Take a peek inside of the front door of this stone cottage and notice the interior lighting how it washes down the stone wall. Nice. There are great rewards to having unique wall surfaces on the interior of a home, such as that of stone and of log. These two natural materials create rooms like no other material can.
Originally posted 2015-11-09 14:49:53.
Exterior stone work adds SO much to the enjoyment of one’s home, just look at what this simple layout of steps, path and retaining wall have helped to influencing the feel of this home.
Originally posted 2015-11-08 20:45:53.
A wonderful water-powered mill down in Georgia…
Originally posted 2015-11-06 15:23:21.
A stone roof… it’s hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that a roof can be built that would last… well… practically forever.
Originally posted 2015-11-05 12:32:08.
Originally posted 2015-11-04 16:31:22.
Spring is only six months away!
Originally posted 2015-11-01 21:17:09.
A big beautiful stone fireplace.
Notice how much light is coming down the fireplace?
A common feature in old fireplaces where that many were just a straight shot up from the fire to the top of the chimney.
Of course that made it easy on Old Saint Nick to pay a visit.
But, without a damper and smoke shelf, these old fireplaces would on occasion fill the home with smoke when the wind changed directions the wrong way.
Here’s the proper way to build a chimney.
Originally posted 2015-10-30 18:16:04.
Press here to watch video…
https://youtu.be/v60wfCj2gBs
Originally posted 2015-10-30 13:58:03.
An ancient home in Peru… The same stone laying technique, of carefully laying the corners in a horizontal pattern while filling the space in between with a random pattern, can also be found here on some early American structures.
Originally posted 2015-10-28 17:00:58.
Which chimney do you prefer?
Originally posted 2015-10-25 17:46:35.
