First proper story then
Our house is fantastic. Mum, Dad and me moved in, intending to get it done up. Got halfway, then little sister turned up. Then two brothers...
This has given a very rough and ready appearance, which is fantastic when you love oily old machinery.
Highlights include:

Storing a small petrol engine in my room to try and dry the magneto out. Sat by my bed for a couple of years

Bikes in the kitchen on several occasions

Rebuilding the front end of a motorcycle in my room, then Dad helping me down the stairs.

Best bit is, Mum and Dad don't mind as long as I don't make a mess! but then it is from them I inherited my love of machinery.
Another...ahem...interesting...feature of this desirable residence is the amount of books we have. It would appear our house is home to the paramilitary wing of the British library.
So to sum up, here is a 1970 BSA bantam with freshly attached front end being manhandled down the stairs. Note the wall of books behind us. Very bottom is the sci-fi stuff-Anne McCaffrey, Heinlein, Clarke, LeGuin, Andre Norton, all neatly arranged. Still need to extend it to fit Micheal Moorcock in too :D

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( Greenbat, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 13:17, 6 replies)

Nice!
That's just how my ideal house would look; wall to wall with books.

I'm getting there, but got some way to go.

Fair play
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 13:20, closed)

First other one I've seen like it
Thought my house was unique, but maybe not: same head-of-stairs sci-fi "bookcases," lots of camping gear in closets and bedrooms, likewise ham radios, telescopes, lab equipment.

Bikes now reside in back-yard sheds, tho.
( Squilliam but . . . . *I'm* the one with all the talent!, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 15:16, closed)

Books are to be treasured
I don't trust people who don't have any books in their homes.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 15:42, closed)

I always take the view
That you buy books and keep them. Its not money wasted*



*As with every rule there are exceptions. Jeffrey Archer for example. Still it has merit as a donation to a charity shop.
(Sir Tainley Barking Ezekiel 23:20, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 18:41, closed)

Cool
Homes are meant to be lived in.
Not just occupied and tidy.
(Le Grenouille, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 23:57, closed)

D14/4 or D175 or did you get something really exotic like a Bushman or Sports model?
(Benzyl, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 22:07, closed)