This profile of the Piano House is part of series of features on unusual and inspirational homes that raise the question: Would You Live Here?

I don’t know who lives in this house, but I can tell you there are only two choices — the world’s happiest couple or the world’s loneliest man. That’s it. Those are the choices, because here’s how it went down:

“Oh, Emily! Emily, I love you so. I want us to be married. I want us to make beautiful music together. I want us to live in a giant house shaped like a piano.”

“Oh, Robert, yes! YES. I want to get married. I want to birth your children. I want … wait. What? What did you say about a house?”

And then Robert moves to a large cloth-covered display that Emily has somehow not noticed until this moment and whips the cover off a scale model of this …

This profile of the Nautilus House is part of series of features on unusual and inspirational homes that raise the question: Would You Live Here?

Why would anybody dwell in a shell? Let me guess — You won the lottery and left behind your old neighborhood of rundown giant clamshells for the new gated community over here in Neptuneville. No? Well, OK then Capt. Nemo, you’ve got me stumped. And maybe that’s the point, because I’m not sure how to get inside this shell-ter. Is there a secret grotto entrance somewhere? I didn’t realize I’d be needing my diving apparatus when you invited me over for barbecue.

Nautilus House lauded for its design

Call me shell-shocked, but this house has won plenty of kudos from design trend-spotters. Trendir calls it: “a wonderful, whimsical house design…bringing the life aquatic into architecture.” Over at inhabitat, the house is described as “a mind-bending union of artistic experimentation and simplified living.”  The home …

I’m not particularly amenable to having another woman in the house, but I have to admit to being on board with this DIY project that involved morphing a dress form into a floor lamp.

This project mostly involved scouring Craigslist for the perfect dress form for our space. Dress forms are partial life-sized figures used by clothing designers. Me and my boyfriend Kiko ideally wanted something that was an antique, but even a clever impostor would do as long as we could find it second-hand. We finally did find “the one” from a nice lady who once used it in a clothing store. While I’ve seen photos of more intricately-crafted dress forms, ours is perfect for our space, and only rang up at $75.

After spending quite a good deal of time looking for the right form, we decided to take the path of least resistance when it came to dressing her …