Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Regal
Living in a Victorian home, as I do, you know I absolutely appreciate the architectural style.
This specimen is particularly spectacular - if only because it's more than 15 feet wide! True to form, I LOVE the 3/4 bay window and the interior minimalism.
On a side note, I find it totally hilarious that my kid refers to everything in metric i.e. "Mummy, today I was standing 3 metres away from Jonah when I noticed something out of the corner of my eye..."
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I don't live in a Victorian Home, but I love the architectural style. I also love the combination of the Victorian with the modern, the layers of cultural references are really appealing.
ReplyDeleteYour kid is very precise!
ReplyDeleteI have no sense of distance in feet or meters!
It feels so light, open and spacious. Those are not qualities I associate with Victorians.
ReplyDeleteYour daughter is hilarious and smart and ^^^^precise.
Ha! When I slipped and asked for "half a pound" of our favourite loose tea, the (young!) SA asked if I was American. When I wondered what gave her that impression, she cited my use of a non-metric term. Oh that, I had to answered, that's not nationality, it's just age!!
ReplyDeleteHow quickly they forget . . .
(and I'll add hastily that I do realize you're much younger than I am)
Mardel: That's what I love most about it.
ReplyDeleteWendy: All these modern kids are like that.
Bel: Interesting that you associate the Vic with those qualities. SO often, they are dingy and awful - I read about how, in their era, they were just horrible to live in. I mean, not the richie ones, but the working class ones. The ones I think of are all airy as well.
Mater: Hilarious. As an American by birth and a person who can never figure out length, I sympathize! Note: Sewing has really helped me with this. Both metrically and imperially.