Yes, our house is very fine indeed. We worked on the design for several years before we started building. The house is situated in the woods, on a hill. James wanted a basement, so the house is built into the hillside. Follow the driveway for about 1/3 mile before you reach the house.
This photo was taken last winter. The rest of the year you can't really see the house for the trees.
The walkway is crushed granite with long, shallow steps up the hill to the front porch.
The exterior of the house is rough cedar. It still has that beautiful orangy cedar color; hasn't faded to gray yet except on the south side where it is exposed to the sun.
We are circling the house clockwise. This is the southern exposure with a large rock patio, fireplace and waterfalls. The solid color wall is the basement, which James calls the "rumpus room". It has a pool table and very soon, a bar.
On the back of the house is the bedroom and bathroom west walls.
I love the oblong shaped windows up high in the bathroom, and over the front door on the opposite side. On the west side, the small window on the far end of the oblong is red glass. It makes beautiful reflections on the walls in the afternoon.
The north side of the house is my favorite view because you can see all the varying roof lines and clere story windows, but it is the back entrance of the house and where all the junk piles up so I don't have a decent picture.
Next time I will tour you through the interior.
i cannot tell you how happy it makes me to find y'all blogging. i have lost much of this year to my mother's illness & death and am finally making my way back to places and i love, love, love this.
ReplyDeletemuchas gracias!