The New Building, The Maine Adventure

Project 13a: Preparing the New Building.... Project 13b: The New Building....
Project 13b: The New Building
Before I decided to move the barn and the Cape, I had hired three architectural designers in a row. The first two were low integrity--charged for services that we had not agreed to--and the third was good, but also from out-of-state, so we had trouble coordinating our schedules. The fourth, like in the Three Bears (Four Bears) story, was JUST RIGHT! Dennis is talented, creative and lots of fun to work with. After having successfully worked through the Cape renovation designs, we turned our attention to the possibilities of the NEW BUILDING!! We went through lots of sketches.....

And here Dennis is with our first good shot at plans for the new main house.

But alas, the plan was too complicated, the square footage too high and too expensive. So we started over again. And came up with just the right solution.






Buying the Homer Jones Barn
Another magical thing that's happened is that Harold was called to take down a 200+ year old barn about 30 miles from here, and he asked if I'd like to buy it. I said YES! It's got LOTS of gorgeous old wood, hand hewn beams that are 18+ feet long, a nifty hanging hay grabber and lots of other historical goodies. Also, it will provide the basic materials for almost the whole barn part of the new building, in which I will reside!!!!












Moving the Homer Jones Barn to Boothbay