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Architecture for bad parents???

by Jennifer Chait on May 23rd, 2008

This month at the Lifestyles Channel we’re doing this whole Three Doors Down event. So far I’ve introduced Play Library and Psycho for Love. I managed to find structures that fit both blogs. Today however, I’m introducing Parents Behaving Badly - and I though Psycho was hard. I’m not sure there is a structure suitable for bad parents. I guess we’ll look at what Parents Behaving Badly is offering first.

I don’t read this blog. No offense to bloggers Joel and Anne-Marie; but seriously, why depress myself? I don’t really want to hear about Katherine Bunnell murdering her three-year-old nephew or that two four-year-old cousins were abused by their moms and locked in closets for weeks.

Whatever floats your boat is fine; but none of these shenanigans are for me. I’d much rather talk about houses. That said, what to do about the structures that fit this blog? I still can’t think of anything, other than maybe a look back at some of the ugliest structures I’ve shown here at Offbeat. That seems fitting.

One of the worst structures I’ve had here is this monstrosity, last Labor Day:

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This does actually seem like a place bad parents might hang out; or you know, convert into their dream home.

Everyone loves, loves, loves, the innovative Toilet House. But really, it’s super unattractive, no? You know it is. Clever or not.  I do like the creative factor, it’s probably way too good for bad parents.

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Oh, here’s an ugly house. Can you even tell what it’s supposed to be - without clicking on it?

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If you’d like to see more ugliness, way worse than this stuff, check out Parents Behaving Badly.

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4 opinions for Architecture for bad parents???

  • Architectural Design Services
    May 23, 2008 at 5:21 am

    I must say that you have done a commendable job to actually take the trouble to gather these pictures …because its something which you don’t find regularly

  • Beth
    May 23, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    I came over from another blog because I really like offbeat homes (love old traditionals too), but we happen to own a VERY offbeat home. I really enjoyed perusing your pics of homes.

    Ours is a prefab we ripped apart from the inside out to build an 18th century cottage from a home that was huge and that we salvaged. All the timber, etc., we put into our own home as much as possible.

    I just wonder if we’ll ever be done.

    I’m like you. I have no use for seeing or reading about bad parents. I find that subject way too sad.

  • Jennifer Chait
    May 25, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Beth, You should blog that prefab, it sounds cool. But I hear you about ever being done. When we built our NM house it was supposed to take five months (just a small basic passive solar). HA five months is a good one. House building and remodeling can bite, but in the end you’ll probably love it.

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