Just 22 minutes from downtown Portland, this $7.2 million manse has pretty much everything…
Outside, it’s all castle. Inside…
…it’s also castle.
Except when it’s desert oasis.
Or Arabic domes.
Or giant… ceiling… compass?
Okay, back to castle.
Nope, just kidding. Time for a modern theater.
Or how about this rainbow workout room?
Okay let’s close on the castle watchtower.
It’s certainly nice, but you’d think they would be able to decide on just one style.
When you can’t make up your mind…
The castle decor just looks expensively cheap.
There’s only one style for that ceiling compass: I would tear everything else out and go steam punk here. This place is begging for it.
Other than the oasis/atrium and, ironically, the theater, the place seems entirely devoid of personality. A theater, which thrives on fictional story lines, seems more authentically quirky than the rest of the place, which just looks like a cheap – and wafer thin – stylistic smoke screen. Hmm.
But that atrium is pretty cool, what with the tree trunk slab stepping stones, the streetscape walls, the alley-way bistro string lights, the sky-mural ceiling… I’m not sure about the giant ceiling fan, though. Too reminiscent of Edward Scissorhands at best and Freddy Krueger at worst.
Still less disturbing than the giant golden ceiling compass, though. The style is fine and steampunk would definitely be fitting for its environs, but it’s Just.So.Damn.Big. The size and apparent weight is simply oppressive for that space, not to mention I’d be terrified of an imminent attack by armored polar bears. Well, maybe if they came with a cameo by Daniel Craig, I’d be OK with it…