More jealous-making home photos from Thursday's New York Times: In 2000, industrial designer David Hurlbut bought the 20,000 square-foot Harmony Club — an abandoned Selma, Alabama social club built by Jewish businessmen in 1909, boarded up and abandoned since 1960 — for just under $100,000."'For 40 years,'" Hurlbut says, "'this place was a glorious pigeon coop and rat motel.'" Ten years, a ton of work, and around $150k later, it's his glorious and gigantic home.Read about it, see a slideshow, and dream big here.

Photos Robert Rausch for The New York Times