Space
A slim space between needs and wants. When you have what you need then it's easy to begin to see some of your wants as needs.
Once a week the Wall Street Journal has a section aptly named Mansions. It's where you see photos of kitchens that cost more than most houses,closets that include lounge chairs, wine bars, and televisions.
Indoor and outdoor pools, as well as indoor and outdoor kitchens are necessities. People buy and sell houses for twenty or thirty million dollars. Now their needs and my needs differ.
I'm always amazed when I read of a five bedroom house with ten bathrooms.
Sarah Winchester, the widow of William Wirt Winchester, believed that evil spirits were loosened by the death of people shot with Winchester repeating rifles. The death of her husband and child convinced her that evil spirits haunted her and her family.
Sarah relied on the advice of psychics and it was that advice that set her out on her building plans. The spirits would help with the building. For the good spirits the house meant a place to rest. The construction would befuddle the evil spirits,
She began construction in 1884. Rooms, built and rebuilt, staircases that led nowhere, staircases with steps with two inch risers,twisting hallways that created a labyrinth difficult to navigate, windows that opened to walls.
The house is now a museum with tours and a warning not to wander because finding your way back might take hours. Over 600 rooms were constructed and remodeled, " dismantled or sealed over. Only 160 rooms remain. "
Upon the completion of a room Mrs. Winchester attended to the decor.
From The Winchester Mystery House publication : " one craftsman worked for thirty-three years doing nothing but building, installing, and tearing up the parquet floors."
The construction went on for thirty-eight years-- continuously, day and night. According to the material available at the house, Mrs. Winchester believed that she was providing a place for the spirits to visit so that they would do no harm.
She lived alone, but servants and workmen as well as her long time foremen were in the house.
According to some stories she never slept in the same bedroom two nights in a row.
Sarah Winchester's reasons for the building project seem a bit absurd , but they made sense to her. I wonder what reasons the owners of the modern day mansions give for their needs?
Once a week the Wall Street Journal has a section aptly named Mansions. It's where you see photos of kitchens that cost more than most houses,closets that include lounge chairs, wine bars, and televisions.
Indoor and outdoor pools, as well as indoor and outdoor kitchens are necessities. People buy and sell houses for twenty or thirty million dollars. Now their needs and my needs differ.
I'm always amazed when I read of a five bedroom house with ten bathrooms.
Sarah Winchester, the widow of William Wirt Winchester, believed that evil spirits were loosened by the death of people shot with Winchester repeating rifles. The death of her husband and child convinced her that evil spirits haunted her and her family.
Sarah relied on the advice of psychics and it was that advice that set her out on her building plans. The spirits would help with the building. For the good spirits the house meant a place to rest. The construction would befuddle the evil spirits,
She began construction in 1884. Rooms, built and rebuilt, staircases that led nowhere, staircases with steps with two inch risers,twisting hallways that created a labyrinth difficult to navigate, windows that opened to walls.
The house is now a museum with tours and a warning not to wander because finding your way back might take hours. Over 600 rooms were constructed and remodeled, " dismantled or sealed over. Only 160 rooms remain. "
Upon the completion of a room Mrs. Winchester attended to the decor.
From The Winchester Mystery House publication : " one craftsman worked for thirty-three years doing nothing but building, installing, and tearing up the parquet floors."
The construction went on for thirty-eight years-- continuously, day and night. According to the material available at the house, Mrs. Winchester believed that she was providing a place for the spirits to visit so that they would do no harm.
She lived alone, but servants and workmen as well as her long time foremen were in the house.
According to some stories she never slept in the same bedroom two nights in a row.
Sarah Winchester's reasons for the building project seem a bit absurd , but they made sense to her. I wonder what reasons the owners of the modern day mansions give for their needs?
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