A Self-Taught Designer Builds a Midcentury-Inspired Home on a Budget
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- Bob Butler drew lessons from the legendary Case Study House program to design his own residence in Nashville. | For the full story, head here: www.dwell.com/...
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1750 sq ft is a small house!? well F me then, I must be living in someones closet.
Not just "small," but "very small!" Let's measure this "sustainability" by his electric bill in Nashville, with all that glass. Heating something like this North of Chicago would be a good lesson in financial "sustainability." I'm guessing build cost upwards of $200 per square foot for this tiny house...
@@DWink-bp8vw $115 per square foot per the article.
@@DWink-bp8vw You would be WRONG. You know what they say about assuming ...
How big is the closet your living in ?
@@jeanettenaumiec7784 *you're
I am curious what his definition of affordable is?
Probably something as warped as his definition of a "small house".
Well, the cost of land in Nashville is pretty low and it's obvious that this house doesn't use any costly high end materials or items. As he said, the windows are the most expensive single purchase. According to the article it was $115 per sq ft which is around $200k, that's actually very cheap for the size. My house cost me $250k and is only 1180 sq ft in Phoenix and not nearly as nice as this, although it has some nicer materials.
Somewhere near his definition of sustainable...... He's repeating the word sustainable to greenwash the justification of building the house. It's not a light footprint on the ground and I'm confused about back-justifying the use of monolithic slabs then showing off the extensive use of wood in the rest of the house. Are all those windows oriented for passive effects? That would be a measurement of sustainability. I would not justify concrete as a sustainable material for a house when it is more difficult to replace the Earth's supply of sand rather than replacing trees, which is easy. Let's see his utility bills then let's talk about sustainability. Also, they're called footings not footers, and I'm not a fan of the idyllic countryside retreat with a single-story home, when we should be pushing more sustainable density rather than sprawling. There is no sustainability or reciprocity in land sprawl.
National average. If you compare the cost of his home to the national average of home prices, which would include NY, CA, HI, MA, etc., then that's how he can come up with "affordable". Which I feel like his home is, but I don't remember him saying a price.
@@Son37Lumiere PHX sux, but it's one of those last top ten cities that's still affordable.
"Small house" and "on a budget" are quite debatable ways to describe this house.......
@Sho Yu Weeni The fridge alone it's 8000$ you can't buy a snack with 8000$?
@Sho Yu Weeni I misread
Not really, anything’s debatable I’d you wanna be an asshole. NOTHING he said was unreasonable if you have some BASIC Knowledge of the subject and actually listened to what he said
I laughed out loud when he said a 1700 sq foot house was “very small.”
Yup, and let's not forget "sustainable" : the house is filled with concrete, and according to him not using wood is actually a benefit :(
1700sqft may not be especially small, but it sure is a damn fine looking house
“Budget”, “affordable”, “conservatively priced” yet not a single mention of the actual cost...
I know, isn't that ridiculous?
i was about to say.... if you built that in say Adelaide SA it would still cost 1M....
Was there some sort of obligation?
The article says that it cost $155 per sq foot, and at 1750 sq feet it would put the cost at $201,250. That seems pretty good!
@@MrBanditFace $115* - Great cost/sf
But not a single comment on those sandals?
artistic !
Almost takes away all sexiness!
I definitely had that thought of what the heck are those sandals about. But hell, the dude has a vibe going on. Good for him.
I wish he wore socks with them, a la Olsen twins
I think they came with the house.
Does Dwell understand the concept of a "home tour"... you have to show us more than one angle of the living room.
they showed several angles, did you watch the video or what
I wanted to see that sawtooth roof.
"sustainability"
"Affordable"
"Budget"
You keep using these words... I don't think they means what you think they mean...
maybe you're just broke?
Lol when you're rich and able to afford these stuff you won't speak "poor" anymore.
@@michaelvennard2295 you're funny but that's true. Think rich or get left behind.
"sustainable" like using concrete for your entire house lol, classic delusional rich people shit
You sound dumb
This video is very annoying. Why the music so it's difficult to make out what the somewhat soft-spoken man with the deep voice is saying? Why the constant quick pans and cuts? It's an architectural video. Take some cues from the people who make architectural videos for real estate sales. Long pans that allow the viewer to understand the size of the room and how it relates to other parts of the house. This is why I don't buy Dwell magazine. The photography is trying so hard to be interesting and artistic, I have no idea what the seemingly interesting house they're featuring looks like.
Do you also ‘want to see the manager’?
@@naes123 I think, Sean, that my urge to vent my frustration in a comment on this video stemmed from the same urge that caused you to comment on my comment.
@@NG-fg6qf well said haha
I thgt I was the only one that was having trouble hearing this annoying hipster. The video was all over the place bc once I scoped out what looked like the living room I was trying to decipher if it was a sunken living room like in the 60s/70s then it clipped to the bathroom, then I see him out back and I could not understand walking the dog on the roof. Quite dizzying.
@@drzavahercegbosnaponosna5974 Thank you!! 😀 👍
Dwell, thanks for showing so little of the house in favor of showing so much of the dude! Amazing editing
That is NOT a small house! In Finland where I live, that would be considered a large family home! I beg of these designers to start to consider describing houses in terms of actual sq footage/metres rather than by relative terms like “small”...which I think is used very loosely in design as most designers work with clients with crazy disposable incomes and houses that I would mistake for hotels😆
he literally said it is 1750 sqft
@@Caplock75626 what this person is talking about is actually categorizing homes probably the way we do cars. we have car classes, trucks and suvs. if a small home is categorized as a home under 2,000 s/f, medium anything under 4,000 s/f...mcmansion 10,000+ s/f. if there was this type of national registry then everyone would be on the same page and not shocked when prices are posted. the original post had nothing to do with the homeowner actually saying the home's s/f.
Americans do have a weird idea of what a small house is... 1750 sqft is 162,6 square meters... that's twize the size of my Madrid apartment and that of the one I grew up in with my parents, three siblings, grandmother... and one of the rooms fully dedicated to my father's work. And we never thought it was a small place.
It's a decent size home in the United States too. For your average American family of four.
For some reason in the late 90s and early 2000s there was the so-called mcmansion boom here in the states, those houses were 3500-5000ish sq ft.
I live in California and this would be considered a bungalow, which is a small one story house. My house is larger than his and I consider my home to be small.
This was like trump saying he “only had $1million” to start his business
Sustainability is getting way overused and misused these days. In this context it means that every human on the planet could have a house like this without damaging the environment. This is sustainable for this guy and his pals. In other words, not sustainable.
Love that. Couldn't agree more, and I commented up above.
On point
This natural, organic, artisinal house...
"House of the future..." Um, no. Modern homes like this only work if you live in a forest like this guy. If you're a normal person who lives in an urban environment you don't want those windows everywhere, and unless you have money your view is probably going to be a parking lot at best and a brick wall at worst. So no, it's not the home of the future because there's no enough land for everyone to live on a plot like this.
Where do I get the plans ? This is an amazing home, exactly what I would love to build.
Bigger than the house I grew up in. This is huge by UK standards.
PageMonster The UK has a smaller average home than even Japan. It's true.
By American standards even. At the very least it's NOT small. And I'm from the Midwest where houses are large anyways. He's confusing not having multiple floors with small.
@@kaileymo If you have 5 kids and a wife this is a really small home. Other people have other needs based on their own lifestyle..
This isn't in the UK though..
anything is bigger than a UK house
1750 sq ft is samall? That's 162 sq meters which is huge for most Europeans.
2700sq” average American home. Everything’s bigger in US get over it.
Sho Yu Weeni you too the words right out of my mouth
Nice house but its not small. My house is 750 sq ft...
Colin F fucking Christ my apartment is 660 sq ft.
Do you have 3 kids and a wife?
@@corysgood881 2 and the wife...
You sound dumb google aver American home sq footage
Mine is 2800 sq ft. & its considered average in our area of India. 😁
1750 sq ft is considered small to this guy? I wonder how he measures other things on a small scale, asking for a friend. I honestly believe under 850 is small.
I consider this small. However, where I am 3,000+ sq ft is the low end of the house sizes
You sound dumb google average American home sq footage it’s about 2700sq’
Small house... I don't even have a house for my family and we are renting a 60-70sqm apartment... Can we occupy your veranda 😊
This is absolutely beautiful, and you had me until the deer head.
it's a beautiful, interesting home. The video is not very informative, not even visually. Still, put it on mute and enjoy.
Does no one here realize that 1750 sq ft is small for a suburban house especially in Tennessee ??
I think this is a beautiful space, so open and so very airy. As someone else commented, if he truly designed this himself, and is self taught, then I am thinking that he is indeed an artist. From my own perspective, always having been a city dweller, I wonder about all of the glass and the fact that anyone can just see everything in your home (although he does seem to be surrounded by hedge type plantings all around). More importantly though, I too wonder about the "affordability" of such a place. As always, affordability is again, probably, a relative thing.
But I think that the space itself is truly beautiful and inspiring. He created a wonderful place to live.
So beautiful
But I freaked out when I saw a dead dear head as a wall piece in the bedroom.......why people does that ~
Good lord, lot's of negative comments here! First off, the house is gorgeous! Well done Bob! Yes it seems a bit big to be called a "small house" but it is a matter of perspective! The finishes are simple and true to MCM style. Very impressive for a self-taught designer!!!
Having the music play throughout the whole video was not a good idea.
Tell that to Christoper Nolan :P
Beautiful home - each view, each perspective is interresting and pleasing to the eye....
I wish the video was longer. I wanted to see more of the interior and hear from him about more details. Overall stunning work of art!
If he really is self taught, I think his house is very admirable
Cool house. There doesnt need to be several layers of music while someones talking. Its symptomatic of Americas pathology
*doesn't
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As long as we're nitpicking, your disregard for punctuation is symptomatic of your education.
@@Nick-mu1wp Okay. Then it's not fair to judge "America's pathology" because of several layers of music.
@@Nick-mu1wp *someone's
A beautiful achievement!
This is small?? I see two kitchens, three livings , a study and a lot of outer space.... but what a fantastic house ❤️❤️❤️
I have actually fall in love with this "affordable" house😂
Why wasn't the grass roof mentioned?
Dude, 1,700 SF is nothing to sneeze at--you've got 1,000 SF on me! This is a great house, love all the concrete, but it still feels warm and friendly. Not too shabby for a self-taught designer!
Beautiful! The layout makes it seem much larger than it actually is. Great use of space.
Dwell you need to up your production quality: turn up the mic, change & turn down the music, SHOW US THE PLACE-not the guy we can’t hear. Take a page from: The Local Project (where they tell a homes story w/beautiful editing) McGee & Co with excellent shots & video of entire rooms & flow for some design perspective.
With a magnificent moustache like that, this house is a Mid Century Mo' Den.
Small house my A$$. Love his home but he sounds self absorbed in his philosophy of a cheap small home.
Why is everyone commenting on the size? Do people understand relativity? In Nashville, 1700 is on the smaller side. Why are people commenting on comparisons to Paris, New York or Sweden? What is universally small? Whatever you say, I’m sure there’s someone sitting in solitary confinement,ent in 32 soft saying “what?! xX soft is considered small?”
🧐Dude!!! Whaaaattt!?!???! There are so many conundrums and oxymorons in this video....☝️the 1st being “this is a small house, it’s 1750 sq ft”, the 2nd being those sandals and that’s just the first 7 seconds.....I just can’t with this.😔
Too bad..you missed a beautiful thing.
@@sweetpeace5 - Thank you...ai’ll try again. 😫
Why is he doing everything in this world for us to believe thus house is small, cheap and affordable. Sustainable, yes but definitely not Affordable. 1750sqft?🙄
Guy in the video: "This is a small house."
Me: watching video in my 777 square foot townhome.
Could you please re upload this but without the drum overlay. I can't make out a word that the gentleman is saying
Oh my god it’s not even close to being a small house 😑 small compared to his friends who probably live in mansions? Yeah but that doesn’t make it a small house. Also, the phrase “on a budget” is understood to mean cheap, small budget, etc. Just having a budget is not the same as “on a budget”. Nothing about this can be done on a budget. Gorgeous house though, no doubt about that
Stunning design! Love it!
as an architect, you can tell hes not one. Theres circulation proportions that dont explain themselves and a lack of understanding of what a houses main objective is, what it seeks to particularily showcase or make the inhabitant experience and a disjointment between spaces (based on their intention to replicate midcentury homes who were all simplified continuous spaces), for example at 0:39 you can see a large exterior terrace lounge space, you acces it through a door and is separated from the interior of the house in front of a wall, and next to that wall a large window pane where the living room is with a smaller deck. If you reversed the positions you could have access to the large terrace by the living room elongating the view and usability of that space from the in to the outside, thus simplifying the floorplan and the construction. Very odd trying to make sense of what was the objective here.
It is a nice house, but please...I have 900 square feet for 3 adults and 3 dogs.
“a very small house” yeah, right, maybe if grew up in a mansion...
@0:27 Americans like "Yeah that's small" and the rest of the world "That's not so small..."
Thumbs up for the E30 in the driveway!!
Awful lot of negative comments. Reminds me of when a woman is in a leadership position and the only thing people comment on is her hair and attire. The home is beautiful regardless of the price and filming.
House looks good but can you not hang deer anymore? Don’t kill animals
Talks about the budget without mentioning the budget hahahahaha waste of time!
You didnt show the house and you didnt talk about cost your title is terrible oh and you didnt talk about the designer either.....terrible clickbait title
Beautiful home, but based on his belief that a 1750 square foot home is "small", I would take his word about it being affordable with SEVERAL grains of salt!
Being a designer himself he's probably used to designing monstrous 3000+ sq ft houses for people. The average home size in the US has ballooned to 2500 sq ft.
If he/they had left out the stupidity of the size reference it would have been way easier to pull the good points out of this vid. I'm a designer & builder myself and recognise that what he says about using commonly available and regular materials from a building supply is a HUGE thing when doing this style of construction. As soon as you required "specified elements" like engineered beams or steel that create the Modern style, cost's escalate by multiples. I took away that it's relatively affordable which is fundamental to his design.
I'd love to see the actual numbers that went into completing this home. What's "affordable"?
The same value for a "small house"
1.4 Mil
I almost bought a small house earlier this year. It had 754 sqft. This is not a small house. But it is a very nice house.
God, I love that modular shelf and desk design. That's just brilliant, and absolutely stunning.
Yah had me until I saw your depraved idea of art on the wall! 🦌
CHRISTINE162004 Don't know about depraved but I could not sleep soundly with the thought a huge mass with antlers is suspended high overhead. Karma says it will fall!
Awesome, love how he articulated how glass can blur the lines separating outside from inside, and how it is a whole new wider perspective of the space changes.
Everything is cool, but the sunken bathtub, in fact, the entire bathroom has got to go.
The choice of colors, levels and materials is just amazing! It's so comforting for the eyes good job!
1750sq.ft is not a small house. Period.
Attractive house, particularly for the money. However, in this day and age why is anyone building traditional fireplaces? It boggles my mind with how inefficient they are. Either design a specialized efficient masonry fireplace ($10k-$20k) or just get a new efficient stand alone wood stove ($2k-$4k).
brian sullivan tradicional? What do you mean, like wood burning?
I prefer wood burning over gas or electric.
@Glenn Watson Not sure you understood my comment.
Small house of 1750 sqft? LOL. Also, "budget" of >$1MM?
How tf did he spend $200,000 on construction.
I want to know how much this place cost.
$115 per sq ft. $200k?
This is literally the kind of desire I’m looking for!!! 🥰
I wish people will stop judging the size; compared to Tennessee homes, this is a “small” home. I’ve been searching for a few years for a decent size home that has garage space and not a mini castle of a home...
If 1750 sq ft is “very small” in his self-taught mind, it stands to reason that we might also hold very different connotations of “on a budget.” Aah, artistic license with language.
Nice, but he's gonna hate that shower in a few years!
Not to fond of the bathroom tile but the rest of the house is gorge!😊
Who else was not shocked to see he drives a vintage BMW? Betting he has a fixie too.
A 1991 BMW is not vintage. You can pick those up for around $800
the sinking shower freaks me out, no thanks
i liked this way better than the 50,000,000 real estate listings
impressive
Calling this a small house right off the get go just goes to show how "small" the disconnect is between the majority of people on the planet and the "upper class".
he's not upper class. he's a beta male with money and a soy addiction. you're better than him.
Love the house but since he thinks 1750 square feet is small I question what his opinion of affordable is. I think his perspective may be different than most people's.
He’s cute. So are those sandals
This is gorgeous!!! I love everything about it! I love the plywood cabinets!!!
I want to see the house. Show more than two damn views of the house
How much did it cost to build it? Materials and labor, not including the land? I couldn't access the article; yet another subscription-only article. I have too many subscriptions as it is. Thanks
i wish this video would have showed off the house a bit better
What are thoooose?
Was that a BMW in his parking space ????
i wonder if this guy added the outside living space into the size of his "small house". maybe he had 1000 sq feet of space inside the house and another 750 sq feet of livable space outside or some version of this equation? or maybe he doesn't understand small??? you choose internet!
what's with that deer head over the bed? that is so sad man.
Small house - 1750sft.
Small budget - 1.4mil
Home tour - Moustachio talking
Do you not know how to use a calculator or were you guessing that it cost $1.4 million!? 😆 You were off by $1.2 million! 1,750sq-ft x $114/sq-ft (read the article?) = $199,500
@@online247365 I didn't read the article. I'm dumb. Sorry.
@@online247365 is that include land purchase? Because when people say affordable house that's including total of all cost (including land, material, labor, etc). Some people use 'only "x"$/sq.ft' only for material for clickbait (not total cost).
Subscribe to read more. wtf?
If he had only said it once- "This is a very small house."- I would have let it pass, but he said it more than once. 1750 is not small! Check your privilege at the door of your "small house." Other than that, it's a fabulous design, wonderful layout and minimal decor. Love it.
One of the most beautiful house designs I’ve ever seen! Absolutely gorgeous 😍
His dog is so pretty. I loveeeee the houses with pets. Some decor articles or videos feature "showcase" houses with no kids, no pets. Real houses have people living in them, including pets.
What a beautiful little home! Yes I think nowadays, 1750 feet is somewhat small but for a couple or small family it’s fine. The idea of 2000+ square feet, didn’t really get popular until the 80s.
Love this house
It's definitely Not a tiny nor even small house. Even at under 2000 sqf, it's much larger than most in the same context. That said it's really a beautiful masterpiece.
Everybody freaking out about how big the house is and I'm just blasted away about how this man is a visionary.
When Trevor and Michael have a son
*clears throat*
_Bob the builder_
That sunken shower looks gross
That is awesome work 👍🏻