Mark Mills Designed Residence For Sale In Carmel

egads · Post by **egads** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:59 pm

It's pretty common today in high end kitchens to use plug mold strips mounted under the upper cabinets. This allows the full back splash to be
unobstructed. I noticed in the one kitchen photo shown in the article that there seemed to be a sort of valance towards the back that may have hidden both
receptacles and counter lighting. Also, his extensive use of wood siding as interior walls would also have allowed some switches to be hidden behind a touch latch cover. It could also just be about placing them around corners and not marring feature walls. It would take a hands on architect building a custom home to make the difference. Also, high end houses in the fifties & sixties often used remote relay systems for lighting. It's much easier (and code compliant) to hide a low voltage control than a typical line voltage multi-gang box.

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:41 pm

I imagine Bill Gates has voice command systems and sophisticated versions of the Clapper. (I've often wondered what would happen if you had your TV connected to a clapper and you watched a show with a lot of wild applause?)

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:14 pm

hahahaha, yeah. The kitchen in the home of Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffin projects recipes in laser light from the ceiling onto the kitchen counter. That kind of thing is way over the top for my taste. But giving some thought to light fixtures and receptacles as Mills does is something I find attractive.

egads · Post by **egads** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:52 pm

From what I remember about Gate's house is that household members have some sort of bluetooth or wifi identifier that allows their personal preferences
to follow them around. When going from one end of the very large house to the other, the lights come on ahead of you and the music also follows you. Having worked in a few large (8000-10,000 sq ft) houses, one spends a lot of time "showing the house" so automation really helps. Mostly to turn everything off. Lighting automation also allows different dim levels for different times of the day and different uses of the space.

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:41 pm

Are these identifiers subcutaneously installed?

Wrighter · Post by **Wrighter** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:35 pm

Tattooed on the back of the neck with electrically charged ink.