The House

We haven’t been able to find the pictures we took while building the house, but we do have pictures taken shortly after we moved in in 1998. Between 1991 and January of 1998 we lived in the Shack, using the House first as a workshop, then for storage. Once we started to have time (fewer craft shows), we were able to finish the interior of the House in 1997. This required installation of windows (all are site built by us), insulation, and drywall. Painting and getting things ready for the final move were done in the last few weeks of December, on days when it was warm enough to work.

The house is 16 x 28 feet and has a “postmodern nook” addition which is 4 x 8 feet on the north side. It has a large number of windows on several levels. The cathedral ceilings are 12 feet high in the center of the house to allow room for the sleeping loft.

		This is a photo showing the kitchen area of the house in the northeast corner. One of Molly’s pot racks hangs above the counter. You can see the kerosene lamps on the counter and chest. While we have no electricity, we do have propane hooked up (Junior Lane did that for us) so that we have a gas stove in the kitchen to cook by.
		These are the upper tier of windows on the south side. During the summer the trees provide lots of shade, during the winter when the leaves have fallen we get nice solar gain. There are hooks on the beams to hang things from.
		This is the “postmodern nook“ (actually the bathing area) with its ceiling and round window. The color of the trim is a red somewhere between the post to the left and the post to the right.

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