TURRETS!?

What are turrets good for?

After all, they are the hallmark of Adorable Abodes. So I am asked this question a lot. I put together some more or less meaningful ideas for its uses, but the main use, of course, is ASTHETICS.

They just look fantastic!

13 + 1 reasons to have a turret…

1. No reason. You read that right. No reason. And this is a reason, too. Now, in every house or apartment is an area of storage, of stuff not needed often, perhaps you might even call it a mess. Some places are messier than others, but even the folks which are clean and organized have some area where just no order exists. A few lucky ones have dens, which is exactly the space where a mess is allowed. Hence, a turret might be regarded as the upscale version of a den and its purpose is the same – nothing. Just keep the messy area confined in the most expensive part of the abode, measured by cost per square foot – the turret.
2. A turret is time consuming, hence expensive, if not challenging to build. Now, that’s a good reason to have one, because not too many builders want to build them, for exactly those reasons! They are scarce, expensive, and they are special.
3. Ever considered having a playpen which does not take up a good part of your living room? Well, the turret might be the solution to this problem. The turret might serve as a playpen, the kid has its own kingdom. And the best part is, when you watch TV, you can still understand everything being said since that blaring kid is out of earshot. What a relief. But then again, it is the most expensive playpen you ever bought. Ditto for a dog pen.
4. Closet. Excellent. Now, this might be a hybrid between regular closets and walk-in closets, but both of them exist for obvious reasons, so why can the turret not exist serving sort of both purposes? Not very good, though, but who cares? Of course, you might lower the blinds on the turret windows permanently otherwise visitors going by your turret see the type and extent of your wardrobe, and you really do not want any comments on that, now, do you?
5. Your ancestors, if they came from Europe, have most likely lived in castles which had turrets. The castle guards enjoyed an excellent view, lucky them, but more important, they saw enemies coming from miles away. They could alarm the king in time to get his troops ready for fight. They must have won, because they survived, multiplied, in peace time I assume, and this is the reason you are here today and alive, to read this. And all of this because of a turret. Now, is this not a good reason to have one?
6. Speaking of kings, if you have your own turret, you might consider yourself to be the king of the castle. Your castle. Or, perhaps the queen, of course.
7. The toilet. Yes, now here is an excellent use for a turret, to house the toilet. Here again, that king thing. Because now you might consider yourself sitting on a thrown, and still ruling in your castle. Ah, and yes, here again, don’t forget to lower the blinds when you are using the toilet.
8. The size of even the smallest turret we built (28” per section for a width across of 60”) is really very generous if it houses the toilet only. There is room as well for a much needed sink, and also, the toilet could be very well a composting toilet, as proposed in our planned community of Adorable Abodes.
9. Minimalist thinking folks can live on 72sqft, as demonstrated by the acknowledged founder of the tiny home movement Jay Shafer. He lived in 72sqft I forget for how long. The size of the small turret of about 18sqft would make, by this standard, a sufficient sized office. While the built-in desk might be considered odd-shaped, there is still space for a chair. With some shelving up-top, this become a fully functioning office, but agreed, of modest size. In today’s world, most young folk’s office is nothing more than and iPod, and of course the chair one is sitting on. Both fit in our turret, so there.
10. Pantry. Very useful for this purpose, and all to often in today’s kitchens overlooked. We just assume we run to the store every time we need sugar or eggs. Forgotten are the times when we had food stored in quantities sufficient to keep us going for a while. In this large pantry, this very valuable practice could be revived.
11. Perfect storage space of fishing rods, golf clubs, skies, or guns in an angled gun rack. If you don’t have too many of each you might fit in all of the above.
12. One person prison cell – now who wants to get rid of whom, lock the door and throw away the key? Oh, never mind. Seriously now, one reason I never thought of was suggested by a chap who loves star gazing, do I have to explain more? He saw himself in the centre of the turret surrounded by all of his telescopes pointing in all directions.
13. Sauna – that was your first thought, and you are right. We have to add even more insulation, and the windows are covered inside by the sauna wall. The windows would have to stay, unless you want this thing look like a mini silo. But we can replace the slider windows with fixed glass, or even do away with manufactured windows altogether and have insulated window panes built in frames. I am a sauna fan, so to me, this is a very good idea, perhaps the best one so far.
14. And the last one: No reason at all. But there is the one reason why a turret is needed. They just look absolutely stunning; I believe I mentioned this already? And here is a stunning argument: You buy cars with a zillion gadgets build in you don’t need, probably don’t even know what to do with them, so why not buy ONE gadget you KNOW what to do with it with your abode?

While you are at it, if you really want something out of the ordinary, just go ahead and order your abode with two turrets. After all, if you spend money on useless things, you might as well splurge. One promise, though, you will be the talk of the town.

We look forward to hearing from you.