Pompey, House (map)

Oak braces stacked and ready for use

Braces made of black walnut used in the studio and dining room

Bustin' a move on the foundation

Butterfly detail in the fireplace mantle; this mantle design is actually an unplanned "fix" to an error in the frame design

Chandelier center detail

Final chandelier hanging in the living room in front of the granite fireplace

Chandelier before adding the pine boughs and pine cones

Collections of pine cone bits

Sample pine cone before being affixed to the chandelier

Steve at work on the pine needles

Beginning the construction of the chimney

The chimney tent, used to keep in the heat during construction of the chimney

Granite facing on the foundation

Extra deep foundation

Foundation part-way through construction

Mason laying the flagstone floor of the front entrance

Everybody standing around during the house raising

Standing on the frame on the day of the raising

The master bedroom on the second floor

The house, just after completion of the roof

John standing in front of the rafters before they were lifted into position

The woods on our property

Collection of post and beams before being assembled

Collection of post and beams before being assembled

Workers busy with the barn raising

Intricate work and the steady hand of the crane operator

Working on the beams to connect the third bent

Chipping brush to prepare the house site

More site clearing activity

Work progresses; Brian takes a rest

Winter '93 -- deep snow nearly to the roof of the back porch

Winter '93 -- the driveway had to be shoveled by hand because no plow could move that much snow; the shoveling took three days

Winter '93 -- the snow is deeper than young Colin

Winter '93 -- front of the house after the storm

The stairs leading to the second floor

Valley rafter detail; the room below is Lucie's studio

Man uses giant wooden mallet during the frame raising

Doing finishing work on the second floor

Furry face

The living room of our house

The house as seen from the back yard

Breakfast of champions