| | | A view of the house through the sword ferns | |
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| | | A rare snowfall - we're in the "rain shadow" of the Olympics | |
| | | This excellent Danish woodstove (plus the R-40 roof) keep things warm | |
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| | Diamond windows at each end of the house main beam | |
| | | Efficient gas stove and cooking counter | |
| | | Glass shelves and window to solarium | |
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| | Another view of the "galley style" kitchen | |
| | | Hot tub and back porch (tub currently nonfunctional) | |
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| | The front meadow is about 1 acre; the rest is mature forest | |
| | | A delight every August... TONS of blackberries | |
| | | The forest is mostly 2nd growth Douglas Fir over 100 years old, alder and maple | |
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| | One of the trails we put in (about a mile, including one to the stream) | |
| | | | Aerial photo; house is in uppermost clearing about 1/3 of the way from left edge | |
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| | | | East side of lab building | |
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| | The lab in very early spring | |
| | | Integrated workbenches and shelves in the lab (resurfaced since this photo) | |
| | | A view down the rightmost third of the lab main floor | |
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| | Looking down on one of the benches. | |
| | | Central bays in the lab with overhead door | |
| | | Miss Piggy the woodstove takes the edge off (also a propane unit heater) | |
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| | 115,000 BTU Propane "unit heater" in lab | |
| | | The view out the office window | |
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| | Second upstairs office showing built-in desk and drop ceiling | |
| | | Integrated shelving in lab. | |
| | | A newly-added storage loft in the lab | |
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| | | New metal roof on the shed | |
| | | The commute between house and lab | |
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| | Sunset view across the meadow | |
| | | The three parcels: 5, 10, and 6 acres (house and lab on the 6). All forested. | |
| | | Complete blueprints and specs come with the house | |
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| | This is a fine place to be if you don't like TOO MUCH rain... | |
| | | The house was featured in Fine Homebuilding (Spring 1995) | |
| | | Page 2 of Fine Homebuilding article | |
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| | Page 3 of Fine Homebuilding article | |
| | | Page 4 of Fine Homebuilding article | |
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