Locate Your Architectural Design
The house you choose to stay in is an outward expression of your own personality. So it’s important to choose the right architectural design.
A proper home design should fit you like a glove, so presuming that you’re Audrey Hepburn, because only she can pull off wearing gloves. And these gloves are resting on the back of an Edwardian fainting couch in her well-appointed Parisian apartment overlooking the Seine. I hate to function as bearer of bad news, however we are not Audrey Hepburn. The rest of us gloveless and Parisian apartment–less people are left to fend for ourselves, endlessly searching for the house that matches our meager Hepburn-deficient lives. Fortunately I to help. Just give me a moment to acquire the tune of “Moon River” out of my mind, and I’ll try to restrict your choices.
“Waitin’ round the bend … my … huckleberry friend … mmm, mmmm, mmmmmm …”
Sorry. Consequently, if the suggestions I gave you last time did not fit, perhaps this time you’ll discover something that resonates with your internal 1950s-’60s diva.
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You like long walks up steep hills while humming Judy Garland tunes. (I am sticking with an diva theme today.)
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Additionally, you probably have the metal for the hardware out of recycled SUVs.
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“Aow, would not it be loverly? Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly …” (I could do that all day.)
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To be honest, I did not observe the cabin in the background in the beginning.
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I do declare.
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“I get no kick in a plane. Flying too high with some gal in the sky is my idea of nothing to do …”
Mies van der Rohe was a total diva. He had been the Frank Sinatra of architecture.
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Has Bon Iver done a Frank Sinatra cover yet?
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You could work in your own songs. You ought to take a guitar.
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Divas have certainly changed.
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