tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post3165927873745788287..comments2024-03-28T13:10:44.555-04:00Comments on Iliocentrism: Off The Beaten Path IIIlíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-56560867300097770612010-04-25T05:31:33.620-04:002010-04-25T05:31:33.620-04:00The particular painted fretwork in that gable is f...The particular painted fretwork in that gable is from a demolished house a friend once owned (I think the columns on the porch are from the same house). If you look carefully, you'll see that it doesn't fit the space -- it's from a gable with a slightly less steep roof-pitch.<br /><br />I also designed and installed the cedar shingles in the three gables (the gable in the back of theIlíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-62380534748158913372010-04-24T19:11:09.946-04:002010-04-24T19:11:09.946-04:00I think I'm going to have to draw myself a dia...I think I'm going to have to draw myself a diagram to get sorted out -- 'cause there seem to be too many sides to your house! (I really just need to read through your remarks more carefully, I think.)<br /><br />I love the kitchen window side, though, with its own porch, and the wonderful details up in that triangular part (the name of which I might have known once, but...), and I love cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245395774915274363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-41775681733675821662010-04-23T23:54:35.433-04:002010-04-23T23:54:35.433-04:00"Hey -- where is the kitchen? Is that the big..."<i>Hey -- where is the kitchen? Is that the big window ( ? sliding door ?) at the end of the porch?</i>"<br /><br />The kitchen is on the opposite side of the house from all the pictures shown in this post. The kitchen is on the other side of the triple windows shown in a picture in the other post.<br /><br />If by big window or sliding door you're asking about one of three the &Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-46749364450986737822010-04-23T23:35:15.389-04:002010-04-23T23:35:15.389-04:00I'm just that good!
*grin*
On the porch ...<i>I'm just that good!</i> <br /><br />*grin*<br /><br />On the porch -- What about just walling up as far as what looks like the railing, and leaving it open above that? Would "closing" that lower 1/3 take care of enough of the water problem? It is lovely having it open. And it probably lets a little winter light in -- that's the great room, right?<br /><br />Of course,cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245395774915274363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-89894437589523974692010-04-23T22:09:56.954-04:002010-04-23T22:09:56.954-04:00"Did you have to re-grout (or re-point ?) the..."<i>Did you have to re-grout (or re-point ?) the foundation walls?</i>"<br /><br />No! I had to rip them out -- or, in the case of the one side which had collapsed, clean out the debris -- and replace them. Fortunately, the collapsed and/or buckled walls weren't the main load-bearing walls.<br /><br />"<i>Oh -- I'm confused about the walls you're going to "Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-77440948052339815892010-04-23T17:50:56.375-04:002010-04-23T17:50:56.375-04:00I love it! I love getting to see along-the-way pi...I love it! I love getting to see along-the-way pictures; this is great!<br /><br />Did you have to re-grout (or re-point ?) the foundation walls?<br /><br />Oh -- I'm confused about the walls you're going to "sheathe and side" -- isn't this going to remain an open porch? With walls or without, it seems like a wonderful place to sit and read, or write, or just <i>be</i>.<cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245395774915274363noreply@blogger.com