https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:48:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629321 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:17:01 +0000 yoursilverlining 629321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: my aunt and uncle have a laundry chute like that, and when we were planning to build we wanted one; turns out they are illegal where we live!! Boo, they are so cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629312 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:14:22 +0000 Freckles 629312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: Omg, i love your house just based on the stairs and arched doorsway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629243 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:54:13 +0000 .twist. 629243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: @Mrs. Cowgirl: HAH! I was just going to say "or you could keep an unwanted magical nephew in there!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629215 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:45:00 +0000 Reese 629215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cowgirl: muahaha wouldn't you like to know :P</p> <p>Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629191 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:34:42 +0000 Mrs. Cowgirl 629191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: do you have a young wizard living in the cupboard under the stairs? ;)</p> <p>i love that idea in the second photo!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629164 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:23:19 +0000 matador84 629164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@reese so beautiful, i love it! @rachiecakes we have a lot of crazy original wiring from the old timey phones. the wiring hasn't ever been updated and the electrical sockets aren't grounded either!</p> <p>@icebergmom @mrs.64 they are in the same place on the opposite wall too. we thought christmas lights too but it just seems like so weird to put outlets up there...but we can't think of anything else either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629138 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:11:38 +0000 Reese 629138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: Thanks! We have plenty of storage in our basement and we already have a bathroom down there so it is really just unnecessary space at this point. I would have loved to have something like that as a kid. It is an easy thing to change when they grow out of it as well </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629117 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:05:24 +0000 rachiecakes 629117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: omg I LOVE that!!<br /> we looked at a condo that had a closet under the stairs that had we bought it we would've made into a half-bath. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629109 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:01:51 +0000 Reese 629109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if this is that neat/interesting but we have a storage room underneath the stairs :</p> <p>[attach=3040/13/mjh1j4.427x600.rest-room-under-stair.jpg]</p> <p>but when we have kids I totally want to turn it into something fun like this:</p> <p>[attach=3040/13/mjh1j5.400x600.l_9ed87760-b314-11e1-a8f0-97a93e100002.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629103 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:57:42 +0000 rachiecakes 629103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. 64: I think that's totally cool! I love stuff like that :) </p> <p>Our house in Upstate NY had a cute little nook in the wall for a telephone and a cute little built in cabinet underneath it (like phonebook size!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629078 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:45:08 +0000 Smurfette 629078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a little door in our closet, so we can drop our dirty clothes right into the hamper in the laundry room. Love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629041 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:32:09 +0000 IcebergMom 629041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely for Xmas lights (those upper outlets.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-629003 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:04:46 +0000 mrs. 64 629003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Matador84 Are they switches or outlets? If it's an outlet perhaps it's for Christmas lights? I don't know!</p> <p>Our house is a late 50s ranch. Yesterday I posted a pic of our (not so) awesome pink master bathroom. This is in our kitchen and it's quite large (approx 10" x 14"). It is a built in radio and intercom. There are also smaller intercoms in each room. It doesn't work, but I don't see how to get rid of it. I don't think it's that cool, but everyone who comes over is obsessed with it! </p> [attach=3344/13/mjgyxa.600x450.IMG_20130310_195713.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-628408 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:08:37 +0000 matador84 628408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to see if someone can tell me what light switches are up above the built ins for! </p> [attach=2081/13/mjgfme.600x450.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-627283 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:48:52 +0000 Bao 627283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our front door is really cool if that counts. It's just very neat looking, wooden and has lots of character. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-627277 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:42:28 +0000 Giraffe 627277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our house is from 1949 and has the original crystal doorknobs, a big open archway from the dining room to the living room, coved ceilings with picture rails, little recessed display cabinets above the kitchen sink, and the cutest little door from the living room to the back yard.</p> <p>Also a hideous half-remodeled (not by us!) bathroom with the original pink and red tile around the bathtub, with a swan motif on the trim pieces. We really should do something about that... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-627256 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:25:22 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 627256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not too many, it's brand new, so no cool old features unfortunately! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-627239 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:13:25 +0000 matador84 627239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjacks we can't figure it out! It is a great deep, long cabinet in an unusual location. Maybe for large pots like stockpots? I'll have to take an interior pic tomorrow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-627153 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:21:35 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 627153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: are you sure it didn't used to be access To pipes or something that they made into a cabinet? It's interesting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-626524 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:30:12 +0000 Cole 626524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have lots of interesting details in our house, like all of the original doors have the pretty crystal (?) doorknobs. We have door that looks like yours in our bedroom, I was so exited thinking it was a secret passage or something but it is just access to the pipes for the hall bathroom! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-626402 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 08:06:55 +0000 matador84 626402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire it is just super deep! I guess storage for like a stockpot!? Kind of weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-625932 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:46:27 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 625932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, growing up in the North I miss alot of cool features older, historical homes have. My newer construction Florida home has a POCKET DOOR and I am stoked! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-625866 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:15:03 +0000 Emsmems 625866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing neat or unusual, just in love with our house everyday! We lived in a small 800 sq ft apartment before this house (3000 sq ft), I just love it everytime I think about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-625846 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:08:15 +0000 fussygal 625846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No neat features in our rental. Is just a bland ranch house from the 80's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-625837 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:05:33 +0000 anonysquire 625837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish there were net features! Does that door have a secret passageway? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neat-things-about-your-house#post-625830 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:03:58 +0000 matador84 625830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are finding some really neat touches to the house we are moving into. Check out this unusual storage in the eating area. We can't figure out what it was built specifically for. Do you have any neat features in your house? </p> [attach=2081/13/mjdf2n.450x600.image.jpg]