"In a December 8 TikTok video shared by @Grace.lvgp, the creator gives her followers an inside look at "the sick twisted reality of cleaning the windows in a Frank Lloyd Wright home." While Wright was known for his prairie-style buildings' elaborate window designs, many of which featured gorgeous stained glass and intricate geometric shapes, these so-called "light screens" might be more decorative than practical for homeowners."
"The TikToker revealed that it had taken her an hour to clean one such window, demonstrating how she used Q-tips to delicately clean the fragile glass panels and get the dust out of the tiny grooves where the window was connected to the wall. In response to the clip, which showed her meticulously dusting one area with the tiny Q-tip, one viewer summed up the collective reaction as they wrote that they needed to be de-influenced "from buying a Frank Lloyd Wright house.""
Frank Lloyd Wright homes feature long prairie-style layouts, minimalist yet spacious interiors, and expansive glass windows that blur indoor and outdoor boundaries. Many windows contain elaborate stained glass or geometric 'light screens' that prioritize ornamentation over ease of maintenance. Cleaning these windows can be painstaking; one cleaning session took an hour for a single window, requiring delicate tools like Q-tips to remove dust from tiny grooves where panes meet walls. A worker who cleans in such a house often handles this meticulous duty. Viewer reactions to the cleaning reveal surprise and deter some from wanting to buy such a house.
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