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CoolBlue87GT
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APR 10, 10:25 PM
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randye
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APR 10, 11:02 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
That style of house isn't very common in Florida. I've spent ~20 years in Florida, though mostly on the East Coast, and most Florida homes generally do not have a front courtyard like that.
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You don't say....
My home has a front courtyard very similar to his right down to the double front doors and there are at least 4 to 5 more just like mine within a half mile of me on my street.
(We also mostly enter and exit through the 2 car garage.)
Generalizing about homes in Florida is a dangerous thing to do, especially if you haven't lived or travelled very much around the state.
From beautiful old Victorian "painted lady" style homes in small towns like Arcadia, (East of Sarasota), to huge 1920s stone mansions in Tarpon Springs, to massive log home lodges just north of me around the Ocala National Forest to sprawling brick ranch houses on honest-to-God horse and cattle ranches.
The home that I had custom built for me back in 1988 in Palm Beach County was a 2800 sq. ft. "stick built" house with wood siding.
Southeast Florida is an endless sea of concrete block and stucco houses, but the rest of Florida has everything you can imagine and more.[This message has been edited by randye (edited 04-11-2021).]
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Hank is Here
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APR 12, 12:11 PM
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Can you tell me more aobut the carpet itself? Brand, expected life etc? My wife dosn't like the wood on the back deck and mentioned a outsoor carpet. While the boards are in good share, I don't want to siwtch to composite or other solution if there isn't a need so I need to research outsoor carpets,rugs that we could remove seasonally.
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82-T/A [At Work]
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APR 12, 05:47 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by randye:
You don't say....
My home has a front courtyard very similar to his right down to the double front doors and there are at least 4 to 5 more just like mine within a half mile of me on my street.
(We also mostly enter and exit through the 2 car garage.)
Generalizing about homes in Florida is a dangerous thing to do, especially if you haven't lived or travelled very much around the state.
From beautiful old Victorian "painted lady" style homes in small towns like Arcadia, (East of Sarasota), to huge 1920s stone mansions in Tarpon Springs, to massive log home lodges just north of me around the Ocala National Forest to sprawling brick ranch houses on honest-to-God horse and cattle ranches.
The home that I had custom built for me back in 1988 in Palm Beach County was a 2800 sq. ft. "stick built" house with wood siding.
Southeast Florida is an endless sea of concrete block and stucco houses, but the rest of Florida has everything you can imagine and more.
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Haha... Randy, I've spent a lot of time in Florida. Over 20 years in nearly every city, including Acadia. By sheer numbers, that style of home is uncommon.
Craftsman, Arts and Crafts, Queen Anne, Queen Victorian, Tudors, etc.. and all the old-world American style of homes are also not common because the overwhelming vast majority of people did not live in Florida until after the invention of air conditioning... which is when that type of construction was coming to an end. Places like Tampa, St. Augustine, etc... were not large cities, and were rooted more in industry that made use of the type of climate that exists in Florida (Tabacco, sugarcane, etc.). While of course those homes do exist in Tampa, Tallahassee, etc... they are few and far between... or were in many cases leveled for newer construction.
I think it's pretty OK and correct for me to say that that style of home is not common in Florida. It's sure more common than what you'd find in Maine, or Northern Virginia... lol. But it's definitely more influenced by Central American Spanish design, than most of the Spanish Mediterranean style of homes you see in Florida... you know, ignoring all the usual 50s ranches and whatever that sprung up everywhere. A Spanish style home with a front courtyard (like that, symmetrical) is far more common in places like Texas, Southern California, etc.
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randye
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APR 12, 07:32 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
Haha... Randy, I've spent a lot of time in Florida. Over 20 years in nearly every city, including Acadia.
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Todd, I moved myself, my wife and our 2 kids to Florida, (Palm Beach County) in 1984 soon after I got out of the Army.
You do the math.
I've lived in this state and travelled all over it enough in the years since to have more than a pretty good idea what homes look like.
For many years my wife and I have taken weekend "road trips" around Florida at least twice a month and some months every weekend and we like to say that we have explored almost every "coochie", "ola", "ala" and "okie" in the state from Pensacola to Jacksonville to Yeehaw Junction to Jerome to Key West.
The goal is to try to see every nook and cranny of this state, especially the places where the tourists never go and never would go.
I have an excellent knowledge of what this state looks like and what the majority of the homes in it look like.
Thank You.
By the way Todd, the name of the town is Arcadia, not "Acadia"[This message has been edited by randye (edited 04-12-2021).]
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randye
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APR 12, 08:20 PM
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williegoat
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APR 12, 08:47 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by randye:
THAT sounded familiar and THAT is a Jesse Winchester song.
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Yeah, but Nicolette Larson is much cuter and is backed by Paul Barrere on guitar and Bill Payne on keys.
Here she is with Commander Cody and I think it is Bobby Black on steel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZrpw4lXiSY I can just smell the patchouli oil.[This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 04-12-2021).]
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CoolBlue87GT
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APR 12, 09:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Hank is Here:
Can you tell me more aobut the carpet itself? Brand, expected life etc? My wife dosn't like the wood on the back deck and mentioned a outsoor carpet. While the boards are in good share, I don't want to siwtch to composite or other solution if there isn't a need so I need to research outsoor carpets,rugs that we could remove seasonally. |
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Here's a link to the company
https://www.flooringinc.com...m_campaign=clearance
I ordered Premium Hobnail Carpet Tiles , they are peel & stick. Mold/mildew resistant and UV stable.
I'm not sure these would work on a wood deck. Check out the website, they may have a product that would work.
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