A place to call my own
I’ve always liked the stereotypical “artist’s loft” style of apartment, featured in roughly half of all movies ever made. I dig on the whole hardwood floor and brick wall motif.
Well, I live in North Carolina. Not a lot of high-rise artist’s lofts ’round these parts. On the rare occasion I have seen one, it inevitably provokes the response, “If I could afford that, I’d just buy a house.”
So, if I were to own, say, a condo, I think a cool experiment would be to get one with hardwood floors, cover the whole place with fake brick wallpaper, paint the door frames black, and then get matching furniture. For an added bonus you could put a neon sign outside your bedroom window, but I’m guessing the neighbors would frown on that.
Of course it might end up looking like ass, but it works in theory.
I mention this idea for a condo because, if you own a house, then you have all sorts of options. If you want a house with a brick wall you can, you know, make it out of bricks. With a condo you’re limited in what you can do, so you have to be more creative.
Well, I know I love the idea of an artist’s loft, but around here it’s just a fancy name for a condo with a huge price tag attached. Lots of places that were old building and have been reconverted to be lofts, sell their units up here between $180,000 - 240,000 CAD. Less space for more money and no yard, where are the perks in that?
Well, if you own the condo, you could change all that, right? I saw a neat loft condo for $55K that had tons of potential.
On a different note - Happy Birthday!
I agree with Chark…..I’ve loved the idea of a loft…assuming you don’t need a yard for kids to play…perhaps since I saw the loft in the first Highlander movie. However, considering that a loft of 1000 square feet downtown with no yard will easily cost much more than a 1000 square foot house with yard and more freedom….it’s hard to justify.