Well, a man has to have a hobby

[El Presidente]

 

A Florida beer-lover has created a shrine to his favourite beverage, covering a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in Budweiser cans.

The project reportedly took its late owner Mike Amelotte 16 years to complete, with beer cans covering the walls in every room except the bathrooms.

Now for sale, real estate agent Kristen Adams-Kearney told US media she was ‘blown away’ when she saw the unusual home.

 

“I really didn't know what to think," she said. “It's just such a unique place.”

 

All the beer that came in the cans used to decorate the house was consumed in the house. Credit: Kristen Adams-Kearney

“(The estate’s representative) first asked me if I'd be interested in taking a listing that was wallpapered with beer-can wallpaper, and up until the appointment, I couldn't imagine where you would even find beer-can wallpaper,” she said.

“I didn't know until I walked in that it was actually ‘wallpapered’ with beer cans.”

Kris Johnson, who became the representative for the property after Mr Amelotte died, said Mr Amelotte did all the work himself, starting in 1990, and drank Budweiser for four decades.

“He had a stack of Bud cans on his dining room table stacked high to the ceiling. Every can in his condo was drunk in his condo,” he wrote in a letter to Ms Adams-Kearney.

The agent said she had already received ‘multiple offers’ on the condo, which was being advertised for $100,000 ($137,000 AUD).

 

 

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[SirVantes]

Is there no cellphone reception in there because the whole room is a Faraday cage? 

If you stumble against a wall, will you leave an impression like Wile E Coyote?

How’s it smell?

So many questions...

[Fuzz]

Depending on the size of the apartment (room dimensions), you'd have maybe $1200-$1500 in recycling, based on 10c a can. A room with dimensions 3.5m x 2.5m x 2.6m (L x W x H), would have about $280 in recycled cans, taking into account the ceiling and about a 15% loss for a window and door.

 

 

[Fuzz]

7 minutes ago, SirVantes said:

Is there no cellphone reception in there because the whole room is a Faraday cage? 

If you stumble against a wall, will you leave an impression like Wile E Coyote?

How’s it smell?

So many questions...

It's not completely sealed (windows, doors and the bathrooms), but the signal would be severely reduced. You may get reception depending on where the tower is, and which part of the apartment you're in.

[IanMcLean68]

5 hours ago, SirVantes said:

If you stumble against a wall, will you leave an impression like Wile E Coyote?

I'd be too scared of ruining it like this ^^^

[Islandboy]

On the plus side, the occupants don’t have to wear their aluminum foil hats anymore. 

[Cold Smoke]

There's no accounting for taste.

Or the complete lack of it.

[cfc1016]

17 hours ago, Fuzz said:

It's not completely sealed (windows, doors and the bathrooms), but the signal would be severely reduced. You may get reception depending on where the tower is, and which part of the apartment you're in.

Faraday cages are reeeeeally complicated. I wonder if this might act more like an antenna than a cage

[Fuzz]

1 hour ago, cfc1016 said:

Faraday cages are reeeeeally complicated. I wonder if this might act more like an antenna than a cage

No. Just like a sheet of aluminium foil can reflect rf signals, so to will the cans for any external signal. We're talking about a wall of cans, with little gap in-between, if at all. Depending on the strength of the signal, it may penetrate the first wall of the can but it would be a lower strength level, then would encounter the other side of the can. If the antenna was touching the cans, then yes, the cans may act as an extension of that antenna.

However, you may get better reception from a wifi router inside that apartment, as the signal is bounced around into areas that may have been previously blocked.

[Habana Mike]

1 hour ago, Psiman said:

it's too bad he didn't choose a good beer to do that with. lots of good beers in cans but Bud isn't one of them

Yeah, it's a classic can though! Probably the best branded beer ever from an advertising perspective.

King of beers!

[Fuzz]

2 hours ago, Habana Mike said:

Yeah, it's a classic can though! Probably the best branded beer ever from an advertising perspective.

King of beers!

Nah, if I didn't know what Budweiser was, I'd never guess from the branding.

This artwork makes it absolutely clear to anyone what is inside the can....

[ChristopherHunter]

Wow! I've never seen anything like that. And I'm not sure that my wife would approve of such a project and would allow me to have such an office in the house. By the way, I think this room is a work of art. Actually, I believe that everyone should have a hobby, because then there will be no time for bad thoughts and actions. Also, hobby improves your mood and makes you want to live. Unfortunately I don't have a hobby yet so I would like you to share your hobby ideas. I even found an article to find out how can I be more passionate about life. Because I don't have much fun in my life now.

[Hookmaker]

Nah, if I didn't know what Budweiser was, I'd never guess from the branding.
This artwork makes it absolutely clear to anyone what is inside the can....

Hahaaaa - great


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