Jan 2014 #9

I am a notorious plant killer. blogslut Jan 2014 #11

Yeah... I tend to overwater too... Philodendrons thrive for me because they will come back... hlthe2b Jan 2014 #12

Oh, I've killed Philodendrons. blogslut Jan 2014 #14

Only problem with the desk that has the sandbox LynneSin Jan 2014 #2

And the chair wouldn't roll very well ashling Jan 2014 #5

and the cats OriginalGeek Jan 2014 #10

That's my thinking too... Callmecrazy Jan 2014 #13

that is WAYYYYY way down the bucket list. OriginalGeek Jan 2014 #17

Living in earthquake country, the swimming pools frighten me... hunter Jan 2014 #3

My daughter said ashling Jan 2014 #21

Wonderful! But I could live with my little cottage as it is if I had.... Walk away Jan 2014 #4

Oddly...I could deal with being a live-in maid (and private chef)... Chan790 Jan 2014 #7

Why isn't there an adult-sized slide around the spiral staircase? struggle4progress Jan 2014 #8

I know, right... pipi_k Jan 2014 #15

It's unfair and it's bigoted and it's just not right struggle4progress Jan 2014 #16

I'm sorry pipi k, but your post is making me laugh my ass off! LeftofObama Jan 2014 #20

The spiral slide is perfect for laundry! Boom Sound 416 Jan 2014 #18

We do the outdoor movie theatre several times a year in the summer... Earth_First Jan 2014 #19

My choice - first picture. 840high Jan 2014 #22

hlthe2b

(102,109 posts)

1. Lots of cool stuff, but the kitchen wall garden actually looks doable if one had the room and right

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 03:42 PM

Jan 2014

location...

Neat

blogslut

(37,981 posts)

6. Palette Planter

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 04:42 PM

Jan 2014

hlthe2b

(102,109 posts)

9. thanks... that really would be doable (if I had somewhere to mount it)...

Reply to blogslut (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 05:07 PM

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blogslut

(37,981 posts)

11. I am a notorious plant killer.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 05:35 PM

Jan 2014

The only thing I can keep alive are Aloe Vera plants and even those die off at about a year.

My mother couldn't kill a plant if she tried. She said the secret to it was forgetting them. I wish I could but I fuss with them too much. I'm so paranoid about them dying, I'm constantly checking them out for signs of danger and that, I think, is my undoing.

hlthe2b

(102,109 posts)

12. Yeah... I tend to overwater too... Philodendrons thrive for me because they will come back...

Reply to blogslut (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 05:40 PM

Jan 2014

no matter how hard you try to kill them.

blogslut

(37,981 posts)

14. Oh, I've killed Philodendrons.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #12)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 05:46 PM

Jan 2014

I've killed them all. I am a bad, bad plant steward.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

2. Only problem with the desk that has the sandbox

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 03:47 PM

Jan 2014

I'd be tracking Sand all over the house

ashling

(25,771 posts)

5. And the chair wouldn't roll very well

Reply to LynneSin (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 04:20 PM

Jan 2014

I wonder if I can get internet at the beach?

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

10. and the cats

Reply to LynneSin (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 05:14 PM

Jan 2014

would shit in it.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

13. That's my thinking too...

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 05:41 PM

Jan 2014

Imagine rubbing your feet in the sand and you end up with cat shit in your toes. Ewww.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

17. that is WAYYYYY way down the bucket list.

Reply to Callmecrazy (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 06:10 PM

Jan 2014

bleah!

hunter

(38,301 posts)

3. Living in earthquake country, the swimming pools frighten me...

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 03:49 PM

Jan 2014

... I'd be afraid of sloshing out with the water over the edge.

I'd have similar concerns about the aquarium.

ashling

(25,771 posts)

21. My daughter said

Reply to hunter (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 11:31 PM

Jan 2014

"Wouldn't it be weird having the fish stare at you while you sleep?"

Walk away

(9,494 posts)

4. Wonderful! But I could live with my little cottage as it is if I had....

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 03:52 PM

Jan 2014

a live in maid.

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

7. Oddly...I could deal with being a live-in maid (and private chef)...

Reply to Walk away (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 04:44 PM

Jan 2014

if I had a cottage to live in.

It's my second choice for ideal living arrangement.

I really think it'd be kind of neat instead to try to acquire a 3-or-4-floor walk-up building in NYC and try to create a kind of intentional cooperative community. One person cooks. One person cleans. There's a chore wheel. A few people garden in the back yard. A few people sell the excess and prepared foods at the farmer's market. People are free to work outside the community for spending money. Meals are in common. Shared common areas. Every gets their own bedroom and bathroom that they have to maintain. I can't see how to get it done and it'd probably go to hell immediately. So it goes.