Re: Unit Size [was Private home dishwasher: 18 vs 24 inch | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com) | |
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:04:52 -0700 (PDT) |
On Oct 25, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> wrote: > Sharon, last time we discussed common house usage, you mentioned that your > CH had no spaces that could be closed off. If this is true, I think it's > worth pointing this out when comparing your CH usage with others'. This is true and it does make a difference. But people also like being together or being where people stop and talk when they walk through. We have a puzzle table up all the time and it has been placed in a lot of different places in the CH. The place that works is in front of a window where people can look out while they wait for an arriving package or friend and where they see and are seen by people walking through the CH. When I want to see someone, I begin working on the puzzle about 5:00 and eventually they walk through. We do have small rooms -- office, a game room with a TV and Wii, living room, kids room, exercise room. But each of those has a pretty defined purpose. And people like being in the larger space. We now have plug ins nearer the dining tables in the large room so people can work there on computers. Previously they used the tables for sorting paper, particularly at tax season when they spread out on a long table to sort stuff. When I think about putting in walls around the dining room so the sunroom would be a room and the walkways would be hallways, I think about how closed up the dining room would be. But it might not be all bad. We do fill it up, however. Last night two dinners got scheduled at the same time. One external and one internal. It was pretty crowded with 50 people -- I know because that's how many table chairs we have. We've had 60+ at holiday meals and they flow into the living room and sunroom on soft furniture. It's a real balancing act to both provide for large spaces and small groups. I posted about Silent Space temporary walls a while back. I think they might be useful in dividing large spaces. Here is the link and I'll send more information in a separate post with a new subject line. http://www.silentsource.com/fwpanels-silentpanel.html Sharon ---- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org
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Unit Size [was Private home dishwasher: 18 vs 24 inch Sharon Villines, October 25 2013
- Re: Unit Size [was Private home dishwasher: 18 vs 24 inch Diana Carroll, October 25 2013
- Re: Unit Size [was Private home dishwasher: 18 vs 24 inch Diana Carroll, October 25 2013
- Re: Unit Size [was Private home dishwasher: 18 vs 24 inch Diana Carroll, October 25 2013
- Re: Unit Size [was Private home dishwasher: 18 vs 24 inch Sharon Villines, October 25 2013
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Unit Size [was Private home dishwasher: 18 vs 24 inch Sharon Villines, October 25 2013
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