The 68" x 72" space was the weak spot in the house when we bought it, and we had plans to quickly make it right. It's Wright now.
The new, old water closet
The 68" x 72" space was the weak spot in the house when we bought it, and we had plans to quickly make it right. It's Wright now.
Did the Kibbies not like the pebble-dash and cover it for aesthetic reasons only, thereby protecting it for 90 years?
Here is a 1933 image, taken when the Kibbie family lived here.
It is said that Frank Lloyd Wright viewed bathrooms as an afterthought, and our six-by-six foot closet supports that. But we're all-in: down-shifting our lives into smaller spaces with room for fewer things, and Frank is guiding us.
Most wood surfaces are undisturbed from the moment they were set in place by the carpenters.
Every window is where it should be in The #ElizabethMurphyHouse.
At first we didn't know what to make of the space.