Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: How are your great room and kitchen connected?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Mar 11, 2008, at 3:42 PM, mrbouchez06 [at] aol.com wrote:

> i believe it all does qualify as  rocket surgery according to a brain
> scientist i know

I agree. The deceptively simple design of great rooms is a subtle and  
all important skill.

One factor, however, may be that it is the focus of the community and  
thus its greatest stress point. Can we live with this many kids? With  
parents not taking control of them? With food left out? With the movie  
people leaving crumbs and ants filling up the place the next day? With  
a budget of another $5,000 for acoustics? With another amateur paint  
job? With another puzzle taking up so much room? Will the kids ever  
stop jumping on the furniture?

It's easy to forget what life was without it.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org