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Outdoor Painting – Win
This looks like a quite nice little painting on the outside wall of a house I recently visited. Its not just a painting though…….. its actually the cover of the electricity meter box. A very neat, and artistic, solution to…
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Damp House – Win
This attractive looking cottage has a ‘problem’ with damp. That’s because its an underwater sculpture 8m below the surface off Cancun, Mexico. It has been designed by Jason deCaires Taylor to be fish friendly. The photo below shows the view from…
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Levitation Bed
What do you think of this bed? It certainly looks very “Star Trek” I can see a few problems: It would be very complicated and expensive….you couldn’t install this bed in a conventional brick veneer house as the timber frame…
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Curtain Fail
OK, plenty of people put sheets on their windows when they first move in. I have even done it myself. The reason why I highlighted this house is because this is a top end, custom built, massive house and these sheets…
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Door Bell – Fail
I walked up to this door last week and pressed the door bell……Nothing! After trying again I looked down and saw a 2nd Bell push…. Next to my feet! When I pressed it …….It rang! Now I’m just wondering why…
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Modern Bird House
Just moved into your new modern house and would like to encourage birds in your garden? Think all the bird houses look old fashioned? How about this? It’s called Camera Shutter. Or this? It’s called Right Angle. These bird…
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Mushroom House
Ever wished you had the life of a garden gnome? Just while away the days sitting in the garden with your fishing rod? Then perhaps what you need is one of these Japanese dome houses. To find out more go…
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Arch Window Fail
This arched window is a shocker. The arch is one of the most basic structural forms being simple and exceptionally strong. Besides the curve of the arch the basic principle is the arch springs from a solid support, like this…
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Letter Box Fail
Can you see the mail box? Do you think the people in this house don’t like to get post?………or do they like to give their postie a challenge? The only way to deliver a letter is to push the bush…
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Door Lock Fail
I thought this photo was worth showing on this site to emphasise thinking about door handles! Its from the Epic Fail website. Well worth a look if you have time to spare. or more Fails and Unusual houses go to What…
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