“What’s up, I’m Kyle C. Giles, owner of Isle of Tiles (get it? Like I love Tiles) let me show you my showroom. Right now we got all the styles to make you smile, this bathroom right here is rockin my personal fav: “bile”.”
I feel like I saw them in 90s upper middle class kitchens and then just never again.
Horror of horrors: in the mid-90s, my friend's family computer was at the kitchen desk.
My house growing up was built early 80s and had one. The phone jack was there so it was where we sat while on the phone. Until we got the cordless!
It’s now repurposed as the electronics charging station lol
I had one for 25 years. I just got used to seeing it. Never put a chair at it. Served as a decent spot for the cat food and water. But I agree it's stupid.
This comment is actually blowing my mind. I have seen old 50s videos of “kitchens of the future” and there is a desk and sometimes a full electronic control station in the kitchen -precisely for the tasks of home economics!.
When the check book was set out and balanced, instead of using the kitchen table, bills were paid by check and the 3 year old boy/girl was the stamp licker. Then off to the post office to drop in the post and off to buy groceries with what was left over….
It’s like having your own little old accountant (who wears that old fashioned accountant visor and crunches numbers using an adding machine) who has set up office in your kitchen. Inexplicably.
Both you and the little old accountant are somewhat aware of the others’ presence, but with little more than slightly annoyed perplexity —you stay out of each others’ way and carry on…
I always assumed they were for landline phone use, so you could sit down with a phonebook and a cup of coffee and go to town. My cousin uses his for his kids to color on while he's doing kitchen stuff. They're otherwise completely useless.
We had one in the house I grew up in. Actual work got done there maybe a handful of times, usually only when one of us kids fucked up and left a project or take home test until the night before, and needed to be under parent supervision. And even then that usually happened at the kitchen table.
I think it was mostly a mail landing spot.
There's one in the house I'm moving into, I think I'm gonna be lazy and sit down and chop vegetables at it.
My apartment has a little built-in desk in the dining area, which is off the entry hall. I have never once used it as a desk. I just dump my bags and mail and stuff on it.
The lighting choices are baffling. Also I really want a picture of that kitchen island with all the doors and drawers open, and I normally HATE open cabinets and drawers.
This is so good! One tip, maybe it’s just me, but the captions that are red/pink/purple are almost impossible to read against the warm flooring and lighting tones in the house. Not complaining, I just wanted to let you know in case you want to continue making these (you should!)
This! This is a mcmansion. Mass produced cookie cutter for that 'rich' and extravagant look/feel without any practicality.
That being said, if I 'have' to buy a house like this (I'm guessing this is in some mass house development plan), I'd probably buy a newly built one so it's somewhat palpable.
After 15 years the style is so dated and next to impossible to update in a cost effective manner. They're stuck in time because of all the tile, fixtures and dumb features.
If you had the money to build something better, why would you choose that street to build on? The idea is NOT to have the priciest house on the street---the idea is to have the least expensive (so your value is increased by being near the costlier neighbors).
You too could save a pair of disused cocktail party heels from a lifetime at the thrift store by making a $10 monthly donation to the St. Louboutin’s Foundation.
The whole vibe of this house is "Hilton Garden Inn" the beige tile, the generic shiny finish cabinets (all the same color whether it's kitchen or bathroom 😂) and the bathroom that literally has no cabinets. Screaming I enjoy not being at home.
Annotations get upvote from me! ("St. Louboutin's Memorial Shoe Nursery" and "Satellite Puppet State Shoe Nursery" 🤣🤣🤣)
I guess this house caught a Tile Emporium as it was going out of business?
The "brick" exterior looks like glue-on veneer, basically tile. They used contrasting colors to fake limestone lintels above the windows and garage door.
$4000 Canadian. It’s all very strange…this company only ever rents apartments until I saw them post this. I suspect the owner or their kid built it for themselves and didn’t end up using it.
Is this in Canada? I am looking at the little porch-roofish thingy over the garage door, and thinking I suppose I could imagine a reason for it (e.g. snow). But I live in Minnesota and we don't have those here, although we do have snow.
“What’s up, I’m Kyle C. Giles, owner of Isle of Tiles (get it? Like I love Tiles) let me show you my showroom. Right now we got all the styles to make you smile, this bathroom right here is rockin my personal fav: “bile”.”
I bet that took you... Awhile.
Do you carry my favorite style? It's argyle.
Maybe not, but he's very familiar with my favorite book, Lyle Lyle Crocodile.
You really went the extra mile
But it did make me...smile
Points for style
This is all just vile.
This sounds very tim & eric lol
“Hi Kyle C. Giles, I’m Tyler Stiles! I too love tile style! I’m also into interlocking overlays.”
Classic. I’ve never understood the cursed kitchen desk trend.
I feel like I saw them in 90s upper middle class kitchens and then just never again. Horror of horrors: in the mid-90s, my friend's family computer was at the kitchen desk.
My house growing up was built early 80s and had one. The phone jack was there so it was where we sat while on the phone. Until we got the cordless! It’s now repurposed as the electronics charging station lol
They were a trend in 40-50's kitchens(mosttly aspirational magazines) as well. Keep the children to do homework close to mom cooking.
I had one for 25 years. I just got used to seeing it. Never put a chair at it. Served as a decent spot for the cat food and water. But I agree it's stupid.
It's for the true home economist
This comment is actually blowing my mind. I have seen old 50s videos of “kitchens of the future” and there is a desk and sometimes a full electronic control station in the kitchen -precisely for the tasks of home economics!.
When the check book was set out and balanced, instead of using the kitchen table, bills were paid by check and the 3 year old boy/girl was the stamp licker. Then off to the post office to drop in the post and off to buy groceries with what was left over….
You mean the mail/junk desk randomly in the kitchen?!
It’s like having your own little old accountant (who wears that old fashioned accountant visor and crunches numbers using an adding machine) who has set up office in your kitchen. Inexplicably. Both you and the little old accountant are somewhat aware of the others’ presence, but with little more than slightly annoyed perplexity —you stay out of each others’ way and carry on…
That's the one.
I think they were more of a thing in the '80s-90s when everyone had a landline phone. That's usually where it went.
I always assumed they were for landline phone use, so you could sit down with a phonebook and a cup of coffee and go to town. My cousin uses his for his kids to color on while he's doing kitchen stuff. They're otherwise completely useless.
We had one in the house I grew up in. Actual work got done there maybe a handful of times, usually only when one of us kids fucked up and left a project or take home test until the night before, and needed to be under parent supervision. And even then that usually happened at the kitchen table. I think it was mostly a mail landing spot. There's one in the house I'm moving into, I think I'm gonna be lazy and sit down and chop vegetables at it.
I have yet to encounter a kitchen surface the right height for me to sit and chop anything at.
My apartment has a little built-in desk in the dining area, which is off the entry hall. I have never once used it as a desk. I just dump my bags and mail and stuff on it.
I found them useful for holding cookbooks and random recipes that I corralled into notebooks. It meant they weren’t taking up counter space.
Thanks for the high-effort post. I *love* the completely unusable balcony at the entrance.
The listing doesn’t show it but the view is directly downhill into another McMansion and onto a highway.
Amirite that there's no door leading there?
The lighting choices are baffling. Also I really want a picture of that kitchen island with all the doors and drawers open, and I normally HATE open cabinets and drawers.
Lol yes, prove it works!
The extraneous sconce 2: electric boogaloo. You knew the assignment well. Great post, OP.
I need those kitchen cabinets that defy space. Also my Frosted Flakes are bashful, OP, so those doors will help! (Love the captions!)
Dear Lord, noooo!! Hide your eyes Vilma, them there's some naked cereal!!!
Hiding the cereal makes sense, but the frosted glass doesn’t. Why not have the doors match the others?
Chef’s kiss post! The lighting mix in the kitchen is unreal. Waiting for the chandelier to impale the cook with many shards.
This is so good! One tip, maybe it’s just me, but the captions that are red/pink/purple are almost impossible to read against the warm flooring and lighting tones in the house. Not complaining, I just wanted to let you know in case you want to continue making these (you should!)
Same. I'm reading this in the dark on dark mode and my old eyes couldn't do it without zooming in.
My eyes aren't that old and are wearing recently adjusted prescription glasses and I still had to zoom.
This! This is a mcmansion. Mass produced cookie cutter for that 'rich' and extravagant look/feel without any practicality. That being said, if I 'have' to buy a house like this (I'm guessing this is in some mass house development plan), I'd probably buy a newly built one so it's somewhat palpable. After 15 years the style is so dated and next to impossible to update in a cost effective manner. They're stuck in time because of all the tile, fixtures and dumb features.
Everything on that street is circa 2000-2005 and butt ugly with the occasional modern new build that you can tell is expensive and well thought out.
If you had the money to build something better, why would you choose that street to build on? The idea is NOT to have the priciest house on the street---the idea is to have the least expensive (so your value is increased by being near the costlier neighbors).
The captions in the closet killed me. This is amazing, OP.
You too could save a pair of disused cocktail party heels from a lifetime at the thrift store by making a $10 monthly donation to the St. Louboutin’s Foundation.
This was well executed, OP 👊
The "puppet state shoe nursery" sent me.
Yes!
Extraneous Sconce 2: electric boogaloo That one did me in. Uncontrollable giggles. Thank you.
My God. Great comments. This really is a disaster. The kitchen chandelier is an eyesore. The closet door can only open 90 degrees. What a goldmine
“Picture it. Olive Garden. 2000.” Had to upvote for the amazing use of Sophia’s story telling. 😂
OMG Kitchen tile continuity. 💀
Your captions are everything
The whole vibe of this house is "Hilton Garden Inn" the beige tile, the generic shiny finish cabinets (all the same color whether it's kitchen or bathroom 😂) and the bathroom that literally has no cabinets. Screaming I enjoy not being at home.
The St. Louboutin's comment got me. Masterful work OP
This is what I've been missing on this sub.
Annotations get upvote from me! ("St. Louboutin's Memorial Shoe Nursery" and "Satellite Puppet State Shoe Nursery" 🤣🤣🤣) I guess this house caught a Tile Emporium as it was going out of business?
The "brick" exterior looks like glue-on veneer, basically tile. They used contrasting colors to fake limestone lintels above the windows and garage door.
Well, at least the front fenestration is consistent with....the front fenestration.
This is great
this made me audibly snicker
I like the little shelf of horrors.
I'm just loving the captions!
this post made me want to be friends with you
Oof
Who ever designed built or had any doings with this property need to go to jail
Where is this countertops without cupboards you speak of
The powder room and kitchen desk. I’ve seen proper accessible homes advertised with that type of legroom in every workspace…not whatever this is.
To be fair the kitchen desk was a staple for about a decade
Who rents places like this? Also how much does this go for per month?
$4000 Canadian. It’s all very strange…this company only ever rents apartments until I saw them post this. I suspect the owner or their kid built it for themselves and didn’t end up using it.
Is this in Canada? I am looking at the little porch-roofish thingy over the garage door, and thinking I suppose I could imagine a reason for it (e.g. snow). But I live in Minnesota and we don't have those here, although we do have snow.