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Drain Fail?
How about this picture of the water missing the drain? Is this a design failure? Well that’s what www.diply.com, where I found this photo, thought! Actually its a construction quality failure that is more common than it should be. Whats happened is…
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Ever Hot Outdoor Bath
If you ever wanted an outside bath this could be the one for you. With a fire under it the bath it should keep warm for hours. Just don’t build the fire up to much ….. or you will be…
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Suspicious Roof
Is this roof looking at you as though it thinks you are a bit dodgy? Or perhaps it has just woken up? You decide! I found this along with many other funny house photos at www.askideas.com For more Unusual House…
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Leaf Carpet – Win
I was walking along Toorak Road, South Yarra and glanced into a florist’s shop to see this. Not really house related, but I just thought the floor looked stunning. A real ‘thinking outside the box’ idea for decorating. Not practical…
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Upside Down Roof?
I see this strange looking building most days. I can’t help thinking the guy who built the roof was holding the plans upside down! This is the exact opposite of that architectural expression ‘Form follows function’. That large overhang provides…
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E bay Appliance – Fail
I’ve previously talked about Ebay Fails before and here is one we did ourselves a few weeks ago. My wife bought a low priced hair dryer wand on the internet recently. The problem was when it arrived this was the…
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Milk Crate Furniture?
Spent all your money on the house and no budget for furniture? Perhaps you could use milk crates? I’m all for recycling and reusing . . . . but I think this is taking things too far. Don’t agree? Well check…
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Top and Bottom Houses
If you look at the photograph (from Google Maps) you would probably think there are 2 storey town houses on the right and 4 storey town houses on the left. Well you would be wrong. These are ‘Top and Bottom Houses’…
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Architectural Detail – Win
At first glance this seems to be a fairly boring building. It’s only when you start to zoom into the details you see the difference. Each of the small round details is a different emoticon! You can find out…
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Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink
Say No More! I saw this sign on a truck while I was walking to Dandenong the other day. If you want to be ‘upfront’ with a fence builder who has a sense of humour. . . and you live…
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