The Great Room

The entry into the house is through the foyer. This presents a view down past the dining and kitchen areas.







If you look from the foyer to the left, you will see your first view of the Great Room with its fireplace, high ceiling and wall of windows.





Looking back toward the foyer from inside the Great Room, you can see the stairs which lead to the loft above and a private master bedroom (two of the three bedrooms in the house are 'master bedrooms') which is behind the loft. On the right of the picture frame you see some books in the library which comprise part of an entertainment center.

The entertainment center is placed against the wall with TV, Dish receiver, TV recorders, stereo system, DVD players, etc. There are also display opportunities in the shelves and on top of the bookcases. The drawers contain games, DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs, etc. We plan to leave all four parts of the center with the house. (While taking the books, and electronics with us!)


To the right of the entertainment center is the fireplace. This structure not only provides winter heat through its LP gas log system, but it also provides year-round beauty for this part of the house.

This picture shows the fireplace warming the house with the heat-retention blinds lowered.




The fireplace has a mantle which joins the bookcases to a small display shelf which runs across the part of the room which opens to the main deck.




The ceiling here is about sixteen feet, seven inches above the floor and three, thirteen-foot high beams hold two ceiling fans which provide adequate ventilation for this space and prevent air stratification.

The part of the Great Room that faces the deck is a Wall of Windows, including two french doors which are usually open almost all day long during the summer as well as much of the late spring and autumn. That serves to bring the main deck and the Great Room together as one magnificant living area.








Here is a view on a nice autumn day with the french doors open, showing how easy it would be to go out on the beautiful deck and sweep the fallen leaves preparing them for the compost!




Looking away from the bookcases leads one's view down a short hallway past the dining and kitchen areas to the right, and on into the Family Room.