Vaca - Idaho and Montana
My nephews, 18 and 15 respectively, and my son, 4 1/2, took a plane and road trip out to the Pacific Northwest.
Here's our best Abbey Road pose in Missoula Montana.
From Boise.
Up the road 5 hrs...
To a layover in Lewiston (get it, lewis and clark, on the Washington side there is a Clarkston). What I like about the Lewiston pic is there is a dialysis center, a payday loan shop, a pawn shop and 3 fast food restaurants all in one pic frame.
Only in America.
2 hrs more to Couer d'alene, an oasis in northwest Idaho, about 40 miles east of Spokane. Awesome lake town.
Our room.
Boat ride to golfing.
Tough course.
Lucas with the crazy hair picking up chicks.
3 hrs east over the Continental Divide to Missoula MT.
3 hrs south to Wisdom MT where my college room-mate's law partner keeps a 1000 acre ranch.
Shooting guns off the porch.
And atv'ing among the cattle herds and wild horse packs.
3 hours South to Idaho Falls, Idaho, where Lucas is carrying his own weight for once.
Total mileage back in Boise.
Cockpit visit.
Back at home. (actually this picture is from the first night at a hotel in Philly before we took off. Lucas had successfully set the alarm, unbeknownest to us. So it sounded a few times in the middle of the night before we figured out what was going on).
Schoolhouse Conversion - Barryville NY Real Estate
From one of the first schoolhouses in the area, c. 1860, to a lively gospel church that faded over time to the Hillside Schoolhouse, a 2 room inn and event space 2 miles from the Delaware River.
Owner on right, project manger on left.
10' doors and new monogramed tile.
The old classroom and sermon space.
The windows in this place are amazing.
Super cool and efficient galley kitchen.
Prior to furnishing.
The staircase - which defines the space, allows the 2nd floor, and never tries to hog all the attention.
One of many religious posters that came with the structure. Real holy rollers.
Fun wallpaper in the baths.
Super smart use of colors.
As far as I'm concerned, this project captures our extreme design and construction talents and capabilities in a nutshell. I think it took 6 or 7 months.
Cottage 43 Sold - Livingston Manor Real Estate
This is going to really tick off the haters, but yes, we sold another one last week - sweet little Cottage 43 in Livingston Manor NY. 3 closings in a month, 1 in two weeks, and 3 new starts, plus the two or 3 we had in construction and are motoring right along.
2 beds, 1.5 baths, 5 acres. Inspired by Cottage 18, which inspired Cottage 22 which inspired 43. 1000 sq ft.
Clean and open.
Cable rail and hand hewn posts.
What I like about this house is the siding color, which we hadn't used before and this stone, which is pretty good looking stuff.
The sink on a slab of wood with some horizontal wainscotting never hurt no one.
Now that picture says it all. Dreamy.
Screened porch.
Black on white slab stairs, schoolhouse light, handhewn post, jacobean floor stain, cable rail. Pretty much the definition of claaassssicccc.
Cable rail with barn door back drop.
What's wrong with this picture?
There you have it. Life changing design.
