Kontextmaschine

30th June 2022

Post reblogged from Kontextmaschine with 12 notes

kontextmaschine:
I am so glad I waited years after moving in of clearing out the yard and getting used to how I use the space before having contractors redo it, I’ve been thinking up new, practical touches to make it better the whole time
Recently:
On the backyard lower level, next to the hot tub (on the upper level) and thus terminus for plumbing, have a shower head to clean a bit without going in to the bathroom
In fact, have a water fountain too, so I don’t have to go inside for a drink when I’m working up a sweat (esp. if I’m gonna put my weights down there) or shoot myself in the mouth with the hose
And have it have one of those foot pedals that fills a built-in dog bowl, for if people bring theirs over to backyard gatherings
Have a roll-out section in the dead space under the deck where I can toss dead logs to culture mushrooms in the dark
My philosophy is like, “remember Hearst Castle, where in every situation they took a generic idea of ‘thing that would be nice for a house to have’ and irrespective of anything else about the place built the comically maximally Rich Guy version of that? The opposite.”

“Opposite” here includes both the facts that my plan was devised by the owner himself while performing manual labor on the estate and that Hearst Castle was built with funds earned during the client’s lifetime