Here’s a thread we can all join in.
I like to take pictures of good architrectural details in older homes for a library that helps me communicate design ideas. So this thread is for sharing good finished work, no matter who did it, or when. I get to work in some nice places – interesting too.
This one’s a formal entry foyer.
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Nice niche in a sitting room - cozy
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Geometry on fireplace wall.
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how 'bout some geometery on the ceiling?
Does that one have hidden bulbs to reflect off the ceiling?.
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up inside the octogons, yes it does
here's a oak plywood boxbeam ceiling I did a long time ago-1984 I think...
sizzler steakhouse, Palm Desert, Ca.
Here's something that goes along with your medium. A new detail in an interpretive center at the site of an american fort 1813.__________________________________________
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
that is awesome, Calvin- brought this job to mind...even tho mine are only box beams
GB, I really enjoy a nice ceiling. I bet it's something some folks wouldn't think to spend the time or expense on..........or see if not pointed out. A shame because it looks so sweet. Over the years I've only gotten to work on a few, but I got a real good feeling when done. They do present a challenge if for no other reason than the stiff neck. A couple of times I've applied prefinished, flipped (groove down) barnsiding to the tops of exposed rafters on a couple of porches. Lots of nice lines and easy to apply and so much better looking than ply at a fair cost. The same goes for floors. A nice place to do some real cool things, that is if you don't cover it up with furniture.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Edited 10/13/2002 9:41:32 PM ET by calvin
Then you'd enjoy this skylight I fit into a bathroom in a timberframe. Wasn't much elbow room up there tho..
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Here's some details worth studying, a colonial fluted pilaster and round column, flanking an entry porch on an old dutch gambrel, cottage style.
from about 1898.
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Here's a bay ceiling where I designed and installed a fabric cushioned panel as part of a sound reduction plan. The room was an echo chamber but high style was really important to them..
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Dominator of a fireplace.
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a more refined fireplace or two.
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Here's an interior shot of an arched entry in a New England Inn. Anyone coming in thru that door sees another elliptical archway.
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more!!! Let the thunder crack and the waves roar.
We're going on.
No one really watches that TV, do they? Looks like an old 4" CRT next to that fireplace.
What is a CRT?
The owners weren't in the house when I did the work there so I can't answer for sure. They'd have to turn their backs on a beautiful view of the water to watch it but from what I know of them, they would have to catch the CNNfn or Bloomberg reports so they have the fundss to pay me.
;).
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Cathode Ray Tube....computer monitors, etc. Was just commenting on how dominated the tv was by the fireplace and the room in general. Silly place for a small TV. Even if one had it on, you couldn't possibly actually watch it, would just be for sound. Great fireplace though.
OK, I see, I think.
I'd be willing to bet that when they live with it all summer, they only notice that dominator when having a cocktail party and the TV gets put away.
The things we take for granted..
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Arched bay in vaulted bedroom.
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Edited 10/13/2002 10:42:41 PM ET by piffin
Back to #4 Arched bay in vaulted bedroom, is the ceiling over the bay a half elliptical dome?
Tom
I'm not sure Tom, I shot these while the lady of the house was showing me the other room she wanted work done so I didn't take time to study it. I think it's just a beveled bay ceiling. Here's the exterior of the bay...
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Edited 10/13/2002 11:19:48 PM ET by piffin
I've got a theory that all the beauty we try to create in our design work is really inspired by what we have seen around us..
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You can stop posting beautiful waterfront pictures now, I mean it! In another month I'm going to be shoveling snow just to get to my truck.Ditch
Piffin where are you???? No I mean where do you LIVE? These pictures from the last few days are something else. Great sunset.Tamara
About half way between Parker Cove and the Meadow Pond in the north end of the island.
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Translation....You live in Maine, right? Your photos of the sunsets sure do look real nice.
Davo
Right but it would still be nice to see somebody else post photos of nice architectural work.
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If I ever figure out how to get pictures here I will. Haven't tried to post pictures, but if you guys can figure it out surely I can! But yeah I can't figure out ebay:-) AndyC. tells me it is easy as pie to work on ebay.Tamara
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Thanks, but I figured it out this morning. Posted a couple of pictures in the gallery this morning.Tamara
does this count as architechual?
Yesah! Indeedy!
I could zoom and study that one for an hour - matter of fact, I think I will...
It looks like that head crown is returned around the back corner too. Is this a double faced bookcase?
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Edited 10/13/2002 7:44:11 PM ET by piffin
no metal fasteners in that baby....
this is a first for me so.......we'll see what happens. this is some of the stuff i do. i restored this library, it was exposed to the weather for 8 yrs. at an estate we're in the midst of giving C.P.R........bear
Edited 10/13/2002 8:57:11 PM ET by the bear
Bear,
Those are somne extrememly large graphics files you uploaded. We usually try to keep them down to 50-100 KB.
I tryed saving to disc and re-openning them to re-size but my programs won't open them. It appears that they are scan files in a format known to your scanner. Try to open one and view it in your scanner software. Then go to file/save as/and in the dialouge box that comes up, the lower menu will offer you a choice of file types to save it as. Choose JPG, JPEG, or BTMP, or GIF. You can rename it at the same time in the space just above the type. Then hit the save button there to the right of the box after choosing the location you will save it in your PC.
Then you would have to upload all over again in a new post, but it won't be as long again.
BTW, I suspect that your scanner was set for extremely high resolution to produce a scan with this much size. Unless you are doing lots of high quality graphics, you could massage your scan settings to a smaller choice..
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no piffin, no 2 faced bookcases 'round here...
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What's that little wagon doing stuck on the wall there in the upper right?
dats my four wheel drive wagon jus doin its thank, mang,
boy, you had to have gone a ways back for dat one...
greg
That's a powerful wagon that can climb a wall like that.
This is a nice limestone entry by Calvin
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Owwwwwoooooooooo-ga piffin. That was a rotted 1930 below the door situation that I was called on to repair. The upper entry area was done by someone back then. Good lookin, but unmaintained and some dufus poured the concrete as they always do, right up against the kick and bottom of the fluted faux columns. I repaired the rotted sections, isolated the slab and stone from the framing, and suggested the stone as a relative maintainance free, yet maybe period look to the owners. So, thanks but no design by calvin here buddy.
####, and they probably wouldn't have known.__________________________________________
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
What I'm trying to collect here is fine details. Most of what I've posted so far in this thread is over a hundred years old. You get credit where credit is due but thanks for elaborating on the history.
Now go get some more to post....
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here are some roof corbels in a bulky form.
The house is in a little bit of a shipbuilder's style overall.
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a couple that I'm really proud of:
interior stair custom wall panels to match riser & cnc crafted handrail
enclosed widow's walk w/ glass floor & york stair
Hey...that is some nice work...
I only drew it - but I'm extremely proud of the end result - the craftsmanship is just outstanding. Thanks for the good feedback.
I keep going back to that window to look at your photo. It is so beautiful I have saved it to file and thinking about putting it up as my screen background.
The rays of light and shadow are entrancing, the reflections in the window glass beckoning, and the background reminds me of the Rockland Breakwater..
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius
I love the geometry and symetry in that widow's walk.
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius
Here is some detail from the Davenport Hotel in Spokane WA. Sorry about the poor quality of the photos.Low light.
Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
That's OK. We can turn the lights up from here.
Are you sure that isn't a cathedral?
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius
One of three Grand Ballrooms Piffin, but you're right it does look like a cathedral.Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
I've been in a couple of those old ones. There's one in Memphis that'll knock your socks off like that. It has a fountain in the middle entry lobby and a family of trained ducks waddle down to it for a bath on schedule every day.
The carvings were very Corinthian like this one, as I remember..
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius
That's the one I thought of immediately. I think it's called the Peabody. The ducks routine is wildly hysterical. Moreso for the fact that there are like a thousand people in there to watch it all the time. My wife had to drag me out of there when I visited.
Edited to add that I was admiring the architecture and craftmanship, not the ducks!
Edited 11/6/2002 11:29:52 AM ET by Mugsy
Right. It's the Peabody. I couldn't think of it. I was there to meet somebody fopr a conference or something and was told, "You gotta see the ducks!" It was a real waddle!
I'm always studying those architectural details. Maybe I've said before. When I watch one of those Romanitic Elizebethan or Gothic movies with my wife I couldn't begin to tel;l you what went on or who the actor/actress was - I'm too busy studying the walls and furniture in the background or wondering how in the world they shingled that turret three hundred feet up in the air back then..
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius
Y'all have some great pics. I hope I don't embarass myself with these. The new pantry replaces a closet that the home owner did not like. We started from bare walls in the master closet and customized it to give her the maximum amount of storage space. The room with the Braz. Cherry crown started out as an open porch. We built the front doors from pattern grade Mahogany on site to fit the glass made by a local artist.
TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Edited 11/9/2002 6:27:40 AM ET by Tim Thompson
Here's some photo's of a front door and trim I had made for a house I'm restoring - wish I could say that I made it but I had a hard enough time finding the right design.
piffin,
I hope this fits into the theme of your thread. The home owner did not care for the existing fireplace. She wants us to dress it up with some wood. The first pic is of the fireplace to start. The next 3 are of the various components as we are getting them assembled and the stain applied. I should have some of the completed pics about the middle middle of next week.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Are you covering the fireplace or is thaat panel section to be elevated?
It'll be good to see this finished..
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Thank you, and sorry about that piffin. I was tired when I posted the photos. The frame and panel assembly leaning in front of the fireplace, will go up between the brick columns at the top. I still have to make the mantle before final assembly can start, but I should have it finished up Monday. TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
tim.. that's a nice detail with the repeating arches Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
It does look good Mike, but I can't take credit for that. The house was built around '87. The mason repeated the design from the front doors when he built the fireplace. The new wood wrap will still allow it to be seen. We got all the subassemballies set yesterday. Today is a matter of trimming it all out.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Mike,
We finally finished the trim work, and I finally got a chance to slow down and post the pictures. Merry Christmas to all.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
nice detailing... good mass.. i like itMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Tim,
Very nice work, I can't agree with the clients in covering up the brick but YOU did one heck of a job.
Mark
Thanks, Mark and Mike,
The customer is pretty happy with the way it came out. Now she is saying the floor in that room is going to have to go. The installers did a poor job of laying it, and she has fallen in love with a braz. cherry floor we did in her husbands office, so...............(G)TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Piffin explained how to post pics and I finally got it so I'm posting some of the architectual details that we do.
Doug
detail of the soffit and crown on exterior of the house we are currently working on
Edited 12/30/2002 10:45:41 PM ET by Doug@es
Coffered cielings in penthouse we did last summer.
doug.. your first one was under 200kb and posted fine.. your 2d one was huge and you have to scroll to see it..
use a conversion file like irfan to make the file smaller..
did i mention that's some nice work you posted ? was the first one using metal roof shingles ?
http://www.irfanview.com/Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Mike
I know that I need to make them smaller, just figured out how to post, I'll work on it.
The roof is some sort of concrete product, cant remember the brand, I'll have to ask.
Doug
Here is another pic(hopefully the right size) of some work we did this summer.
Some doors we built a couple of years ago.
9' high.
Doug- man, that's some sweet stuff.Character? I never had any problem with character. Why, people've been telling me I was one every since I was a kid.
Rez
Thanks, I just figured out how to post pics(thanks to Piffin) so now I'm going to wear this thing out.
Doug
PS, I work at a shop/install so all this work isnt just me, a few other people resposible.
Mainly I'm just screwing around and trying to post several pics at once.
Some work we did on a house a couple of years ago
more pics, I did the curves on the stair work and helped on the wet bar.
oh gawd! Stop it man, you're killing me!
Character? I never had any problem with character. Why, people've been telling me I was one every since I was a kid.
This place has 6 or 7 fireplaces
There is some great work in here! I'm envious. Something I always wanted to do. How would a knucklehead like me get started? Who taught you guys? Family member? Class? Mentor?
Doug,
That's some great work! What a beautiful home. Thanks for sharing!
Roger
If ignorance is bliss then apathy is sheer heaven...
The work is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for the pics. The massive style of the woodwork and the iron leads me to believe much of this work was for a hotel and not a home, am I wrong?
Turtleneck
All of the wood and iron was designed for the homes they are in, the three different homes that I have posted pics from are 8000, 12000, and 17,000 sq. ft. respectively. Ceiling hight in these homes range from 10 ft. to 14 ft. in places and foyer areas are 25 to 30 ft. high.
Doug
Doug
17000 sq/ft home? I'm sorry but where I'm from, thats a Hotel.
Thanks again, it was a pleasure enjoying your pics.( your logo here) Turtleneck
Doug,
How was Easter with the family and your trip to Texas? I don't know how I missed this thread- I'd have been a little more reverent in our e-mail correspondence if I'd have seen these pic's first.
Smoly Hokes- You're a bonnafide artist man! San Marcos and Austin are gonna love you! From what I hear, the mansions are still going up around there like trac homes.
Now, if you want to brush up on your skills I know this guy in a little podunk town about 3 hours northwest of where your headed that is building a little 2400 S.F. home for his family that you could practice on a little. He doesn't have any money of course but he greatly admires your work. :-)>
I don't know how bad Iowa will miss you but Texas is going to be glad to have you. To think, I was planning to pass your info off to a friend doing low rent apartment remodels in the Austin area to see if he needed another hand. Yea right! and could you tack together a dog house for me when your done?
Sorry man, I had no idea. You couldn't have picked a better place to relocate with the skills evident in these photos. If I stumble across any more appropriate leads I will be sure and pass them on. Good luck!Kevin Halliburton
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -Elbert Hubbard-
Kevin
Thanks for the kind words, Easter was great, anytime I get to eat my mothers cooking is great though, the trip to San Marcos wasnt that great, whats with this crappy weather?
Just got here about two hours ago, rode my bike around for a bit, needed to unwind after sitting in the damn truck for the whole day!
Sitting here typing on my wifes laptop, so things may not come out right, how does anybody use these things without a mouse.
Yea, all the pictures you see are the work done by the place I just left, the best job I ever had, hated to leave, but cant keep the wife from growing in her field.
I was lucky to have worked for a company that did this kind of work, was at the shop Monday and was offered my job back but cant turn back now. They were working on a bar for an architects house, man I wish I was there.
I have made some contacts with some architect firms and have a few leads so hopefully there is some work for me here, figured there was more money here than in Iowa.
If you need help on that house of yours just say the word!
I see from your posts to Piff that you have some appreciation for the federal and Georgian styles, put some of that in your house and I'll be there early, I have a week spot for that kind of trim work.
Hope your holiday was good for your family to and talk to you later, got to unpack the computer, cant stand this darn laptop.
Doug
Are you telling me that coming from Iowa you are bothered by a little rain? How do you think all those mesquite trees go to be so beautiful? :-)>
Thanks for the offer on the house. I have a feeling you are going to be a very busy man by the time I get around to needing the trim work done. Not too sure I'm building a home worthy of your skill and I'm certain I haven't a budget that would warrant a three hour trip for a trim myster of your caliber but I would sure welcome the opportunity to have you over for dinner if you're ever in town.
I'll try to catch up with you the next time we head for the outlet malls in San Marcos. I'd really like to see a few more photos like them what you posted earlier.
Welcome to Texas! Oh yea, watch out for the hail stones, humidity and tornados. Other than that- weather's great!
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -Elbert Hubbard-
Kevin
Didn't mind the rain but the last three times that I was here it rained all day!
Todays a lot better so everything's cool, or hot, but the suns shinning.
I look forward to that dinner and maybe I can find some pics to post when I get unpacked.
Doug
PS.Just where are those beautiful Mesquite trees that you refer to?
Edited 4/24/2003 2:11:56 PM ET by Doug@es
See now dude, this is a great payoff on my investment of five minutes teaching you how to post pics and run Irfanview. Great work! It's got me drooling.
What neighboorhood did you say?.
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Piffin
Yes your work did pay off. I had it explained a couple of times but something didnt click and I never seemed to be able to post.
Right here in good old Iowa, we quite building mud and straw huts here in the 1950's and started building real houses!
Thanks for your help
Doug
Beautiful work Doug- I'd love to spend a few days with a craftsman like you.Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Pro-Deck
I've seen your work and I feel the same, thanks all for the complements, as I said earlier in a post, this isn't all my work, there are four other guys that do the work to, some that just do shop work, some that just do install, I'm luck I get to do both so I don't get board with either.
I think I said it in another thread, this will all come to an end soon because I leaving this company at the end of the month and moving to TX, hope I can find something similar there, they got money down there I don't know why they wouldn't.
Doug
A few more pics
loved that ceiling.Character? I never had any problem with character. Why, people've been telling me I was one every since I was a kid.
Those texas Women ARE something special!!
LOL
The ceiliong wqas breathtaking!.
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Piffin
So are the Iowa women, and the ....
Anyhow I'm getting to old for that, :)
Doug
Say you owe a woman?
I owe a woman too.
She gave me life....
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Went for a walk with the wife.
She showed me a place here I hadn't seen before. Thought you guys would enjoy these.....
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I like the detail above the door and the porch
but is it just me or are those shutters just not right?
I don't like seeing windows that are say 6' across and then have 12" shutters on the side, looks kind of plastic to me if you know what I mean.View ImageGo Jayhawks..............Next Year and daaa. Blues View Image
You caught me up. I didn't remember that house having any shutters so I went back and breezed through the whole folder. Most of the house doesn't have any shutters and it looks kind of barren without. See one window on this side has no shutters also.
The shutters you see are probably modern plastic replacements or the few originals left on the house.
Size wise, they are about right though 14-15"W on a 28" window. It is when you have two double hungs together that they seem narrow in proportion as you observed.
Speaking of observation, in disc 26 photo, you can see in foreground some broad granite steps leading down to the water. On the lawn in front of them is a bunch of mussle shells. Sea gulls will drop urchins, clams, Mussles, and other shellfish on rocks to break them open to eat. I guess they like that flat rock of the stairs because there are plenty of shells right there.
This house was built in the winter of 1907. It is known as the Sears Cottage. ( think diff Sears than the retailer) It was home to some big screen actress back in the 20's or 30's.
Yes we had legal permission to be there.
;).
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On the second story windows the shutters don't look too bad, they look proportional to the windows.
Its the lower floor I didn't like so much, I think they would look better bare rather then with one shutter on either side of 2-3 windows. I think there are many other ways the designer can add interest to the window with out having to place shutters there that not only do not function but also do not look proportional to the overall window.
Other then that little issue I think its a cool looking house.View ImageGo Jayhawks..............Next Year and daaa. Blues View Image
I live on a lake. And the top of the foam under my dock is covered with the remains of muscle shells and crawdads. That is where the mink like to dine.
The shutters are not what leaves me scratching my head. This is a beautiful home in what I believe is the Federalist style but what you call the grand entry looks like it was probably the back door at one time. If it was Federalist I would have expected a little more symmetry and a couple of columns. It's like there is a porch roof missing or something.
The other picture showing the porch with the large stone steps seems like a much better candidate for the original "grand entry."
I can't see it in the picture but I'm guessing there was, or is, a couple of columns holding up an entry portico centered on those steps?Kevin Halliburton
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -Elbert Hubbard-
Homes heree on the island tend to be a little eclectic, defying tight definition. I see the Federal layout in this house too.
They tried to make them longer and narrower to present windows to the sea breeze. When the wealthy industrialists came here for summers, it was considered a necessity for your health. This was in the height of the industrial revolution as it culminated in that "Golden Age" but the cities wewrre a cesspool of disease, with coal smoke, tuberculosis, Sweat shops, and still some open sewers. When Philadelphia hit 75°, they boarded the boats for the Maine coast. They wanted the cure of the sea breeze.
The grand entry as I termed it, faces the water. Much of the comings and goings back then was by yacht. You used the land side door for jumping into your carriage to ride over to the Rothchilds for tennis or cocktails. Some places had two grand entries, both leading into the large hall from opposite directions.
Let me see where the back door is on this one....
veranda is on the ocean side. colourful awnoings were the common feature used for colourfuil decoration along with flowers. See the mount for an awning above the doors?
The other shot has the land side entry.
my previous end view of the house was probably the kitchen service entry. I haven't been inside to be sure of the layout but that would have been typical.
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Ah, there it is! Just knew there was going to be a couple of Ionic columns in there somewhere. I see a lot more symetry in those two shots as well. Classic Federal- Beautiful home!
Thanks for sharing those pics with us Piffin.
Kevin Halliburton
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -Elbert Hubbard-
Here's a house from Fishers Island
Rod
One of the things I like about the shingle styule around here is those corniced skirts at the beltline.
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This would be the pic you are looking for then.
I named it for you.
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Now that's what I was looking for. Thanks Piffin- Nice home.
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -Elbert Hubbard-
There's a lot of them around here. I learn a lot from working on them.
A book was published by the local Historical society several years ago and I was studying it again the other night. Of all the hopuses in that book, nearly a third have burned down or been razed. I have restored and renovated three of them. Told my wife that if they ever revise and update the book, they'd have to put my name in it a few times..
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I think if you look carefully you can see that the shutters on those windows are actually two deep, so they are setup like a closet door to fan out across the window and cover the whole thing.
Robert
What in the world is that exterior finish made of? It looks like gravel painted green...
I vaguely remember some technique where rocks are thrown at the house...is there a name for that?
Jen
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"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -Elbert Hubbard-
Exterior finish is a stucco, Sand struck I think they call it. Like a piece of sandpaper for a giant. One of the purposes of stucco finish with a rough texture is that it creats shadow on itself and the greater surface area will transfer the excessive heat to the air again. The two ways to reduce the amt of heat a wall surface absorbs are to go extremely rough like this or extremely smooth to reflect light off.
But your moniter must be reading colours wrong. My photo shows a blonde wall.
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Keep 'em coming, Doug. This is top of the line work!
Al
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Go forth and reduce, young man!
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I like what you've got but it takes awhile to download - like forever. The bigger file is still cranking in the time it took to compose this..
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius