If that ceiling doesn’t open up to a helicopter landing pad what’s even the point.
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I dare say that almost every room in this house has an eclectic ceiling: https://www.redfin.com/GA/Covington/4189-Emory-St-NW-30014/home/24187470
You know, in context, it kind of works. It’s a bit funky but it has its own style.
Granted, that style is “I’ll drown this house in wooden panels to protect it from that popcorn ceilings bullshit” but yeah.
Wood ceilings in a bathroom though, not the best idea.
Omg I love it!! The wooden ceiling panel in the living room(?) is gorgeous. GA is Georgia though, right? In the south? I would have thought aircon is must there, but then I’m in the UK and only need to use a fan a handful of times a year. Are electric ceiling fans like that enough to keep the house cool?
It likely has air-conditioning as well. Ceiling fans are usually an added bonus. And. yes, GA is Georgia.
Sorry, I’m entering stupid questions territory here, but a bonus how? Are they cheaper than aircon? More efficient? Or does it get hot enough that aircon alone isn’t enough keep you cool? I don’t think I’ve ever seen an electric ceiling fan irl and I only experience air conditioning in shops.
Ceiling fans use very little electricity and can help keep you cool. It won't do anything much if it's like 100 degrees out but it helps especially at more reasonable summer temperatures. They are good for circulating air and can help with heating as well. Source: there's a ceiling fan behind my couch and it makes me super cold sometimes.
Thank you for the insight! As it gets hotter and hotter in the UK I wonder if electric ceiling fans will be a more realistic proposition than air con? Most houses don’t have the type of windows you can stick an AC unit in and I imagine it’s really expensive to install and run the “proper” ones.
It isn't terribly expensive to install what's called split unit air conditioners. They aren't a cheap stopgap solution like window units, but if sized properly for the space/insulation level they actually work very well.
Don't fall prey to the temptation of floor/portable AC units, though; they are terribly inefficient. Both window and split unit AC are significantly more efficient options and with split units you can even get heat pump models which will not only cool, but also heat your home more efficiently than any other heat source.
I'm a big proponent of the AC-plus-ceiling fan method, since you don't have to use the AC as much to feel quite comfortable.
Most houses don’t have the type of windows you can stick an AC unit in
Might have better luck with the ones called “portable” air conditioners. The whole units don’t sit in the window, just the hose with an adjustable filler piece to create a seal.
Sorry, I forgot to reply to this. Thanks for the info! Sash windows aren’t the most common type in the UK unfortunately. The majority of windows open outwards from the top or side. If you live in a flat like I do, your windows also open outwards but only a few centimetres. I’m not sure it would be possible to create a temporary seal around the hose bit. I think the majority of UK homes will be dependent on fans and ceiling fans.
My thoughts exactly. I've even been drawing up a short list of them. Portables aren't very feasible in our flat either.
You reminded me to reply to the portable suggestion - yeah, I can’t see how it would work in my flat either. Are electric ceiling fans more efficient than standard fans, do you know?
Apart from using less electricity, I don't know but will keep on researching.
I love this house
I reckon if you were wearing socks and got a good run-up, you could slide the width of the house.
None of those photos look real. They've all been heavily photo shopped.
Or the sections drop down to form a spiral staircase up to the secret tower
Yeah! With a dusty old library with a tattered tome containing a prophecy…
Fan + Ceiling = 🔥 Light Fixture + Ceiling = 🔥 Fan + Light Fixture = mid
I’d argue it’s still 🔥
There's a lot of design I really love from that era, but the light fixture looks like it smells bad. Meaning I have never been in a place with a similar light that didn't stink like cigarettes, mold, and/or piss.
To be fair, it's not like the head of the fan spins, just the blades
True, but that is going to wobble around.
Bad real estate? This? Come on now
I'm going to buy this house just so I can ask the owners what the big silvery appliance is (a double-doored fridge?) and more importantly, why is it placed somewhere so inconvenient.
Yes its a fridge.
It's the double doors that's vexing me. Is it freezer on the left, and fridge on the right? If it's all fridge, do you open one side, realise what you're looking for isn't there and have to open the other? Or is both opened at the same time, and it seems like some grand gesture every time you want a yoghurt?
As for placement, it's more that it seems to be blocking access to that corner of the kitchen, and made the dishwasher a sod to load. It's created a 'you can have the dishwasher open, or the fridge open, but not both' situation
These types of fridges are fairly common in the US, and usually the freezer is on the left. Some models also have ice dispensers. If you have the space for it and a large family, it's very practical.
Standard in Australia too. I have one.
Here's what one looks like full and open.y parents have a fridge like this and I personally prefer my freezer on top fridge but I get why these have some appeal. But where you put a frozen pizza is beyond me. I don't think they would fit in the freezer.
Edit: Oh, would it help if I added the link to the picture though?
Wow. That picture is strangely intimidating. I wish I'd seen your comment before the edit, so I'd have had time to prepare myself.
I was confused by them before, and then I thought I understood them, and now you're saying you can't put pizza in them, I'm back to square 1.
Maybe you can? But IDK they seem like the width in the freezer is very small to me.
There is absolutely no way it's worth the risk buying one. For me, how many pizzas will fit in should be official measurement, prominently placed alongside whatever else you use to measure freezers with.
I can answer the pizza question sinceI have this style fridge. The ice maker components live at the top left of the freezer. It leaves a 4in (10cm) gap to the right of it for tall items like pizza. And yes, we have to limit our pizza purchases since we can't fit more than 2.
We looked at side by sides like that when we last bought appliances. The left is usually the freezer and the right is the fridge.
I think the fisheye lens is distorting a little bit, but really I don't know how often I have to have the dishwasher and the fridge open at the same time. But that's my experience with my pretty small kitchen.
It's about the light fixture. OP made that very clear. Do you not read headlines before you comment?
I'm replying to a comment.
Those fridges are available quite widely in UK now. Quite convenient I think. You need room for them though.
Everything past Charlie Browns and Ground Round in the Tri State Area had that setup over their tables