Everything is bigger in Texas especially when it comes to Star Trek fandoms.
For $1.2 million, living long and prosperously might actually be easier to do if one could have a replica of the USS Enterprise bridge in their home.
From the outside looking in, passerbys would never know a fellow Texan lived a life of a Trekkie on 3013 Bridle Path Lane in Friendswood, Texas. Past the large manicured lawn, through the exterior brick work surrounding the front door, into the tastefully designed modern kitchen, and after the lagoon-style indoor pool is a staircase. That staircase beams you right up into the stars into the bridge of the USS Enterprise.
"He's always been interested in space travel, in being in the stars, and he decided that if there was no way to travel to the stars, he'd bring them here," listing agent William Machupa says of the Star Trek super fan seller.
For those unfamiliar with the cult-hit TV show created by Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek followed the interstellar adventures of the USS Enterprise and its crew.
Of the handful of rooms inside the home, the media room is the one outfitted as the recreation of the bridge of starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701. A huge 100-plus-inch cinema screen is the centerpiece of the room. On one side of the room are pod-style bunk beds, and on the other side are the bar and desk areas where lots of blue-lighting and a fake sky filled with stars help complete the intergalactic feel of the space.
The futuristic interiors were designed and made by Houston-based Tiny Town Studios. "We created the environments to become a place the client could submerge themselves into to just be that place away from normal everyday life, but also an office space and theater room for entertainment and personal family time," says Derick Biddinger, owner and creator at Tiny Town.
The home brings its owner back down to earth, too. Where the fantasy in space ends, the dream of living like royalty in medieval times begins in the master bedroom complete with a bed literally "fit for a king."
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