The Wall Street Journal's Friday mansion section might be the most anti-MMM read anywhere.
But today there was some especially worthy Hall of Fame material. There was the couple that split one home into two "his and her homes," with two kitchens, etc. There was the Scottsdale couple that built a $3 million ranch home.
But the best was the couple in Charlotte that tore down their $600K, 2,500-square-foot home because it wouldn't be big enough with a third child on the way. They spent $900K to build a 5,000 square foot home, getting creative with the roof so that it looked like a two-story house and not what it was -- a three-story home in a neighborhood of ranches and split-level homes. (Always a sound investment to have by far the biggest home on the block.) The headline, though, is the real face puncher.
A Family Friendly Home That Conquers Clutter
This Charlotte, N.C. house includes a pantry that hides the refrigerator, a children’s library with built-in homework stations—even a packing station for travel.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-family-friendly-home-that-conquers-clutter-1437055989