House 001

My favorite photo of any building I’ve done. Front door enters two story tower; with Loft cantilever on the right.

“Loose” window placement on the front (aspiring to “stars in the night sky”). It’s kept this façade fun to look at for a long time.

Library and back porch exterior – (almost) Classical composition that floods the interior with morning light

North facing back porch also connects Kitchen & Library – morning coffee without going through the house!

Loft interior – my son studied up here during his residence. Exposed steel framing and exterior materials on interior walls!

I removed a wall in the existing house (at the archway) – dramatic improvement in the usefulness of both the Living and Dining rooms.

¾” pine beadboard walls in the kitchen. This ceiling is one of a few areas where l left the existing sheetrock. The rest was replaced with beadboard, finished plywood, or exterior cladding materials, as an experiment with more evocative surfaces.

Spiral stairs to Loft – bottom four stairs are made of finished plywood – the plywood platform holds a bookcase below, which is located to prevent head-knockers on lowest steel stair treads above.

Spiral stair center pipe with Loft ceiling above. Exposed bones of the Loft!

Library interior finished plywood walls and painted roof trusses. Top of the bookcase is designed to receive a custom steel library ladder (coming soon!).

Front door tower interior with finished birch plywood walls. Handmade upper pine doors will receive a small steel balcony and a pulley system to raise heavy things to the loft (!).

We were so pleased with the light and materials in the Library that we put our bed there!