Friday, September 24, 2010

The House that Seashells Built

I love good craftmanship and of course, seashells, but this is just unbelievably over the top! This house sits on an island just north of Ft. Myers, Florida, the capital of shelling, and is 100% covered in shells.





can you believe the time and labor that went into this?!
Now I would never cover a house in shells but instead of doing a stone wall, I might consider a shell wall!!
How about you?

19 comments:

  1. I saw this and couldn't believe my eyes! Amazing! :)

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  2. Isn't this just..., well, hilarious, awesome, amazing!! Thanks for the link!!! I wonder though where you got the URL from? It's the blogspot one that I started out with but changed right away into a custom URL (see blog), more than two years ago, hmmmmm.

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  3. oh my. that is quite impressive!

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  4. It is really amazing to see in person (by boat). I just found out that I know the brother of the owner of this house. I hope to weasel my way to the inside one day too! Can you imagine? Thanks for the link!!!!!

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  5. Wow! Incredible! A shell wall might be a good idea, but I think a shell house is a little over the top...

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  6. Now .... that is house!!! I can't even imagine how long that took:)

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  7. Interesting... I love the concept ~ maybe just a "tad" too many shells, but I love the idea. I think that I would just use them for interest here and there, but not EVERYWHERE!
    Thanks for sharing!!

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  8. This is amazing!! Love it.

    xo
    jess
    http://cheapbutchicclothes.blogspot.com/

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  9. Wow! A little much but very fun.

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  10. Wow!! How creative! I wish I'd gotten to talk to you more in NY. Maybe next time :)

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  11. thats crazy-I would get so tired of shells half way through!! Id stick to a wall-or maybe just a mirror!

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  12. Do you know if that is on Captiva or Sanibel island? It is amazing!

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  13. There is a first everything! I've never seen such a sighting in my life. Yes, lots of hours went into the application of a gazillion shells! Wow.

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  14. Pink and Fab- The house is on Pine Island (across the channel from Captiva). Check out more info on my link. Thanks again SC!!!!

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  15. NO to the WAY! I don't know what to say??!! That is quite the project someone took on!!

    Takes the the cake for visual fun as I wrap up my Monday!!

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  16. It looks like a souvenir you would buy down the shore!

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  17. Do you think that maybe the wife's name is Shelly and she named her newborn baby Finn? :)

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