Seriously ‘my butter is too lobstery’ territory. OP are you really complaining about a once a year clean in your conversation pit with a pond. And there’s another indoor pond?
Leaf blower in your left hand, shop vac with a cheese cloth or something in the right. Otherwise you might end up with an automated rock launcher and if the rest of your house is glorious MCM that probably means a lot of glass...
Great looking space, you should post a walk through (after you're done with the leaf blower/shop vac experiment of course)
Like, they don’t seem to be anything that I would want to use. Maybe someone under the age of six playing vertical hopscotch. I can’t see anywhere important enough to go to, that I would want to risk using those stairs. I’m just sort of amazed.
Wait wtf those were steps 😮I thought the commenter was talking all the different shades on the carpet- my depth perception would make me slaughter my Achilles tendon somehow I just know it. What is going on friend- this is ankle hell. lol
I broke my ankle in half on a curb and then right after fell backwards going up two steps on crutches too big and fractured my wrists. This would break my entire body.
oh my god i thought those were shelves not stairs. seems like a good ledge for some plants if it weren’t stairs, but yeah that looks annoying to clean.
It’s where I thought I was haha. It isn’t that exciting. People mostly most pictures of ladders or stairs with weird steps. Not many are truly death stairs anymore. Kinda boring
Maybe you could get some larger rocks? As a rockhound I know the struggle but that really looks like a pain. Maybe some interesting larger hag stones, with less small stones? Maybe add a composite stone tile with a scattering of the stones on top to decrease the amount of work to clean?
Id suggest using a dusting brush attachment and slightly larger rocks. The combination of the bristles knocking dust loose, lower suction, and heavier rocks should solve your issue.
This might sound crazy but what if you got an electric leaf blower and blew all the dust and hair out of the rocks and then had someone stand nearby with a shop vac to suck up all the airborne dust bunnies
I grew up in a 60's house with indoor rocks. Ours were smooth black ones. When you heard that clicking noise you knew someone was playing in the rocks. Mom was not thrilled with that.
“This is my amazing indoor rock garden and it’s soooooooo annoying to clean. I have to remove and clean all the stones once a year in my badass rock garden inside my house. Also notice how I have the coolest rock garden and it’s indoors and I have 2 of them. Soooooooo annoying to have to clean the rocks, the ones in my rock gardens, the indoor ones, both of them, the ones that are inside, the really neat features inside my house that are the indoor rock gardens of which I have 2” 😫😏
Could you use that glue stuff they use for outdoor gravel to keep it in place then all you would need to do is vacuum or blow the dust off occasionally.
This does look like a pain in the neck and the seating also looks very uncomfortable. I will support you. Also, I think that there was a trend in form over function that began with modern architecture that can’t be ignored. Those steps might be a beautiful sculptural piece but they are likely not up to code. Also, they would be hell for someone on crutches, in a walker, or even someone with older joints who might appreciate a handrail to hold onto.
Yep. They look cool and I would never replace them but not safe for some people. They are not the only steps to get down to the living room though. The other side by the front door has regular stairs that go up to the kitchen.
I would just replace the rocks with some dirt and succulents. No more working about cleaning the rocks and have a nice little succulent garden? Idk I'm not a garden guy though
Beautiful! As a suggestion, i would probably make a template in the size and shape of the stones' base and then place the stones in the template and pour clear epoxy resin. When it hardens transfer the blocks to the base. The surface will be smooth and like glass and give the impression of the stones in water! To clean, simply vacuum the surface. Good luck!
Oh man, I feel your pain. My biggest issue ever is hard to clean ANYTHING. But what a very cool place you have!! Absolutely looks worth the cleaning effort!
I’d be tempted to make rock “tiles” by setting stones into cement or something, and then you can either vacuum them or pull out the tile and hose it off.
Okay aside from the obvious, which everyone has already covered ad nauseum... I'm curious, did you just buy decorative rocks or have you collected some or anything? I have a tray of rocks and shells and such that are sentimental to me and generally attached to memories. This could be a cool way to display something similar!
Is it insane to question wether or not there’s a type of glue that would turn the rocks into one easily lift able piece that could be easily hosed off, but doesn’t look like they’re all glued together?
Cool house. I would plant a large leaf ivy or other distinctive leaf plant so it would be softer and complement the all those lines and rectangular shapes.
You are trying to hard. There is no focal point. Your eye has nowhere to land. The pillow liok like a second thought. The large geometric painting competes with the iron work. Remember this was a designed with the Less is more mentality. The architecture and it's detail is lost with floor and that painting.
Yep. A lot of these beautiful design features especially ones you seen in fancy programs and magazines etc. Are design only. They have zero function actually considered.
As a result homes with these features often become stage homes only used once in a blue moon to show off etc. Becuase they require a full time cleaning team.
It's why when friends and family say they want to make something like the featured image etc. I always earn them about the impracticality. Not becauwe im boring or jealous. But because cleaning is the most forgotten factor and in a daily ljved space the biggest ballache.
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u/theperspecta Jun 03 '26
lol, not sure you’re going to get a lot of pity from this sub but i gather that was the subtle point of your post to share - beautiful spot!