Forget ordinary, go for extraordinary!
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T11:07:46+00:00
Even the act of heating water for tea can be an adventure in a handmade house.
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Grist Mill timber frame
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T11:07:39+00:00
When it comes to timber framing there is not finer example to be found than those within a grist mill, where timbers needed to be large and plentiful to handle the weight and stresses of the machinery and grain found within a water powered mill.
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Perfectionism
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T11:07:35+00:00
I do like the little gap seen where an angle brace meets the post. So often today we come to expect perfection… something that is not seen often in handmade creations. I find that the quest for perfection holds so many back from ever attempting to do something, or to finish. Certainly strive to do something as well as you can, but beware of the curse of perfectionism.
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The American Farmhouse
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T11:07:34+00:00
Locasted at the Frontier Museum in Staunton, Viriginia… well worth the trip to see this and many other vintage styles of early American and European homes.
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A writers cabin is for writing
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T11:07:29+00:00
Eighty one percent of people when asked say that they would like to write a book one day.
But only one percent, ever do.
Maybe, if more people had a special little place in the country there would be more good books for us all to enjoy.
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The endurance of a timber frame home
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T11:07:26+00:00
Timber framing, strong, attractive, and proven to last for centuries even when poorly maintained.
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When is small, too small?
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T11:07:17+00:00
Hmmm…
Appliances on the front porch…
The age old dilemma…
Yes, or no?
It’s one of the big problems with the tiny, tiny house movement. Certainly there is plenty of room in one of these structures for a person… but not for all of the stuff that we need to satisfy our current lifestyles.
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A nice house site
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T11:07:16+00:00
The house looks new… but the house site looks like it was created many years ago. An old road bed perhaps?
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Whispering pines
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T11:07:11+00:00
I do love a pine forest. Some people don’t care for them. Pine trees are shallow rooted and brittle, so they don’t fair well during strong winds like those created by a hurricane.. But, there is nothing else like the feel you get when walking through a grove of them.
On a windy day, they are known to whisper.