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Thoug it's old, it still has its uniqueness and reflects the real lifestyle of Khun Navarat himself. "I bought this house from a couple who lives in this housing project. Here not many people stay home because they all go out in the rice field and built a hut there and form a new community. This place then is left isolated. I bought it for 6,250 bath in 1969, which was not at all expensive in that time. Then I first have it moves to Bangkuntian in 1977 and then to Soi Kannayao."

"This house was originally from Amphur Panomtuan in Kanchanaburi. When it's built, as it was for a just married couple, then everyone would gather around and helped building it. By using pieces of woods and first each part of a wall and then join it with a column, and form a house. In a few days, it's finished with a typical style of building Thai home that each column must lean foreard to hold both sides of the wall without using nails, so that it could be moved to another place by removing the piece of joint wood."   Back page | Next page Story by Naive Picture by Billion Photography Best Design Magazine Vol.2 No.20 March 1997