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Visit to Max Gail's Home

Bob Vila visits Max Gail�s home. Max has lived on the property for over fifteen years and started with just a teepee. His home follows the same pattern of circles and arches throughout. He uses modern glass as well as antique stained glass form Denver. The hardwood floors in the master bedroom are Koa. The home features great views and lots of round rooms.
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Visit to Max Gail's Home

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" Now have you been on the property -- private Arab almost fifteen years yes. But the house that. That you build and remodel it's really evolved over the course of the yeah I was in little center structure -- the beginning yeah and I got. And you nonfiction have been making circles starting that how that's what I was going to ask you how did you get into building only circular rooms. By the time I was very involve American Indians still am but it was new economy and it. And I wish that living in chief here right over here where you're a little Gypsy wagon down there -- Anyway he had a real TP yeah. Was it was hauled ass onstage I really loved sleep outside and being outside and the circle is really the central metaphor. In spirituality -- I guess they're really dark you couldn't get interest and in making -- straight right angles or straight guy like me the -- decks are the first. -- They're certainly but they're really like flowers are there like a sunflower that was our that was our idea -- sure and is redwood regular. Now it's do you get clean off again we're what does replied it's just relax and see that the Pacific in the distance and a and that's a neat idea where the dog is lying down you've got. Outdoor carpeting in the in the center of the sunflower yeah our dogs love to get right where. Right away ought to be yeah so here's your biggest."

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" Well this is terrific it's it's really a pleasure that you can wander. It. I see that you repeat the the circular orbit arches everywhere here in same thing that's another great -- talk about. And that. What I was unit that looks like an -- stained glass now it's all things now from Denver. Colorado on human. There."

" The ceiling Vito -- what is led into. The rafters is very unusual looks kind of like arts and crafts to. Tell me about that well the -- You -- it to help. Do the work several cuts above it are very initiative design yeah I think being nice -- we're actually we're should start the tour with --"

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" California that I love the color -- It."

" As a matter that the tiles -- from a small companies and that's California in an accent pieces are actual. Reproduction from the Malibu."

" Tile company and -- in and out popped this beautiful now. It's and you will probably nothing like this right up front well not well this was where the bathtub. Bathroom."

" And that we're talking big film. Actually water that cued your -- that makes a lot of sense to headline news double lavatory isn't here it's very pretty what's in the courtyard -- children's parents so really this is his kind of circular flow and it works well with the with kids -- Ha -- this is terrific. I really like the idea you know the indoor out of the kids can be plane here -- swing right out into the -- California living out. That's -- that's I don't think there's a square room anywhere in your house. I've finally. Went through here it and run -- All of this great all the look at what kind of wood is another floor that's cola it's tropical hardwood cola and it has the color variation. And -- you know it's a beautiful -- wears a lot of instruments. South American and some growth and why I like the way it's laid on the -- diagonal in the room. Probably environmentally -- think twice about. Using now okay but but you put an important good all right. What about the feeling it's also wouldn't see you guys pine and cedar just like ours -- which heartbreak that -- All laws and yet again it can't stand having straight now right now I'm. Hey this is a beautiful table. Is that. It's California redwood reluctance. From -- blitzer I could be a thousand year old slab room it's beautiful. So this room is a nice size has got to be at least thirty feet. That yeah. How about the fireplace here did you build it. The job. The president did month conflict would you get stone like this is off we're going to hear some dominant beaches -- gathered to yourself. That's wonderful but some in personal touches this really terrific a lot of times they're done yet we never -- across the -- All around her calf. You know these terra -- floors -- you see all over California really great great. From Mexico right yes -- Yeah they're easy to live with it. Absolutely OK so this is the dining and of course here we get the kids who have yet elegant and India practice. All right it. This is a fine fine room it's kind of like being at a tourist you know right -- the -- are about right here. So before you open up you can remodel this we're right this corner so rather than having -- corner faith and yet there's this morning. Well it makes such a wonderful difference to have all these little windows and they have been UV OK now. And when he was around a table saw a man made you want that she means you made this table and three days. That's pretty impressive now solid solid oak well into why don't."

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