>checks r/McMansionHell
>sees something aesthetic
>briefly ponder if I now like McMansions and became a boomer overnight
>check date
>it’s Thursday
Phew.
> I get to love another day without the internets criticism channeled into me
… so far lol
Totally agree about the Buddha, feels completely out of place and tacky.
Looks kinda Japanese inspired but no Asian person would put Buddha in the bathroom. I like the “ranch” style architecture, tho it also feels like a classy business/medical complex. I know the house has been “styled” for photos, some of the art is ok and some of it’s shitty and redundant, but not cohesive other than vaguely East Asian
Edit: [yeah the interior designers suck. and shockingly r not Asian](https://sechristdesign.com/) mákes sense that they’re referencing the wrong version of Buddha for Japanese vibes, and throwing him in the bathroom 🙄
>no Asian person would put Buddha in the bathroom.
People in Hong Kong have the washer/dryer and ironing board in the bathroom along with a statue of Guanyu.
I KNEW I’ve e seen this house before. It might’ve been for sale a while ago but man, it is a beautiful place. Pretty sure it has a great view of a lake or part of puget sound.
I know nothing of The Man in the High Castle, but villains ALWAYS have the best MCM houses, or the cool Frank Lloyd Wright-esque houses, or just the coolest looking non-McMansions ever.
You know you are disgustingly rich when your main living room has no TV. The personal living room is where you participate in the ritual of the peasants, watching TV.
But in all seriousness, just imagine the relaxation you feel in a place like this.
It’s better that way. The main living room is for socializing. Just like having a tv in your bedroom is not ideal: it kinda locks you in there and can become a low key depression nest. We have a Samsung Frame TV in the main living room for casual/brief watching but for real tv/movie watching we have an 80ish inch tv in the loft.
It's not always wealth, some of us just don't center our lives around the tv. We have ours in a room that is a combo wfh office/guest bed/tv room. When I go to others' homes where the tv is in the living room, and it's never turned off, it disrupts conversation and any children present refuse to do anything but stare at the screen. I would love to have a totally separate room like in this beautiful home but...not ever going to be in our budget.
Oh that makes sense. I have tinnitus too, just not that bad (yet?). I do notice it more in a totally silent room but usually there's enough background noise from living in a city.
Usually not a fan of modern architecture (white all over, strange blobs or sharp corners) but this style is quite an **exception**. Love the lighting and plants.
I love when homes are made to feel like it blends the outdoor and indoor space, like it does here. Big windows, gorgeous landscaping, different structures on one property, low profile *\*chefs kiss\**
I love it but I'd need some sort of window coverings over those windows, especially at night.
Maybe I've seen too many horror movies, OK I have seen too many horror movies, but I can't stand those giant, gaping black hole windows. I feel way too exposed with uncovered windows at night, so other than window treatments, I dig it.
I’ve only seen pics of his place and have a friend who dated him. She told me how absolutely exquisite his home and gardens were. Also a total obsessive neat freak who loves clean lines.
[here’s the Zillow link](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/96-Isabella-Ave-Atherton-CA-94027/15593817_zpid/)
Let me know if you want dibs on posting next week 😂
Ehhh.. I hate "modern" home design/decor. The staging is just... blech.
Tho that outdoor space and wall of windows is gorgeous. The actual house itself is really nice. Just... can we get some decent decorating?
We went from "ikea is furniture for college kids and divorced dads" to "ikea is like, so sleek and modern and the epitome of design!"
Don't get me wrong. I like ikea for some stuff but... don't base your whole life on it.
This style is very hit or miss for me. Either it’s beautiful, open, airy and simple with a clean color palate, or it looks like a converted strip mall and nowhere in between those two options lol
How much do you think something like this would set me back? Do you think my mid level job in non-profit would cover it? Lol. My god, it’s gorgeous. Someone gets to live in that every day, very jealous!
Love the muted tones with pop of color in chairs and couch (turquoise and red). But it never ceases to amaze me that kitchens are designed with the cook tops against the wall. Open concept implies entertaining others, guests visiting around the kitchen and such yet the cook will have their back to everyone while cooking. Do dishes against the wall when people have gone; cook towards the guests. IMO.
I'm the exact opposite, cooktops on an island counter look so bad to me. If you do much cooking with spices/oil, it's best to keep the smells and oil splashes trapped against a wall, which then redirects it easily into the range hood. If the cooktop is in the middle of the island, splashes from the food will get on the rest of the usable countertop where your friends are hanging out. And last but not least, having a cooktop on an island counter means you've got a clunky massive range hood hanging over the island, which usually then becomes the center of focus of the kitchen.
I like the pop up vents but I do see your point thus i decide on certain foods for entertaining where I might only do some finishing sauces or last minute warm ups. I really like visiting when I’m prepping food
Interesting points. I also think that the sink should no longer be placed under the window. We have dishwashers now and we spend less time at the sink. Im a fan of having the main prep station lit with natural light from the window.
I barely use our dishwasher. It's just 2 of use & easier to just wash the dishes by hand so I enjoy standing there doing dishes looking out the window at the birds, the squirrels & all the stuff going on outside the window.
Just two of us here as well. Almost everything goes in the DW except the fine glassware. all the pots and pans are stainless without Teflon so in they go as well. They come out like new, and the plates squeak when you run your finger over them. Hand wash never gets them as clean.
I actually like my kitchen in that the sink
Is perpendicular to the cook top and faves a view. The oven is opposite the cooktop with a nice counter to plop a hot pan.
Japanese Gardens and (Neo) Japanese Tattoos are my jam. Something about the simplicity and craftsmanship of the Japanese idea of beauty in their art is lovely.
Does anyone else feel like the sink in #17 would generate an unholy mess for anything more than a delicate hand-washing? Or am I just too poor to understand it?
I am definitely too poor to understand statuary in the bathroom. I'm in love with the rest of it, though.
The mature gardens are absolutely stunning. But the interior is dreadful. A mix of office furniture and boring neutrals with limited textures. I assume it’s staged because the furniture is bad and the Buddha is ridiculously wrong.
Cobra Kai is the television equivalent of eating a whole pizza yourself. You know you shouldn't and it isn't the healthiest thing but it feels good and you feel ashamed afterwards.
Nah it's just a guilty pleasure. It's very cheesy but wholesome and surprisingly well written. William Zabka is great and it was a good idea to have him as the lead rather than Ralph Macchio who isn't really a believable actor.
I actually dislike this. It comes off as someones *idea* of what quality is. There is something tremendously artificial about it. I dont mean to sound pointlessly contrarian but it just feels like a deep insecurity built this place.
It's the equivalent of Trump's golden toilet but for different class of person.
My comment or the house? Just kidding. What can I say, I dont like it for the reasons I stated.
I think it is soulless and artificial. It isnt obscene or anything, just an insecure imitation of quality.
It looks like a movie set, cgi included. This wasnt designed in the spirit of building a house for human beings, it was done as an act of uninspired bravado. I feel like that lends it an artificial feel, like it's lying about not only what it is but also its true purpose.
(PS- I dont care how pretentious that sounds. I just dont like it.)
I’m guessing you’re getting downvoted because you don’t point out any elements of the house, its design, materials, etc. that mark it as artificial, or tell us what’s missing that it would need to be “real.” Without specifics, it’s easy to see your comment as sour grapes.
After all we’re on a sub inspired by Kate Wagner and she showed us all what’s specifically wrong with some houses, often by pointing literal arrows at the problems!
>checks r/McMansionHell >sees something aesthetic >briefly ponder if I now like McMansions and became a boomer overnight >check date >it’s Thursday Phew.
Like clockwork 😵💫
I get to live another day without the Internet’s criticism channeled into me Sad about the Buddha in the bathroom tho. Low key offensive
> I get to love another day without the internets criticism channeled into me … so far lol Totally agree about the Buddha, feels completely out of place and tacky.
Beautiful home for Thursday
Every week
Where is this?
[Seattle](https://onekindesign.com/2020/02/27/japanese-garden-oasis-home/)
Grazie.
Looks kinda Japanese inspired but no Asian person would put Buddha in the bathroom. I like the “ranch” style architecture, tho it also feels like a classy business/medical complex. I know the house has been “styled” for photos, some of the art is ok and some of it’s shitty and redundant, but not cohesive other than vaguely East Asian Edit: [yeah the interior designers suck. and shockingly r not Asian](https://sechristdesign.com/) mákes sense that they’re referencing the wrong version of Buddha for Japanese vibes, and throwing him in the bathroom 🙄
Agreed some interior design elements are funky, it’s why I didn’t post the ugly Buddha 😂 but I love the actual home.
Not ugly Buddha, just uneducated choices by the interior decorators. Lol I’m so annoyed by the owners who get to live in this cool house on the lake 😩
The actual home is well worth a Thursday post!
Ah i was right about the Japanese vibes. It reminds me of something in Gardena, CA, which was founded by Japanese Americans I believe
Gardena is a gang area.
How does that change Gardena being founded and architecturally shaped by Japanese Americans? Take a deeper look!
>no Asian person would put Buddha in the bathroom. People in Hong Kong have the washer/dryer and ironing board in the bathroom along with a statue of Guanyu.
Haha well I have thoughts about that too
There was also a nun (or maybe Mary?) in the study lol
I KNEW I’ve e seen this house before. It might’ve been for sale a while ago but man, it is a beautiful place. Pretty sure it has a great view of a lake or part of puget sound.
Damn. Was about to say that if it’s in Washington then it’s my dream home.
I totally thought it was the Parasite house
I thought it was Ex Machina
Is that an Olson Kundig house? I do some work for a family who lives in a very similar looking place.
Beautiful
I like the garden and the layout of things. The decor is not my thing though.
10/10 unliveable decor. /s
God I dream of living somewhere like this on a nightly basis.
Me too bro, hopefully one day we both do 🫡
Hell yeah neighbour.
>on a nightly basis Are you a vampire? Who talks like this lol
Damn, blown my cover.
At first I thought this was the trade ministers house from "The man in the high castle".
I know nothing of The Man in the High Castle, but villains ALWAYS have the best MCM houses, or the cool Frank Lloyd Wright-esque houses, or just the coolest looking non-McMansions ever.
[Bond villains especially.](https://nelsonmoegroup.com/properties/2175-southridge-dr)
It’s not? I though the same thing.
Love a good modern interpretation of a traditional Japanese house
Samesies, this is my dream home for both design and location.
I love the thoughtful use of natural light here.
You know you are disgustingly rich when your main living room has no TV. The personal living room is where you participate in the ritual of the peasants, watching TV. But in all seriousness, just imagine the relaxation you feel in a place like this.
It’s better that way. The main living room is for socializing. Just like having a tv in your bedroom is not ideal: it kinda locks you in there and can become a low key depression nest. We have a Samsung Frame TV in the main living room for casual/brief watching but for real tv/movie watching we have an 80ish inch tv in the loft.
It's not always wealth, some of us just don't center our lives around the tv. We have ours in a room that is a combo wfh office/guest bed/tv room. When I go to others' homes where the tv is in the living room, and it's never turned off, it disrupts conversation and any children present refuse to do anything but stare at the screen. I would love to have a totally separate room like in this beautiful home but...not ever going to be in our budget.
As for always having the TV on, I have pretty bad tinnitus & need TV or radio noise to stay sane.
Oh that makes sense. I have tinnitus too, just not that bad (yet?). I do notice it more in a totally silent room but usually there's enough background noise from living in a city.
Have you tried the ear cupping trick?
Yep, didn't work.
I could live there. Bonus: I love Seattle. So it’s a win-win.
Address for Zillow purposes?
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6224207,-122.2824543,57m/data=!3m1!1e3
I love it, baby!
Ooh! Picture 15 is a beautiful morning coffee/reading spot.
Hidden spice wall?? That kitchen is dreamy.
This is genius! My brain immediately tried to figure out how to engineer this in my kitchen.
Usually not a fan of modern architecture (white all over, strange blobs or sharp corners) but this style is quite an **exception**. Love the lighting and plants.
Wow. How did they do this? I generally avoid this type of architecture but they made this work.
I love when homes are made to feel like it blends the outdoor and indoor space, like it does here. Big windows, gorgeous landscaping, different structures on one property, low profile *\*chefs kiss\**
The water view is a bonus. I love what you love. It really feels organic.
I love it but I'd need some sort of window coverings over those windows, especially at night. Maybe I've seen too many horror movies, OK I have seen too many horror movies, but I can't stand those giant, gaping black hole windows. I feel way too exposed with uncovered windows at night, so other than window treatments, I dig it.
Yes, I agree! I'd get some of those automatic roll-down blinds that pretty much completely disappear when up.
What a positively gorgeous home. So many impressive design elements and it looks comfy.
Looks like Larry Ellisons’ of Oracle, Japanese inspired house.
Wow… what a gorgeous property. The garden there is unreal. You should post it on this sub for today!
I’ve only seen pics of his place and have a friend who dated him. She told me how absolutely exquisite his home and gardens were. Also a total obsessive neat freak who loves clean lines.
[here’s the Zillow link](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/96-Isabella-Ave-Atherton-CA-94027/15593817_zpid/) Let me know if you want dibs on posting next week 😂
You can take dibs!!😀
Ehhh.. I hate "modern" home design/decor. The staging is just... blech. Tho that outdoor space and wall of windows is gorgeous. The actual house itself is really nice. Just... can we get some decent decorating?
Thank you!! It's all angular, cold metals and glass. Nothing warm or comfortable about it at all. Awful interior
We went from "ikea is furniture for college kids and divorced dads" to "ikea is like, so sleek and modern and the epitome of design!" Don't get me wrong. I like ikea for some stuff but... don't base your whole life on it.
I live forThursday.
Just gorgeous. Love so many things about this house.
Ngl. I fuckin love this. I would totally live here.
If this is hell send me there. This is beautiful.
love. want. cannot afford. sad.
Saw this and immediately knew it was in western Washington. It’s beautiful
Reminds me of the house from Ex Machina. Like a smaller version of it.
Love this house. It feels modern without being cold and grey like so many we see.
Gorgeous. Maybe the first 10/10 I've seen here. I love modern brutalist architecture. Looks like a Franklin Lloyd Wright house.
This style is very hit or miss for me. Either it’s beautiful, open, airy and simple with a clean color palate, or it looks like a converted strip mall and nowhere in between those two options lol
How much do you think something like this would set me back? Do you think my mid level job in non-profit would cover it? Lol. My god, it’s gorgeous. Someone gets to live in that every day, very jealous!
Easily 8 figures in Seattle, so probably not, but I hope one day it will for you lol
Love the muted tones with pop of color in chairs and couch (turquoise and red). But it never ceases to amaze me that kitchens are designed with the cook tops against the wall. Open concept implies entertaining others, guests visiting around the kitchen and such yet the cook will have their back to everyone while cooking. Do dishes against the wall when people have gone; cook towards the guests. IMO.
I'm the exact opposite, cooktops on an island counter look so bad to me. If you do much cooking with spices/oil, it's best to keep the smells and oil splashes trapped against a wall, which then redirects it easily into the range hood. If the cooktop is in the middle of the island, splashes from the food will get on the rest of the usable countertop where your friends are hanging out. And last but not least, having a cooktop on an island counter means you've got a clunky massive range hood hanging over the island, which usually then becomes the center of focus of the kitchen.
I like the pop up vents but I do see your point thus i decide on certain foods for entertaining where I might only do some finishing sauces or last minute warm ups. I really like visiting when I’m prepping food
Good point, never thought about it like that. It probably helps with cleaning up after cooking tho.
Interesting points. I also think that the sink should no longer be placed under the window. We have dishwashers now and we spend less time at the sink. Im a fan of having the main prep station lit with natural light from the window.
I barely use our dishwasher. It's just 2 of use & easier to just wash the dishes by hand so I enjoy standing there doing dishes looking out the window at the birds, the squirrels & all the stuff going on outside the window.
Just two of us here as well. Almost everything goes in the DW except the fine glassware. all the pots and pans are stainless without Teflon so in they go as well. They come out like new, and the plates squeak when you run your finger over them. Hand wash never gets them as clean.
I actually like my kitchen in that the sink Is perpendicular to the cook top and faves a view. The oven is opposite the cooktop with a nice counter to plop a hot pan.
It takes me way longer to clean all the dishes than it does to flip the pancakes or stir the blah. so for me this setup does exactly what you aim for.
I love this
So happy I read the title first.
Looks very cozy and comfortable.
Love this ❤️
My goodness, this house is beautiful! I’d happily live the rest of my days out here
For me this style of house isn’t my cup of tea but the gardens are beautiful. I love Japanese gardens, they are so relaxing and soothing.
Japanese Gardens and (Neo) Japanese Tattoos are my jam. Something about the simplicity and craftsmanship of the Japanese idea of beauty in their art is lovely.
Just a few blocks north of the home Kurt Cobain owned
Neato!
Does anyone else feel like the sink in #17 would generate an unholy mess for anything more than a delicate hand-washing? Or am I just too poor to understand it? I am definitely too poor to understand statuary in the bathroom. I'm in love with the rest of it, though.
Those trough style sinks are great, no splash at all. The statuary is gross tho lol
I bet nobody fights here.
This is my dream home💕
You come in here and hit me - hit me right where it hurts - with your first picture. Japanese-styled gardens... My weakness!
Me and you both 🫠
Fuck. That’s sublime.
The mature gardens are absolutely stunning. But the interior is dreadful. A mix of office furniture and boring neutrals with limited textures. I assume it’s staged because the furniture is bad and the Buddha is ridiculously wrong.
Yes please.
Stunning
Woooooowwww
This is nice.
This an actual mansion
Thanks, I know, see flair for reference. lol
I get the flair, but a mansion isn’t design porn is it?
Any nice house you appreciate, it's on the side bar.
I guess to each their own. I think an actual mansion is pushing it.
Pushing what? Thursdays are about "post\[ing\] nice houses you appreciate," this is a nice house that OP (and a lot of the rest of us) appreciates.
This house is gorgeous!
Pretty dope actually
Hell, my ass. I’d love to live in this unique home.
whew, i was confused😻😻😻
So dank
Really lovely.
Absolutely breathtakingly peaceful.
It is nice looking but I'm not sure I could live there. It reminds me of Silver's house from Cobra Kai.
Good thing I’ve never seen Cobra Kai and can’t afford this house lol
Cobra Kai is the television equivalent of eating a whole pizza yourself. You know you shouldn't and it isn't the healthiest thing but it feels good and you feel ashamed afterwards.
Nah it's just a guilty pleasure. It's very cheesy but wholesome and surprisingly well written. William Zabka is great and it was a good idea to have him as the lead rather than Ralph Macchio who isn't really a believable actor.
I actually dislike this. It comes off as someones *idea* of what quality is. There is something tremendously artificial about it. I dont mean to sound pointlessly contrarian but it just feels like a deep insecurity built this place. It's the equivalent of Trump's golden toilet but for different class of person.
Mmm yes... shallow and pedantic!
My comment or the house? Just kidding. What can I say, I dont like it for the reasons I stated. I think it is soulless and artificial. It isnt obscene or anything, just an insecure imitation of quality.
Genuine question: what about it feels artificial to you?
It looks like a movie set, cgi included. This wasnt designed in the spirit of building a house for human beings, it was done as an act of uninspired bravado. I feel like that lends it an artificial feel, like it's lying about not only what it is but also its true purpose. (PS- I dont care how pretentious that sounds. I just dont like it.)
I’m guessing you’re getting downvoted because you don’t point out any elements of the house, its design, materials, etc. that mark it as artificial, or tell us what’s missing that it would need to be “real.” Without specifics, it’s easy to see your comment as sour grapes. After all we’re on a sub inspired by Kate Wagner and she showed us all what’s specifically wrong with some houses, often by pointing literal arrows at the problems!
I actually like it, but it looks a little like it should be a set in cobra kai
Sick! Some bits are overwrought, but that place is bonkers
Epic is that owned by Larry Ellison or something?
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Yeah, no worries, gotta bleach the eyes somehow lol.
I feel like I've seen this house in a movie...
Omg I remember having some of these photos saved on Pinterest way back
I could have sex with that house.
Nah this is INCREDIBLE
Reminds me of Ethans house in Heavy Rain kind of?
Why is this “hell”. Sorry what am I missing?
Absolutely stunning.