#clerestories

[myarchitectphil]

SKYLIGHTS AND CLERESTORIES! Great architecture is all about the interaction of light and space. My two favorite buildings in the world are an unusual pair: both the Mercer Museum in Doylestown (1904) and Sir John Soane's house in London (1813) are masterful demonstrations of what is possible with light. Henry Mercer was an amateur, John Soane the leading architect of England at the beginning of the 19th century. Both created magical experiences which carry one outside of one's quotidien existence. Check out the attached photos which show how the proliferation of skylights and carefully sized and placed windows interact with interior space. And then there is color, like in Mrs. Soane's yellow leather sofa!

Pictures: 1. Mercer main hall 2. Soane gallery 3. Mercer roofscape 4. Mercer attic 5. Mercer walkway 6. Soane breakfast room 7. Soane roof scape 8. Mrs. Soane's sofa.

[flaminghobgoblins]

Modern Bathroom - Bathroom Inspiration for a mid-sized modern master gray tile and porcelain tile porcelain tile, gray floor and single-sink bathroom remodel with flat-panel cabinets, gray cabinets, white walls, an integrated sink, quartz countertops, white countertops and a built-in vanity

[plenilune]

clerestories replied to your photo: today at work they gave me a fancy badge! ...

your chevron-stripey top thing is the coolest!!

it's actually a dress and it has a little crimson belt and it makes me feel SO AWESOME :3

(thankee!!!)

[plenilune]

clerestories replied to your post: so after the mary kay party and a fifteen-minute...

for the 21st of a friend who lives in absolutely Nowhere PA, we took her to the only bar in town, a dive called The Hard Hat. It was… about what you’d expect. I.E. AMAZING. I have cultivated a real love for Those Dudes At Dive Bars.

THAT'S ADORABLE

THE HARD HAT!!!

but this is, like, a ~nice~ restaurant with a big polished-wood bar! usually at night it's mostly empty but there was a sport on or something I guess?

I have been to a few of Those Bars, too, mostly for karaoke, and thus far Those Dudes have been surprisingly polite and/or ignore me completely? idk, maybe I just look so different from most people in this area who go to bars that... they don't know how to parse me at all?

the most fun was when I went to a dark smoky sports bar for karaoke and a heavy-set middle-aged bearded dude in a baseball cap sat down to talk to me and I was like oh NO... and he ended up buying me a beer and we talked about World War I and science fiction and folk music for like an hour.

[plenilune]

I am saying hi! I actually got here from LJ - I am plasticity there and I think found you through last_archangel originally? and my tumblr is not tremendously operable just yet but I enjoy yours greatly. also I am from rural PA! though, the easternish part of the state, so, yeah, a few more things to do over there. and I am now in Boston studying cities, and things. I love your stories and enthusiasm and how you make your own fun. So, hello! :-D

HI I REMEMBER YOU!!!!!!! I keep getting social anxiety problems about tackling LJ again, and I seem to have... lost my password... but HIIII.

also L O L I am in rural northwestern Pennsylvania DESPERATELY MISSING BOSTON, which I only lived in for about six years but feel kindship with as with no other place I've lived. my dad grew up in the Philadelphia area, but other than occasionally visiting grandparents I don't actually know much about the other side of the state, other than that the music scene was enviably awesome in the 1970s. and it... tends to be less culturally Appalachia-wannabe than here?