John McCain's shabby Phoenix home circa 2005 (pics)

[npincus]

Tthe poor bastard! I wonder what the other 6 look like! Must be a couple of real roach motels! Moral of the story: it pays to dump your disfigured wife and kids for a young, blond ATM!

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/archive/mccain_slideshow_072005?showall=true


“My husband’s favorite part about the house is probably the casual style of it,” remarks Cindy McCain. “The feel is very comfortable, and he enjoys that, because he’s not a formal person.”

Cindy McCain grew up in the formerly brick-and-shake house, which Neal Sheiner, of Sheiner Day & Associates, rebuilt in stucco and tile in the 1980s.




The train on the mantel in the living room was Cindy McCain’s gift to the senator after his 1986 Senate election.



A framed letter from George H. W. Bush—on the occasion of the christening of the USS John S. McCain—hangs near a picture of the ship in the entrance hall. Other photographs feature family, friends and colleagues, including the couple with President Bush and with Bill Clinton. The piano is from the Hassayampa Inn in Prescott, Arizona.



The fact that the house has been in the family is very important to me,” Cindy McCain remarks.

One of Sheiner’s additions was the Mexican-tiled patio off the master bedroom, a private space complete with a pergola, a spa and a built-in fireplace.



The initials “MC,” for “McCain,” were hand-carved into a mantelpiece made in Guadalajara for the master bedroom. The black-and-white cat was a gift to Senator McCain on his election to the Senate from Orson Swindle, a fellow P.O.W. in North Vietnam.



The spacious rear patio, which has a swimming pool and a covered area for barbecuing, is off a guesthouse with bedrooms, a dressing room and baths. “We use the outdoor area all the time,” Cindy McCain says. “Our kids use it, and we use it for family friends and official events.”

[rucky]

1. reminds me of my maid's quarters. n/t

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. I had a house like that

but... let's see... where did I put it?

[Greyskye]

3. I love this graphic

[TheDonkey]

10. DAYUM!

[hedgehog]

4. My Eastern eye didn't catch it at first, but is such a lush lawn

natural in Arizona?

[panader0]

9. No

The only time there is green is during the monsoons, (right now). Acattle pond on the edge of my land overflowed and flooded my property. It looks like a jungle right now. Soon it will be dry again and the hay fever will be nasty.

[Catshrink]

5. She gave him a train?

Eeeewwwwwww. That didn't work so now he needs a little blue pill.

[jefferson_dem]

6. Why do you hate POWs?

:shrug:

[BlueIdaho]

7. So... I take it your house hasn't been in Architectural Digest yet? nt.

[bushisanidiot]

8. Must be nice.. guess he wants to move into the W.H. to see how the other half lives.

what an arrogant elitist ASSHOLE!

[spooky3]

11. Can you imagine what they pay people to take care of all those houses?

[Coexist]

12. its a cottage!

[ContinentalOp]

13. Oh god. There's so much painful visual pollution there...

but that ridiculous pile 'o pics on the grand piano makes me want to :puke: I don't know what's worse, that or the hideous mantle on that one fireplace.

[KittyWampus]

16. more is less...

[AZBlue]

24. My thoughts exactly!

[tinrobot]

14. Horrible taste. Imagine what he'd do to the Lincoln Bedroom.

He has to be stopped on the grounds of poor taste alone!

[marlakay]

15. Don't you wonder if the books were left out on purpose

and who in arizona would use a fireplace? maybe in the living room for dead of winter but the bedroom? kind of nuts for how hot it is...

and i wonder if all the pics were put out too, they just don't seem like the family friendly type of people.

[NV Whino]

17. Why, it's just a rustic little ol' cottage

Look, they didn't even take the bark offin the furniture.

[Monk06]

18. Whoa, that decor is and eyesore. Couches made of firewood,

William IV period burl veneer piano? Used as
a table to display family portraits?

More money than taste obviously. I bet
the piano doubles as a liquor cabinet.

Ugh.

[opihimoimoi]

19. Hmmmm McGIGALO did quite well as far as GIGALOS go...."Lick my Toes John"

[blonndee]

20. Southwestern Tacky

is what I call it. And the lawn makes me want to retch. Those people are disgusting.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

25. Incredibly tacky.

Too cluttered, too colorful, too many different styles thrown together.

I bet they don't know ANYONE who can ACTUALLY play the piano. That's probably why it's a picture rest and general shitcatcher. I saw two pianos.

[Gabi Hayes]

21. they sold it in 06....it's valued at $12 MILLION!!!

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=cB_rEeO3Ccs&feature=related

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

22. So this house has three fireplaces

In a state where it's rarely cold enough to justify lighting a fire.

Yeah.... what abject poverty they must be living in.

[RNdaSilva]

23. Green-eyed Monsters...

Unlike McCain, the house is beautiful, the patio is beautiful and yes, the lawn is beautiful.

And no, it is not unusual to have lush green lawns in desert communities. Check out Palm Springs and environs and Arizona communities...in the desert. Careful there...I have a home in the desert with lush green lawns and Hawaiian plants. Bougainvilleas draping the fence, many varieties of Hibiscus, etc., etc. The house is worth less than a half mil, in La Jolla it might be worth $1.5 million.

Nothing in McCain's portfolio, including his houses, will win the election for him.

[Naturyl]

26. What a DUMP

Jeez, how does McCain manage?

He needs to move up to a home like mine, which looks like this:



Note to trolls: NOT my actual home, but close enough...