No worries though because tomorrow we will post a winner!  Good luck to everyone who entered.  And check back tomorrow to see if you came out as the best Home & Dining Detective.

Post from: Blisstree

Scavenger Hunt News

If you haven’t even tried to win you could still, so long as you get your entry in to Deb at deborahng (at) gmail.com soon.

Learn more by clicking on the lovely Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt logo below.

Thanks to Maricar at Keeping the Castle for the idea to post a contest reminder. I stole it from her but granted it was a great idea.

Post from: Blisstree

Did You Win the Fall Scavenger Hunt Contest?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about tall. Tall is problematic. You realize this when you’re even just three stories up trying to lay a roof and the wind blows sand into your eyes and you almost fall off said roof. Yes I was wearing my safety glasses! So, much for safety practices working. Me climbing through the rafters half blind was so not the best time ever.

Anyhow, tall can be an issue and not just for freak accidents. There are structural issues, wiring, plumbing, and view codes. If you want to piss off some neighbors go ahead and build tall. All kinds of things. However, if you build just a little tall it can be advantageous. The point is to reduce our uptake of land and if you can build up, right there you save some land if you plan it correctly.

Anyhow this building is tall and old so I figured I’d make a speech. Now that I’m done here’s the awesome home. Zecc Architecture did this amazing restoration and conversion of a Netherlands water tower into an actual home. As materialicious put it, “These guys are good.” Which is the perfect thing to say.

Front door below.

Want to see how water tower home interiors look? You can, after the jump…

Many more amazing interior shots and the roof patio to see at materialicious.

We are at the second to last day of our Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt — time to play catch-up!

Post from: Blisstree

Water Tower House

Outstanding Features

• “Offices are situated around a seven-story, 30,000 sq. ft atrium where employees and guests can enjoy the natural daylight from the skylight.
• Two basket handles are attached to the building with replica copper and wooden rivets.
• The handles are heated to prevent ice from forming.
• Two Longaberger tags are attached to the sides of the building. The gold leaf painted tags are 725 lbs each and measure 25′ long x 7′ tall x 3″ thick.
• A majority of the cherry woodwork in the building was harvested from Longaberger Golf Club® in Hanover, dried and milled in our Malta facility, sawed and shaped at our Construction Woodshop, finished and installed by our Construction Division.”

Building Facts

• “Property size: 25 acres
• Building capacity: 500 employees
• Building footage: 180,000 square feet
• Total weight of building: Approximately 9,000 tons
• Total weight of handles: Approximately 150 tons
• Number of windows: 84
• Seven stories in height
• 192′ long x 126′ wide at grade, widening to 208′ long x 142′ wide at roof
• 160 times longer, wider and taller than the Medium Market Basket”

I wonder if they all have picnic tables instead of desks.

Have you all been playing the Scavenger Hunt? I certainly hope so. You don’t have that much time left!

Post from: Blisstree

The Longaberger Company Basket Office Building

Still, my poor brain is too tired from moving to post anything reasonably intelligent so I’m going with eye candy. Since we’re having the oh so fine Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt right now; autumn eye candy it is.

None of these is particularly offbeat — but besides kooky homes I also love Autumn. And these are some of the best Autumn homes around.

I love them all but my favorite is below. Surprise; I have a favorite. Huh?

This last one is an artist’s studio. It’s not hard to see why that would work out well.

Well, this post should tide me over. Back in a day or so…to answer comments, post more, and in general hang out.

Don’t forget to play our great Scavenger Hunt! 

Post from: Blisstree

Autumn Eye Candy