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e timing of this article is ironic because I had called
Phillip, my skateboarding friend, a few weeks ago. He's
living out in the northwest and he's got two kids now.
I told him I'd finished building my house. He told me,
now that he's got his kids and family and a busy life, he
wouldn't get to his until he retired.
Living in a place that you've designed is the most
rewarding feeling. When I explained it to people, they
didn't understand what I was trying to do. You want
concrete floors? Why not put nice flooring on it? Why are
you doing this? Why do you want your circuits exposed?
People had a hard time wrapping their mind around it,
but as it started to take form and really show itself to
what it was, people said, I didn't understand it at first,
but now I do.
What is a house? What is a home? It can mean
different things to different people. I never understood
why people wanted their homes to conform. Why does
everything have to be covered up? You tend to have a lot
more appreciation for things once you put in a little bit of
sweat, or, in my case, a year and a half 's worth, but you
know what? I made exactly what I wanted.
CV
