Christian has been working on this home since last year. The five man crew is building this 5,000 square foot home on the river about three blocks from our little house. He rides his bike to work, and home for lunch. Every time I run/walk/ride by...he's in some high place on a ladder, on scaffolding, or hanging by a rope putting up roofing. Last Friday, we went swimming in the river after he got off work, and then drank beers (courtesy the home-owners). What a wonderful work situation!!
The couple he's building for has as much taste as they do disposable income; so, Christian gets to do lots of custom work. The Douglas fir vanity he made won 4th place in our local art contest this year(photo to follow). The siding is wood, rock and metal around the bottom, and hammered birch bark in the top of the bigger gables. The third photos shows all the exterior materials. And, yes the roof is supposed to be rusted. The timber framed truss on the front porch was crafted from antique timber and cost $15,000. There's another in the great room.
This week, for those of you who care about the day-in-day-out stuff, we're selling our rugs at an art show tomorrow, refurbishing an old townie bike, going to Gunnison for groceries, and hiking next Saturday.
2 comments:
sound idyllic. mountain living in the summer is pretty much unbeatable.
almost as idyllic as hanging cloth diapers on the line. pastoral never sounded so....
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