Marni: How has the American house changed since your first book came out?
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M: But how do we get around the numbers people realtors,camisa real madrid ronaldo 7, mortgage lenders and appraisers who base home values largely off square footage, and even base a home's price according to price per square foot of recent sales in the area, regardless of how well the home is built?
S: That is still a huge problem. We had hoped the dollar-per-square-foot way of valuing a house was going away in favor of a better way of evaluating a home.
M: What are the positive changes you've witnessed?
S: I see a lot more flexibility in how people think about and use houses. Homeowners no longer feel required to have a formal living room and a formal dining room. When I talked to clients about how they actually lived in their homes, they realized they weren't using those rooms. Today it is perfectly normal, often preferable,nuevo modelo de camiseta de la universidad de chile, to have one great room,fc barcelona camiseta original, and one eating area that can be both formal and casual. We are not in the same place we were, but we still have a long, long way to go.
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S: The real estate community is still telling John Q. Public what he has to have, and that often includes a formal living room and a formal dining room, and the bigger the foyer the better, but that isn't necessarily what he wants.
M: So are you 100 percent opposed to a big house?
S: Absolutely not. If you have the means to have a large, well-done house, by all means have one. But if you do, detail it with care. In my books,camisa dos jogadores do barcelona, I often share ways to infuse character in a large home. One way is by varying ceiling height. That detail adds a lot of personality,equipaci��n portero real madrid 2013, and is not that hard to do.
M: What is the smallest house you've designed and the largest?
S: I designed a not-so-big 900-square-foot bungalow, and the largest home I've done was around 7,000 square feet. However, I've designed more homes in the 2400-square-foot range than any other.
M: What should every home have regardless of size?
S: A really good kitchen that is well laid out. You want kitchen, dining and living areas to flow together. When that space is open, you have a sense of a lot more square footage. I like a master on the main level, so the house lasts for the long haul, and a generous bathroom because something about really small bathrooms makes the whole house feel tight. The same with hallways. If you skimp on the circulation space, the house feels cramped.
M: What is your daily life as an architect, writer and speaker like? Do you do all of it at once?
S: My life swings from one to the other. It's hard to write when you're doing the other stuff. (Tell me about it.) The last year and a half I've been doing a lot more architecture, so less speaking. I am about to swing into more writing.
And I for one am grateful.
Sarah Susanka will be speaking at the James Gamble Rogers II Colloquium on Historic Preservation on May 16 at Rollins College. Go to for details. Syndicated columnist Marni Jameson is the author of two home and lifestyle books, and the forthcoming Downsizing the Family Home: What to Save, What to Let Go (Sterling Press). Contact her through www.marnijameson.com.
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