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The largest building in Kentucky is a 4,000,000 square foot man-made cavern underneath the city of Louisville that houses businesses, storage facilities, ziplines, and a mountain bike park.
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What would you include in your dream home? A pool? A library? Maybe something entirely novel?
Consider this idea. Murray Berrill of Murray Berril Constructions in Victoria, Australia has made quite a splash on social media with an unusual staircase that holds a delightful hidden secret.
Posted by Murray Berrill Constructions on Wednesday, April 1, 2020
The handyman custom-made the stairs for his sister’s home, and included a wonderfully creative surprise. You can see what appear to be drawers built into the stairs throughout. A clever storage solution, maybe?
Posted by Murray Berrill Constructions on Wednesday, April 1, 2020
But these drawers aren’t for just any purpose. Each one is designed as a sort of segmented wine-rack; the stairs double as a wine cellar. (Insert bad joke about a 12 step program here.)
Posted by Murray Berrill Constructions on Wednesday, April 1, 2020
With all 12 drawers combined, the staircase can hold more than 150 wine bottles, which would be impressive for any storage area, much less one so cleverly hidden away.
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Posted by Murray Berrill Constructions on Saturday, April 18, 2020
Lovers of both booze and interior design spread the post like wildfire, and soon Berrill was doing segments with local news stations like WIN in Victoria.
He told WIN,
“It’s a matter of being smart, and utilizing your space, so that you’ve actually got a lot of good storage, but you don’t have to have a huge house.”
And Berrill joked about the capacity of these steps…
“If you start at the bottom and work your way up, I doubt you’ll get to the top.”
What do you think? Would you put one of these in your home if you could? Would you modify it in some way?
Tell us in the comments!
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You’ve probably heard all about the tiny house craze that’s gained massive popularity over the past few years. Well, maybe the next big thing will be based on what Will Breaux did with his house.
Breaux decided to do something radically different by building a 2,500 square foot house in Houston, Texas, out of shipping containers – 11 of them, to be exact. Breaux stacked the shipping containers on top of each other to make a three-story house with a rooftop deck.
He wanted to own a house like this since the early 2000s, and after years of not being able to find someone to design one, he decided to design the house himself. According to Breaux,
“I began looking at projects that were being built that I liked. Ultimately, a designer with a home builder family was hired to design a 3 story townhouse to be built on the lot. After going round and round for months, I eventually had to fire that group because they weren’t willing to give me what I wanted. Thus, the journey to design my own house began around 2011.”
He said he wanted to use shipping containers because they’re “strong, fireproof, long-lasting, hurricane resistant, and have common characteristics.” Breaux spent a long time learning everything he could about building with shipping containers and then he decided to go for it after he created a 3-D sketch of the house.
Let’s take a look at some photos of the inside of Breaux’s house because it looks awesome.
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That is amazing!
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Now I kind of want one of these for myself…
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I love seeing repurposed buildings and structures. I used to live down the street from a Walgreens (#8 on this list) that was previously a bank, and they kept some very cool touches from the original structure.
Take a look at these clever conversions. I think you’ll be impressed.
My college used to be a shopping mall from mildlyinteresting
My apartment building used to be a school. from mildlyinteresting
My house used to be a police station and my bathroom is an old jail cell, the original window is still in place from mildlyinteresting
Supermarket in Venice used to be a theatre from mildlyinteresting
This thrift store used to be a bowling alley. from mildlyinteresting
This Jamba used used to be a KFC so they painted over the bucket from mildlyinteresting
This Walgreens in Chicago used to be a bank, and now it has a vitamin vault from mildlyinteresting
The Subway I went to today used to be a bank. Instead of removing the vault they just added more seating inside from mildlyinteresting
This grocery store used to be a hockey stadium from mildlyinteresting
Local Mexican restaurant used to be a Chinese restaurant. Instead of painting over a mural, they just put sombreros on the pandas. from mildlyinteresting
This Walgreens built on an old movie theatre from mildlyinteresting
My local Dunkin’ Donuts used to be a car wash so the drive thru is inside the building. from mildlyinteresting
Do you have any cool converted buildings in your town?
Tell us about them and share some photos in the comments, please!
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A man in Vermont, upset with local officials for denying a building permit for his proposed business, paid $4,000 to build a giant illuminated middle finger statue on his property. “If you don’t want to look at the building, look at this.” He said to the Development Review Board.