That's totally why they did it, but I don't know who they were fooling. Our last name is anglicized German. They all just looked German. But we didn't have anyone in our family tree who came over from Germany after the revolution. In fact, I found records of having ancestors in the Revolution, War of 1812, and for the Union during the Civil War on that side.
Something about the traditional angled bay window just speaks to me. Do you have that? I'm sure you do.....specific things that just jump out to you and that you like more than other styles? I mean, of course, when you're working with clients, you have to give them what they are paying for, and there are probably some things you would have to just shake your head at to wonder why in the world someone would want that, but there are bound to be things that a client asks for that you think "Gosh, if I had that kind of money, I'd love to do something like that in my house!" That's the bay window for me. I love to read, and I love natural light. So the idea of putting a nice plush cushion in a window seat, with a bunch of pillows, and a soft blanket....kind of like my own little fortress of solitude....that appeals to me. I'm not a fan of "boxy"...I like facets and interesting shapes and softened corners. There's also a picture of someone's home library that I LOVE. Put a bay window somewhere in there, and I'd never leave.Actually, those aren’t railroad ties, they’re rough-hewn 8”x8” wood columns. Not sure if they’re reclaimed lumber or not, but, we’ve done several projects that used such.
Yea, the door house sounds cool, in theory, but, I couldn’t deal with that every day either.
Wonder if it was inspired by “Monsters, Inc.”…?!!!!!
I appreciate stone and glass, as well. Makes for a nice combo.
We’ve also done many homes with bay windows, although, not many these days in the traditional angled bay. Mostly square/rectangular bays/boxouts these days…window seats, day beds, reading nooks.
And, yes, there are many houses I drive by every day that I wonder what they look like inside…also many I drive by each day that I know what they look like inside, ‘cause we designed ’em…!!!!!
Bottom line, architecture is fun to me, any way you slice it…darn you again, Mike Brady…!!!!!!!
Ah, yeah my g-g-g-g-grandfather on dad's side faught in the revolutionary war, my g-g-grandfather who was married to the McKinley fought in the union during the civil war, and my grandpa fought in WWI, and my uncles fought in WWII. My dad served during the Korean war, but he got into a fight during basic training and messed up his knee and ended up working in an office somewhere rather than fighting. But mom's side is all German, and her parents were both born in Germany, I'm pretty sure....I know for sure that my grandma was, but I don't actually know where my grandpa was born....but I THOUGHT they both came over on boats....but maybe it was my great grandpa who came over....I've done the family genealogy, so I have the info somewhere, I just don't remember for sure off the top of my head. But everyone from at least my great grandparents back came over from Germany in the 1800s. My parents were both a LOT younger than their siblings...more than a decade. And my dad was already in his 40s, my mother almost so when they had kids, so all my grandparents are from much earlier generations. They were all gone before I was born except my dad's dad, who died just after I turned 1. I have pictures of him in his WWI uniform. And I have pictures of one of my mom's brother's in his WWII uniform....he used to send her things from Europe when he was over there and she was just a kid. And one of my distant cousins wrote a book about my G-G-grandfather. He was a captain in the civil war, and went on to become a secretary of state in Kansas.
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I have so many direct ancestors who fought in the revolution that I would just be like, and...here's another one. I could technically join Daughters of the American Revolution. You only need one direct ancestor and I'm like, well, here's six...
But then I think of Gilmore Girls and go...nah. The saddest one was a direct ancestor who was killed in the War of 1812. He was younger than I am now and left a wife and young child behind. Such a pointless war. And then on Mom's side I've got ancestors who fought in on the Confederacy side of the Civil War on her mother's side, and the Union side on her father's side. But strangely, the plantation owners on her mom's side just flat out stayed out of it. I don't get that one.
