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Posted on 02/17/2006 8:08:51 AM PST by Lorianne
Anyone who would use a 'word' like "charette" is probably suffering from a cranial-rectal inversion.
From one online dictionary:
No entry found for charette.
Googling the word makes it appear that it is an artificial word created by liberals to hide what they are really doing.
That's a cute little cottage. I wouldn't mind having one somewhere in the mountains when it comes time to retire. :)
Read the "Little House" books. There's one where the family (can't recall if there were still 2 daughters or already 3 by then) moved into a one room structure built from boards in a day or two by the father. And another where they (definitely at least a family of 5 by this time) lived in a one room sod dugout.
It's nice to have a bigger home, but hardly essential.
If one cannot get a loaf, settle for half a loaf, have seen the time when I would have been satisfied with the heel.
Ha.
There's a French word, "charabia" that translates in English to "gibberish."
No "charette" even in French.
This article musta' spelled an expression incorrectly or else it's from some language I've never heard of.
Maybe people were saying (I'll spell this phonetically), "SHAR-A" (hard 'a') and the writer thought it was 'some french word' and wrote it "charette" the way someone who isn't knowledgeable of French THOUGHT a French word would be spelled, thus, "charette" which is probably pronounced as I spelled it phonetically...'SHAR-A' (hard 'a').
Here's the deal - much of the space in your average builder-designed house is utterly wasted. Our little house had a central hub plan, NO hallways (a tremendous space-waster - all you do is walk through them), high ceilings to make the space look bigger, a combined living-dining area with a pass through kitchen and breakfast nook, and two-room bathroom (one for the commode, one for the bathtub/shower & sink). Lots of clever storage in places like under the stairs and along baseboards. All the closets were on the north wall to help insulate the living space.
The house we bought when we moved is your typical builder house - it makes me cry when I look at all the wasted space I'm heating and cooling! Two long hallways, a master bath the size of a soccer field (ostentatious but chilly in the winter, and think of mopping all that tile!), a useless dining room separated from the kitchen and the rest of the house . . . I could go on and on.
The good news is that even with all the square footage in this house, we're still paying less taxes than on our old one!
The architect mentioned in the article, Sarah Susanka, does a column for Fine Homebuilding magazine. She has definitely got it figured out. More space does not mean more comfort - sometimes it can mean less.
I think these cabins for Mississippi look really dear. And yes, they could be lived in year round and for a while if someone chose to...if not, move them to the back/front of the lot and rent them as coastal vacationer cabins. They would EASILY rent out for vacationers. It's like people are getting new homes and an added revenue stream for later. Pretty darned sweet, if you ask me.
Thanks for the info...We're living in a 1000sqft apartment right now, so something like this would be a dream.
doesn't seem out of line, and, you can move it.
thanks for the link
http://www.goodkarmadomes.com/
there's always a dome, the most hurricane-resistant structure yet designed
I get the impression that one of the main, but unspoken, driving forces behind the 308 sq. feet is, Keep it so small the families will find incentive to expand their living space quickly.
Another FEMA-funded project ---
http://architecture.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.zdomes.com/
Yes, but cabins are so much nicer. Many built in the 1800's are still standing and some still habitable and lived in today. I've seen them and used to own one, as a matter of fact and would still own it if I'd had my way with the issue...it's still being lived in today, however, and by a family of four.
But that place is three storied and five bedroom'd, but still a split-log home with split-log barn built in the 1800's.
Cabin life (smaller version) is still a sweet and snug way o' life and enjoyed by many people, if not preferred.
Those cabins sure look far more appealing than the FEMA trailers. And, I think, to the dome. If I had to chose, dome or tepee, I'd go with teepee.
YES. Or, be single and live out their old age there, OR, be a family and use the resource for revenue later.
Don't be too sure about that.
I've lived in 400 sq. feet as a family of 4.
Is it small? Yes. Can it be comfortable? Yes, if done correctly.
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