Welcome to our home's new home page.
Before Kristen and I were even married, we had made plans to someday build a Queen Anne-style reproduction home, when time and money allowed. Ever since, we've been looking for just the right plan, poring over new house plan books when we found them, hunting through issues of Old House Journal and other related magazines, and collecting catalogs of reproduction lighting and bath fixtures, wallpaper, and other esoterica.
About a year ago, we found (almost) the right plan.
Everything since has been a whirlwind of architects, contractors, spec writing, land hunting (and buying,) and getting everything ready to build. We now have final plans and specs, have bought a lot on which to build the structure, and have hired a contractor: Sylvia's "On The Level" Construction, out of Marion, Massachusetts, who came highly recommended, with excellent references, and, much to our pleasure, the low bid. (An article about our experiences with bidding is coming later.)
So, why the web site?
Even as much as I enjoy repeating myself (just ask!) I know that there are lots of friends and family expecting to keep tabs on how the project is going -- for them, there's the construction journal. Also, I know that, although I've found some excellent resources on the Internet related to home construction, there wasn't anything that gave me any kind of feel for what to expect during the process, so this is part "spread the knowledge" as well. I'm hoping to cover quite a few topics in the Articles section as time goes by.
For general site updates, watch this page; for running progress, see the construction journal; and for questions or comments, drop us a line at dennis@fallingrockcentral.org.
Dennis
This web site will be moving very soon, as my current ISP is eliminating dial-up service, and I'll be temporarily transitioning to Earthlink until we're in the house and I can order myself a cable modem. The new address for the site, <http://thevic.fallingrockcentral.org/>, will survive all of these transitions. Update your bookmarks!
Moved the Older Pictures section to a different set of servers to free up room for new updates. You shouldn't notice any real differences -- they're just hosted on my iTools account now.
Just some minor tweaking to give the content frame more room for folks using smaller monitors.
Revamped this page today, moving the site updates the bottom and adding a "last posted" item for the pictures page up top. Now, only major additions (articles, new sections, and so on) will be posted here.
If all went well, our builder picked up the building permit yesterday, and we'll very soon have a nice big hole in the ground on our lot.
In the interim, though, I've put up some 3D renderings of our kitchen plan as done by our kitchen designer, Bob Adams. You can see them at the new Kitchen Designs page, over in the Floorplans section.
Happy Independence Day!
I've finally finished redrawing the floor plans. Head on over and check them out!