Welcome to Casa Neverlandia
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January/February 2004
By Sam Martin
The house is filled with this kind of whimsy, both inside and out. Climb the backyard lookout tower for downtown views over the treetops of Austin, then walk across the chain-and-truss bridge to the third-floor balcony. From there you can slide down a fire pole to the second-floor balcony or push back the curtains and wander into the master bedroom, a menagerie of colors and patterns the couple calls the “Elvis in Las Vegas” room. Another fire pole leads to a future bathroom below, or you can walk down Captain Hook-like steps and onto a balcony that could double as a ship’s deck. There you can take stock of your crew—or rather the Bali room—the second-floor great room where Talbot and Kay do yoga and entertain friends.
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“I was raised by playful parents,” says Kay. Talbot points to the Little Rascals and Peter Pan as inspiration. “I think Peter Pan was the first movie I ever saw,” he says. “Now we don’t have to go on vacation to go on vacation.”
These days, Talbot and Kay give paid tours of Neverlandia to folks who might notice the shimmering Plexiglas, mirror, and tile mosaics on the façade or the illuminated glass brick columns peering through the cedar and oak trees out front. “We like to share what we’ve done, and we hope there’s something to learn in terms of how to live uniquely and responsibly,” Talbot says. “We feel we’re giving people permission to play with their spaces.”
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