Thursday, 15 January 2009
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Using Your Head
OLD CATTON, England (UPI) -- British developer Abel Homes said the model home at its latest development comes with one very realistic detail -- a messy teenager's room.
Maggie Abel, director of Abel Homes, said she based the teenager's room at the Old Catton, England, model home on her own son's room when he was a teen 10 years ago, The Daily Mail reported.
"I've always found show homes are a bit bland and unreal, so we decided to create something that was more true to life," Abel said. "I just thought it would be totally unrealistic to have a teenage boy's bedroom looking pristine and perfect, so we deliberately made it as messy as possible."
"I managed to find a fake pizza, a plastic sandwich and an apple and made it look as if they had just been dumped under the bed to rot," she said. "I also covered the walls in posters and flags and spread around some old T-shirts and a pair of trainers belonging to the 15-year-old son of a woman I work with."
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that is a very modern idea. it used to be baking bread in the oven to make someone feel at home. but yeah, a messy teenagers room. thing is i was neater as a teenager than i am now. work somehow wore me down. hehe.
thing is if i saw the messy room i might feel like i'm invading someone's privacy. hehe. cause i know when we had to have house showings we'd get the call they were coming then scramble around to make things look nice and neat.
@razzlebash - If I was looking at a house that was already lived in I could understand the privacy thing. But a model home is different :)
@fwidman - i know it is staged but it does look too real. hehe. i saw it on tv. quite messy hehe.
hey fwidman
i'm gonna stop doing xanga. but i will still check on your stories. i do like them. my email address is lavendarscented@gmail.com
when my site is gone i can still visit sites just not leave a comment on the site. but the people i keep in touch w i have their email addresses so i can respond there. one man even prefers email rather than commenting on his site.
but i'll catch you at myLot. and when you post another xanga story. at least the last one had the clothes on the floor without seeing the person not wearing any. hehe.
catch you later,
kathy