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36 sats \ 4 replies \ @unschooled OP 5 Apr \ parent \ on: Would you sell your bitcoin to live in 'the final' Frank Lloyd Wright home? AskSN
Hm. I havent visited any, but I quite like this one. The hearth looks pretty cosy and outside seems secluded and tranquil.
I think tastes have changed since he was designing. For instance, the spaces weren't huge, and if I remember kitchens and bathrooms were small. He was a real stickler about furnishings too. I think people who originally bought his houses had to furnish them the way he wanted!
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kitchens
Did people not stand around in kitchen at parties in those days?
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I found this on a website:
Most of his early work had been done at the behest of a wealthy clientele who expected their homes to follow formal societal conventions of the day. Those expectations included the retention of domestic servants. Wealthy clients did not spend a great deal of time in the kitchen and service areas of the house. Those were the domain of servants. Accordingly, kitchens were less aesthetically focused and were less integrated into the whole of the house.
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That makes sense!
The kitchen is for plebs.
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