Moaning About the Homes Section

Two photos from Sunday's Star Tribune Homes section that reveal the disparity of income and general design inanity in our country.

First, a shower. Just a shower. Right?


No, this shower has not only six water jets and a sound system, it also features a gas fireplace. How can even the richest person in the world need or want a fireplace in the shower?

Then, from the Parade of Homes... a brand-new "farmhouse." This isn't a renovation. It's new construction:


I can accept that farmhouses get added onto and end up with some ungainly shapes attached to them. But does anyone really want to buy a new house that looks like its additions were an afterthought?

Past moaning about the Homes section:

Bring me the head of Rin-Tin-Tin

The picture of Southern life

House of horror, times two

A rant on a monster house