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The timeless beauty of a stone home
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T09:46:52+00:00I am often amazed at the stunning beauty of a stone home.
Stone is such a primitive building material, as basic as it comes. And yet when laid properly, into a classic design, all it needs is the simplest of embellishments… such as painted trim-work and perhaps some window shutters… we achieve a home as elegant as can be built.
Timeless.
Originally posted 2016-02-24 14:27:04.
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Stone Piers
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T09:46:39+00:00Notice the stone piers under the house and porch… a stone laid flat upon a stone, one after another. Refinement was not the goal when building stone piers… getting it done was.
Craftsmanship was saved for chimneys, and continuous foundations.
It’s so tempting today, with modern cement to build these piers “too pretty” on an old cabin. It’s ok to give in some… but be careful not go down that road of looking cookie cutter.
Also, never go with an odd number of piers across the front of home… for some reason building three piers announce to the world “I was too cheap to put in four, and besides, three is enough to keep it from falling down”
Originally posted 2016-02-12 18:01:06.
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A stone chimney with a log cabin
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T09:46:29+00:00It’s a simple basic cabin. Low to the ground and with a big porch on the front. But for many this cabin is all about that huge stone chimney. The chimney is massive, yet the stones that make her up are small in scale. Each I’m sure gathered locally and laid flat, one upon the other, one at at time. Most impressive, don’t you think?
Originally posted 2016-02-09 13:47:02.
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Historic stone work
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T09:46:05+00:00Notice how the stonework shows little if any shaping or refinement, and yet it is attractively laid, in a horizontal pattern.
Stonework does not need to be laid by artists to be appealing to the eyes. A good selection of stone, laid properly, is visually striking and will last for generations.
Originally posted 2016-01-20 15:52:35.