U- Haul Fiesta

Friday I went to a retirement party for my mom and found myself lumbering west on Manchester Road west of 141. I don't think I've ever driven on that part of Manchester.  Because if I had I would have most certainly brought a better camera because OMG can you believe this mansard? It looks like on of those places where you'd go get Mexican food and margaritas before you knew there were much better restaurants for Mexican food.

But it's Cinco de Mayo all the time out in Ballwin so the next time you're needing a u-haul make sure you go to this places.

My secret life

Writing badmansard is kind of a secret of mine. I really don't discuss it with friends, family, coworkers or neighbors. There are a few interested friends and family as well as some architect acquaintances who know my badmansard side. But work? No way. Never in all the minutes and hours of stupid office talk have I ever mentioned badmansard. And we talk about some really stupid stuff at work. Like Gordon Lightfoot and whether our previous PR guy looked like Andrew Cunanan (the guy who shot Versace).

Until I was driving around Madison with my coworker Steve and made him stop so I could take a picture. I had revealed myself. Steve was kind enough to send me a picture of a badmansard law office in West County. Here it is! And please, Steve, let's keep badmansard a secret and not mention it to Mike, Tim or Bob.

Avant and Apres

This mansard belongs to reader Mike out in the county. Didn't he do a good job replacing the roofing material and windows? Look at the bottom picture- he added dormers to the windows of the second floor. That change transformed a potentially bad mansard into a handsome mansard.