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Slideshow (42 photos) |
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Oak braces stacked and ready for use |
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Braces made of black walnut used in the studio and dining room |
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Bustin' a move on the foundation |
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Butterfly detail in the fireplace mantle; this mantle design is actually an unplanned "fix" to an error in the frame design |
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Chandelier center detail |
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Final chandelier hanging in the living room in front of the granite fireplace |
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Chandelier before adding the pine boughs and pine cones |
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Collections of pine cone bits |
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Sample pine cone before being affixed to the chandelier |
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Steve at work on the pine needles |
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Beginning the construction of the chimney |
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The chimney tent, used to keep in the heat during construction of the chimney |
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Granite facing on the foundation |
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Extra deep foundation |
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Foundation part-way through construction |
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Mason laying the flagstone floor of the front entrance |
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Everybody standing around during the house raising |
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Standing on the frame on the day of the raising |
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The master bedroom on the second floor |
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The house, just after completion of the roof |
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John standing in front of the rafters before they were lifted into position |
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The woods on our property (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Collection of post and beams before being assembled |
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Collection of post and beams before being assembled |
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Workers busy with the barn raising |
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Intricate work and the steady hand of the crane operator |
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Working on the beams to connect the third bent |
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Chipping brush to prepare the house site |
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More site clearing activity |
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Work progresses; Brian takes a rest |
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Winter '93 -- deep snow nearly to the roof of the back porch |
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Winter '93 -- the driveway had to be shoveled by hand because no plow could move that much snow; the shoveling took three days |
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Winter '93 -- the snow is deeper than young Colin |
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Winter '93 -- front of the house after the storm |
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The stairs leading to the second floor |
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Valley rafter detail; the room below is Lucie's studio |
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Man uses giant wooden mallet during the frame raising (Copyright © John Lawyer) |
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Doing finishing work on the second floor |
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Furry face |
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The living room of our house |
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The house as seen from the back yard |
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Breakfast of champions |
