This is the view of our somewhat creepy laundry appliances. Since we can't stand the constant scrutiny, when we walk from the hall to the great room, until we figure out how to hide them, we'll just close the door to that bathroom.
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Much better with the door shut. I don't suppose there would be any room in there to build a sort of vertical, rolling door, bread box type of thing around them would there? You know, the thing that you see in the corners of kitchens at counter level--under the cabinets.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize you were so close to being finished. Whoo Hoo! BB
yes, we're discussing this and have already come up with a couple of ideas. I woke up last night and was trying to think of how we could have done that differently, but it always comes back to that was the only place in the whole house where the laundry fit. I don't think the Pope-Leighey house even HAD a laundry room. I'm thinking back then, they may have just sent their stuff out, which of course, never crosses the modern mind.
ReplyDeleteWe're going to have a neighborhood open house. The date is not set. I want to do it before we move in. The story is the house, not our stuff. Thom needs to be there to take kudos but he is very modest. It will either be March 13th or the 20th.
Usually Wright's laundry was in the utility room with the boiler, etc. which was next to the kitchen in the central fireplace mass. This meant the boiler flue would be hidden in the top of the masonry. As the bathroom was usually nearby, the sewer vent was hidden in the same way. In later Usonians, this mass was above the roof line, and the kitchen frequently had a hidden skylight. Here's the plan:
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This plan is not wholly accurate, as the trellis at the end of the living room is missing. It was built on a 2' X 4' grid with the vertical module being 13". Taking dimensions is easy: the grid runs longitudinally with the living room. This means individual french doors are 2', or create a 4' opening when both are swung out. The trellises are also 2 X 4, and are aligned to the grid, and the clerestories align with the trellises and are also fit into the vertical module. Everything fits into the X-Y-Z spatial grid, and so drawing dimensions are superfluous.
Looking at pictures of Wright buildings on the web easily can give you the whole plan as the grid is in the floor, and counting battens, or concrete blocks, or bricks gives the height. Note that 5 common bricks is also 13", and so the bricks align with the reverse board and batten. This is how the flow of space was achieved, even through corners and changes of material... everything lines up, and the eye and brain does not have to work to put it together, which leads to that sense of comfort, ease, and peace one feels in these homes.
This is the first time I"ve read your comment. Thank you. We had an architect from VA. visit and as soon as he walked in, he said, "this is really different from the Pope-leighy house", and it is.
ReplyDeleteI think I remembered after writing this post about the location of the laundry, but we love our open plan on the lower level and have just learned to keep the door closed on the "Hal" appliances.
Our builders lined up the plywood joints to fall in with the vertical windows and other tricks to allow the eye places to graze. Also the grain runs on the horizontal.
Thanks again!