tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post116512482622012851..comments2023-05-02T06:06:00.795-07:00Comments on Tropical Embellishments: Day Dreams Landing on PaperChristopher C. NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165803424505126942006-12-10T18:17:00.000-08:002006-12-10T18:17:00.000-08:00I'll send an e if I am headed down 209 and get dir...I'll send an e if I am headed down 209 and get directions. I'd love to stop and see where the house will be. BTW, it went to 10 degrees here Fri. morn and is 29 as I type. Colder than average winter for this area.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165686399618512512006-12-09T09:46:00.000-08:002006-12-09T09:46:00.000-08:00In addition to the well, septic, foundation gradin...In addition to the well, septic, foundation grading and foundation subwalls that will include the garage I will need to put in a road to the house site and remove about a dozen trees.<BR/><BR/>Some of the trees may be valuable enough to sell for the wood and I will be able to tap into my parents well line temporarily for the camping trailer.<BR/><BR/>I will be looking for ways to cut costs mostlyChristopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165600430699511492006-12-08T09:53:00.000-08:002006-12-08T09:53:00.000-08:00Don't know about the steel construction, but it wo...Don't know about the steel construction, but it would be possible to bring the Polysteel up 2 floors. Beams or something like "silent floor" trusses could be incorporated into the Polysteel for the 2nd floor. Put trusses on for the roof and the metal roof, set the windows and doors and the house is dried in. From there framing the interior and finishing out the house could be done yourself or debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165554959891579402006-12-07T21:15:00.000-08:002006-12-07T21:15:00.000-08:00Thank you for your thoughts Deb. I figured my Dad ...Thank you for your thoughts Deb. I figured my Dad would be off in sq ft costs. He so 80's. It is good and bad to hear the current rates.<BR/><BR/>I like the idea of moving the guest bed/bath and artroom under the main floor between the garages or some other arrangement. This would elevate the whole house on the site creating longer stairs to the main floor, require more flattening of the narrow Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165550707239154562006-12-07T20:05:00.000-08:002006-12-07T20:05:00.000-08:00Hi Christopher, of course everyone has their own l...Hi Christopher, of course everyone has their own likes and dislikes, but here are my 2 cents worth: If the second floor is the same as the first the house is going to be very large. Since there are 2 single car garages below then a comfy bed, bath and art room could be under the LR/kit area with a walk out basement and no second floor. Trusses could be set on the main floor for the roof savingdebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165215369106319432006-12-03T22:56:00.000-08:002006-12-03T22:56:00.000-08:00When I retire, I want to live in the mountains too...When I retire, I want to live in the mountains too. I always said that I wouldn't mind living to be 115 years old, as long as I can still hike up a mountain. But most elderly people I've said that to, have told me that when I get old, the <I>last</I> place I'll want to be is on a mountain. They tell me that it's challenging enough for most of them to maneuver on <I>level</I> ground. They alsochristin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165213718881297902006-12-03T22:28:00.000-08:002006-12-03T22:28:00.000-08:00Hank this is going to be on two acres of land, may...Hank this is going to be on two acres of land, maybe a bit more and most likely will end up with a small nursery to supplement my non-existant savings, no-retirement, maybe there might be some social security checks in 22 years income for my dottering old age.<BR/><BR/>I don't plan to try and recreate the tropics at 4000 foot elevation in the Smokey Mountains. I think the native and temperate Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165194354691113692006-12-03T17:05:00.000-08:002006-12-03T17:05:00.000-08:00This looks good. This is NOT a small house.Annie ...This looks good. This is NOT a small house.<BR/><BR/>Annie is quite right of course (I once had an old house (100 or so) that poorly remodled (about 50 years ago) placing a powder room in the eat in kitchen (fortunately we had a dining room too). It WAS a problem.<BR/><BR/>Where is your greenhouse? (You won't be in Hawaii.) I always wanted a walk-in greenhouse straight from the house (share Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165177697302074422006-12-03T12:28:00.000-08:002006-12-03T12:28:00.000-08:00Christina the fireplace is the object on the right...Christina the fireplace is the object on the right side living room wall with the square tile pattern surrounding the larger open rectangular shape with the interior line running in it.<BR/><BR/>I hear what you are saying about the half bath Annie and I agree with you. Space wise it works and fits there. I think the problem could be solved by having the door open into the short hallway living Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165175953726496562006-12-03T11:59:00.000-08:002006-12-03T11:59:00.000-08:00Please read this email as if it were a chatty note...Please read this email as if it were a chatty note from your Aunt Annie or something like that - as suggestions from a woman who has lived in a bunch of houses. <BR/><BR/>The rotations of the house to the side looks pretty interesting - you and your dad are really reaping the benefits of scanning and sending email! When it comes to the wall removal [assuming it's nonbearing] we've had both open Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165141264667089602006-12-03T02:21:00.000-08:002006-12-03T02:21:00.000-08:00I should have added that I only appreciate the bea...I should have added that I only appreciate the beauty of the snow when I don't have to drive in it.<BR/><BR/>But it's hard for me to see the beauty in something when I have to clean it off the car and shovel it out of the driveway, and cling to the steering wheel white-knuckled all the way to work on the slippery roads it creates...christin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1165137691902011632006-12-03T01:21:00.000-08:002006-12-03T01:21:00.000-08:00I like the ideas for changes you want to make -- h...I like the ideas for changes you want to make -- having one big open space for the kitchen and living room gives a home a more sociable feel. And I LOVE window benches.<BR/><BR/>For some reason, I can't spot the fireplace in the drawing -- whereabout is it?<BR/><BR/>That feels good to know that there's someone else out there who likes to look at the rain and snow too. Sometimes I felt like my christin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.com