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The Far-Away Fireplace(?)

Looking at the photo below, you’d certainly think that this home’s lower level Family Room was positively cavernous. However, given that the room is only 24′ x 12′, that distant-looking Fireplace is at most . . . 24′ away — less if you assume that the photographer didn’t take the photo flush with the opposite wall. Adding...
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(Too?) Flattering Photography

That Dining Room (middle, center of photo above) sure looks far away. How far is it really? According to MLS, 17 feet (the length of the galley Kitchen). Which means that the wall of windows on the far side of the Dining Room is 31 feet away (17 feet plus the length of the Dining Room, 14...
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Trick Photography?

5229 Duncraig Road in Edina Highlands In a post earlier this week (The Far-Away(?) Buffet), I discussed clues that something “just isn’t right” in a particular photo. So, is the apparently huge Living Room shown above for real? You ‘betcha. The MLS dimensions are 27′ x 17′, or 459 square feet — that’s the size...
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