The Family Room

When you enter into the Family Room you know you have arrived in a very special place. First you might notice the ceramic tile floor, the eight large windows, the french doors and the always interesting and constantly changing view from this mountain forest ridge.


Another look will reveal the Empire LP gas log stove which is thermostatically controlled, the two large ceiling fans and the lighting which is specially arranged for close detail work or casual romantic ambience.



Continuing around the room to the left you can see that we have an office space strategically placed in the center of one of the most beautiful offices in the world. It is on the north side of the room which has only two large windows






Now, moving away from our last position toward the french doors, and looking further to the left you can see another window which helps keep an eye on the main deck, and we have a treadmill tucked into the corner beneath the window next to the stairs which lead back up to the kitchen and dining areas and on into the Great Room.

Looking further around to the left reveals a glimpse of the full bath, then the four large windows which are arranged on the southwest side of the Family Room. They look out over the private driveway and into the forest beyond. You may notice plant grow lamps placed on the wall. Why are they there? To provide light for our indoor plants in the summer.

In the summer, this room is in the shade of the trees, and being on a ridge, a breeze from the south or west usually passes through this room on up the stairs into the rest of the house. In the winter, the first rays of the rising sun enter this room, and the sunlight streams through the then bare oak tree limbs onto the ceramic tile floor all day long. When the sun sets, you will notice the room cooling down. That’s when we lower the heat-retention blinds and set the thermostat on our Empire stove for a wonderful winter evening.

In the springtime and autumn, you see a world of wonder from this room. These pictures show part of the autumn, but the springtime is even better.

And our french doors are usually open to the “poop” deck when the weather is nice, which is often. Our dogs love this deck. It is their “crow’s nest” from which they keep an eager eye out for whomever might be coming up our private driveway. From here they can see down the western part of our ridge some 70 feet below the house.