Winchester Mystery House

Every good mystery involves less words, more examination & experience. The more someone says the less, they are really telling you. You learn more about someone through their actions, not their words. Here’s a dreamhouse that leaves a great deal of mystery for all who experience it, with very little explanation...

The Winchester Mystery House 

The labyrinthine home was constructed over a period of 38 years by Sarah Winchester, the wealthy widow of William Wirt Winchester, of Winchester rifle fame. After the premature deaths of her daughter and husband, a shaken Mrs. Winchester reportedly consulted a medium, who informed her that the spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles were haunting her family. The medium instructed her to head west and build a house for the spirits, who would no longer bother her as long as construction never stopped. Thus the massive Winchester Mystery House was born; in its final iteration, the home—which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places—contains 2,000 doors, 47 stairways,, 47 fireplaces, six kitchens, and 10,000 windows.

Would you love to experience the mystery of this dreamhouse?

Barbie thinks you might...

Enjoy!

Kisses, m.

Band-Aid

You are the only one responsible for your healing because you are the only one who can heal you. People can help but ultimately you are the band-aid for your feelings & capable of healing your body, soul and mind. Much like bandages giving support and protecting your wound to keep out things to harm it is your job to keep yourself safe so your emotional state can heal. Take care of yourself dolls and kens. Here’s a old story...

Do you place healing in your own self? 

Enjoy!

Kisses, m.

Healer

(9-26-2017)

“Trust your heart.” He tells me. “Your eyes won’t always see the truth.” 

There are times when people may seem friendly but they threaten all you hold dear. But he wasn’t one of them. From the moment we met he has been the best teacher I’ve known. His heart was open to mine without expectations or worry of what I should be. 

Tonight as he inists that I do not owe him my heart, the rain pounds outside the windows and winds shake the trees reminding me of how we met…

A dark rainy evening brought me into his company.  Escaping the pain of another, I was making my way through a rainstorm. His bookstore had a light on, so I entered without hesitation. The rain masked my tears as I collected myself in the entry. He was in the back of the shop with another customer watching me shake the rain from my stockings and pull back my hair. I could see his pale blue eyes from where I stood and they were watching me. His stare wasn’t unpleasant or harsh. It was greeted with a smile before turning back to his business.  I could hear him give his pleasantries and turn back toward me. As he moved, it was as if time stopped as he walked toward me. My heart knew then before I did that I was in love with this man.  

Several special book orders later, he became my teacher giving me fiction I’d never heard of. Voraciously my appetite for knowledge was eager for more. Often I worried my hunger for more was too much for him but always he obliged my requests without question. Eventually he curiously asked to know of the hole in my heart that left me hungry.  When I told him of my wounded heart, the man that lied and left me empty, he shared his wisdom and past. Months grew to years as these things do and his words led to his hands that slowly did their work to mend my mind and soon enough my heart. 

Times are hardest when you don’t know what to trust. My heart nearly whole by his healing hands and soul wants to belong to him, but there’s hesitation. It’s when I find myself doubtful that he tells me… “Trust your heart, my love” and I know with certainty that he already has mine.

            

House of Silence by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects

Barbie realizes that some people are just incapable of saying or doing kind things without getting attention for them and also too lazy to work on themselves but live to criticize others... so it’s probably best that they just work hard and stay silent. Here’s a quiet dreamhouse. 

House of Silence by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects

The quiet giant is constructed from concrete with the intention of remaining foreign to the neighboring homes to give the homeowner the feeling of not being influenced aesthetically by the outside. Primarily composed of concrete the architecture, does not have many windows and closed by walls. The interior has a great deal of space which is not imaginable from the exterior view. 

Would you like this silence space?

Barbie would!

Enjoy!

Kisses, m.

Big & Small House by Anonymous Architects

Barbie thinks everyone is capable of doing the right thing, no matter if it’s big or small. No kind gesture is truly wasted or anonymous in thus world. You don’t have to brag on kindness. It spreads itself.. However, if you go around criticizing others for their own good, you are not doing a kindness. You are doing them and yourself a disservice, by carrying yourself in a position where you think you are above others and criticizing, you are no better than they are. Expect what you give to others in return. People will match your criticizing with hostility and meanness because you are essentially giving that to them when it’s unsolicited criticism. Try kindness with others and you’ll always go farther. Here’s a dreamhouse that is dressed up as a small thing but is actually a big thing...

Big & Small House by Anonymous Architects 

At first glance, the home looks to be no larger than a garage; however the interior of the home reveals itself to be quite large, which is where its quirky name come from.

Would you love this Big & Small space?

Barbie would

Enjoy!

Kisses, m.

Sign House by APOLLO Architects & Associates

The future won’t be much unless people pay attention to the important signs of change. Greed, material wealth and wasting millions on unnecessary luxury items will only contribute to the bigger issues of poverty, climate change and a lack of sustainable resources. Barbie loves dream houses & design that plans with the future of humanity and those occupying homes in mind...

Sign House by APOLLO Architects & Associates

An earthquake resistant home of the future... Sign is a minimalist home in Tokyo created with zoning restrictions in mind and desire to utilize natural lighting for the interior while still maintaining privacy from those passing by. The result is a dreamhouse with main spaces upstairs and small windows near the ceilings to allow light in. Upper levels include a balcony with a view among the living spaces. 

Would you love to live in this house of the future?

Barbie would!

Enjoy!

Kisses, m.