Lifespace Home

Micael Holigan: " If you're looking for a home, you may have noticed similar floor plans, my father always kids me that there's twelve original floor plans, and everyone always builds a version of that. We've got someone who's come up with a totally new floor plan on how to design homes, her name is Carol Ichen. How are you doing, Carol?"

Carol Ichen: " I'm doing great, how are you?"

M.H.: " Tell us a little bit about throwing out old plans, and coming out with live space."

C.I.: " I realize that as many of the plans that I look through each day, each week, each year, that we had to do something different, how can I take the spaces that are absolutely not used, and turn them into something that would be comfort zones."

M.H.: " Okay, well show us how, take us through."

C.I.: " Great, I'd love to. What we have in here, is we have the one living space, as I mentioned to you, where we have one living dining area here, and as you can see we've kept the natural earth tones in here, even the wood base on the table, has that rustic feeling. And this makes the whole thought of your home a much more comfortable place to live, which is all what we want."

M.H.: " Yeah, my formal dining room: we use it at Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and that's it. We can't take advantage of it, like you could this one. Carol has designed a light and airy bedroom, with space for dressers and storage have been shifted to a more functional walk in closet between the bedroom and the bath."

C.I.; " This is what everybody really loves, it's compact, it's organized, it doesn't get dirty. And you can just see, here's even a top spot here, where you can put all your jewelry, whether it be for the male or for the female, if you'd had enough space, you can have one on either side."

M.H.: " There's a space for everything in here, men's shoes, women's shoes, ties and belts, hats and hat boxes. Sweaters and other articles can be stored behind glass doors, so it's easy to find what you're looking for. "

C.I.: " Space is everything, so what we've first done is we've taken advantage of this downstairs forier here, by making this all covered space just like we have in our linen area upstairs, with this beautiful plastic laminent, with the black trim as you'll notice which corresponds with the decour of the home, we've added mear in here, to open up the space, lovely accessories, so it looks like a beautiful built in piece of furniture."

M.H.: " Right in the hallway."

C.I.: " Yes, you have so much storage space, even spaces for your luggage, so it's just wonderful, and then we've utilized the space here around our radius stairway here for a couple of interesting chairs, a little contemporary feel, live plants, if you want to just sit down for a second, or just for decour."

M.H.: " Well I've never had a customer say they've had too much storage space. Now here's my favorite room in the house, Carol calls it the Sunday room."

C.I.: " It's Sunday morning, and you wake up, I come into a room of peace just my room, a room that can be closed off, and nobody's allowed into. I have my most wonderful chair in here, I've brought all the plants and the live greenery inside, that corresponds with the outside. I've got my fountain with the water that really keeps me down. In two hours, when the households ready, I'm ready, and that really is life space, that's what breathes into our hearts, a better way of life, and we all need it today."

M.H.: " Well you've certainly changed the way homes are built, congratulations!"

Episode 001 1995 - 96 Season

| Plumber | Stove Tip Bracket | Choosing a Builder | Kitchen Sink Remedy | Post-tension Foundation | Lifespace Home | Selecting a Lender |

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