Wanna see my kitchen?

[SPchief]

Its been 30 minutes. I wonder if Kevin is still alive?

[Rain Man]

Okay, the blizzard break is over. Here's our living room as viewed from the front door.

[Rain Man]

And here's the living room viewed toward the front door (which is to the left). You can see in the upper left an unusual design feature: the room above the entryway is partially cantilevered. There's no support for the back corner of it. The structural engineer on one of the remodel projects found that quite interesting.

At one point in the house's history when stained-glass wasn't popular, someone actually drywalled over the stained-glass window at the foot of the stairs. We had to have new framing made for it.

I have a burnt-out light in the foyer. Darn it.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

And here's the living room viewed toward the front door (which is to the left). You can see in the upper left an unusual design feature: the room above the entryway is partially cantilevered. There's no support for the back corner of it. The structural engineer on one of the remodel projects found that quite interesting.

At one point in the house's history when stained-glass wasn't popular, someone actually drywalled over the stained-glass window at the foot of the stairs. We had to have new framing made for it.

I have a burnt-out light in the foyer. Darn it.

I've always wanted one of those little rooms under the stairs. Must be very convenient for storing runaways.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Dongless

I've always wanted one of those little rooms under the stairs. Must be very convenient for storing runaways.

It's a good short-term solution. Long-term, I use the old photographic dark room in the basement.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

It's a good short-term solution. Long-term, I use the old photographic dark room in the basement.

Excellent! Does it have one of those sliding circular doors like some darkrooms? That would confuse them even more. That would help getting the gruel in, too.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Dongless

Excellent! Does it have one of those sliding circular doors like some darkrooms? That would confuse them even more. That would help getting the gruel in, too.

I wish.

[Rain Man]

The front wall of the living room, just so people know that we do have a couch.

[Rain Man]

And now we head into the dining room. Here's the view from the living room. The new chandelier, which is quite bitchin', is seen. It's not really gold - it's a bright, bright white, but I've got the dimmer on in this picture to keep it from messing up the photo.

[Rain Man]

Here's another view with the light cranked up.

[Hammock Parties]

Rain Man's house sort of reminds me of Myst.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Rain Man's house sort of reminds me of Myst.

Is that good or bad? I've never played it.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Is that good or bad? I've never played it.

It's good. Myst is full of pretty architecture.

[Rain Man]

Here's a closeup of the light. This thing was worth the wait. It's astounding.

[Rain Man]

Our dining room is very long and narrow, so we've got a sitting area at one end, shown here.

It's too bad that I got some glare, because the picture over the fireplace is way cool. It's an 1880s hand-colored print of a renaissance-era court scene. We put an emphasis light in the ceiling, so if you shut off all the lights and then shine that one on the painting, it's awesome.

The sconce lights are original, but the cherubs beneath them were our addition. The one on the right has not yet been put up, because I had a nail problem.