Jacuzzi tubs are awesome. Lots of jets, lots of bubbles. Every bathroom needs a big tub like this.
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Jacuzzi Tub
Jacuzzi tubs are awesome. Lots of jets, lots of bubbles. Every bathroom needs a big tub like this.
Pool Safety System by Poseidon
This would also be good for any pool owner to monitor activity, should a neighbour or animal fall in the pool when it's not expected to be in use.
Actual Storage Rooms
You know how most people fill their garages with stuff instead of cars? And basements have corners or entire rooms filled with things you can't throw away (or don't want to) but that really shouldn't be in a basement corner? Well our dream house will have rooms specifically designed for storage. Off the garage, there'll be a room for car related stuff. Off the Kitchen-- a pantry, with lots of shelves for appliances that are rarely used and bulk food that we needed to buy.
Near the pool there will be a linen closet filled with towels and robes and slippers. This closet needs a warming device so that towels come out feeling fresh out of the dryer.
The dining room can have a little door, and in a little cubby will roll out a cart with extra chairs, extra leaves for the table, and anything else big.
If the recreation room has a TV, Stereo and other electronic bits-- maybe the back of that wall is actually the technology room, so that everything can be wired with ease, and controlled throughout the house?
In the basement, but in an area close to the stairs nearest the kitchen, we can havea wine and fruit cellar. Storage at temperature, essentially.
Each bedroom should have ample walk-in closet space, designed in such a way as to adapt to the age of the child or guest. (Kids rooms don't need as much 'hang up clothes' space, but can appreciate bins for toys, etc)
In addition to all of that, the house, preferably at ground level, possibly connected to the garage, should have a secure storage room for things like documents, art that isn't currently on the walls, other valuables, etc. This room should be accessible only from the inside of the house, but ina covert way. It should be connected to the surveillance system, and should be locked at all times.
Near the pool there will be a linen closet filled with towels and robes and slippers. This closet needs a warming device so that towels come out feeling fresh out of the dryer.
The dining room can have a little door, and in a little cubby will roll out a cart with extra chairs, extra leaves for the table, and anything else big.
If the recreation room has a TV, Stereo and other electronic bits-- maybe the back of that wall is actually the technology room, so that everything can be wired with ease, and controlled throughout the house?
In the basement, but in an area close to the stairs nearest the kitchen, we can havea wine and fruit cellar. Storage at temperature, essentially.
Each bedroom should have ample walk-in closet space, designed in such a way as to adapt to the age of the child or guest. (Kids rooms don't need as much 'hang up clothes' space, but can appreciate bins for toys, etc)
In addition to all of that, the house, preferably at ground level, possibly connected to the garage, should have a secure storage room for things like documents, art that isn't currently on the walls, other valuables, etc. This room should be accessible only from the inside of the house, but ina covert way. It should be connected to the surveillance system, and should be locked at all times.
Music Room
Ideally in a basement or sub-basement, this room is either behind solid concrete walls, or is acoustically insulated from the rest of the house.
It should have enough circuits on the breaker box to support lots of sound equipment, amps, recording gear, etc, and if possible, should be EM shielded or have it's own 'clean power' supply to reduce recording noise.
This is where we'll put the drums, other instruments, recording equipment, etc
A separate room within the main music room would also be useful, almost like a sound booth, for isolating tracks, etc.
It should have enough circuits on the breaker box to support lots of sound equipment, amps, recording gear, etc, and if possible, should be EM shielded or have it's own 'clean power' supply to reduce recording noise.
This is where we'll put the drums, other instruments, recording equipment, etc
A separate room within the main music room would also be useful, almost like a sound booth, for isolating tracks, etc.
Technology Room
Have all the wiring, surveillance, ethernet, fibre, and other aspects of the houses technology feed a central room. Extra cooling will be needed.
Install a file server with redundant backups, accessible from everyroom at Gigabit speeds. Host all media in this room.
CCTV of the Wind Tunnel, an other areas of the house that need watching (pool, backyard, front door, etc) should be accessible to any TV in the house via the technology room.
Install a file server with redundant backups, accessible from everyroom at Gigabit speeds. Host all media in this room.
CCTV of the Wind Tunnel, an other areas of the house that need watching (pool, backyard, front door, etc) should be accessible to any TV in the house via the technology room.
Floor Lighting
Like in a movie theatre. When it's dark, there should be subtle lights illuminating hallways for the kids and guests to get to the bathrooms, etc.
Another idea I had was to build into each outlet faceplate a small night-light so in the event of a power failure, all the outlets become lights.
I think there should be a switch on the wall to silence a smoke alarm. There should be lots of smoke alarms, because it makes sense, but it should be easy to silence them in the event of a cooking or candle related alarm.
I think there should be a switch on the wall to silence a smoke alarm. There should be lots of smoke alarms, because it makes sense, but it should be easy to silence them in the event of a cooking or candle related alarm.
Secret Rooms and Passageways
The kids should have a secret room or passageway from their room that either is just a place to hide out, or also connects to a passageway that takes them to common area, like the library or the music room in the basement.
This could be something like a firemans pole from the top floor to the basement, or a ladder, so they can go up too. Privacy controls should be in place so that one kid can't sneak into another kids room without their permission.
One of the main floor rooms like the library, should also have a secret room behind a bookshelf or something, that's cozy, and place where someone could go to read a book.
This could be something like a firemans pole from the top floor to the basement, or a ladder, so they can go up too. Privacy controls should be in place so that one kid can't sneak into another kids room without their permission.
One of the main floor rooms like the library, should also have a secret room behind a bookshelf or something, that's cozy, and place where someone could go to read a book.
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