Foreclosure with five layers of siding turns out to be a log cabin
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Foreclosure with five layers of siding turns out to be a log cabin
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Re: Foreclosure with five layers of siding turns out to be a log cabin
Incredible! I love reading about discoveries people make with their old homes. So interesting!
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Happy 100th birthday, house!!
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Re: Foreclosure with five layers of siding turns out to be a log cabin
I wonder if that first layer of siding was meant to be there originally. It's my understanding that Colonial houses with the clapboard siding have classic English half timbering underneath. The siding is extra insulation for New England's more severe winters.
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Re: Foreclosure with five layers of siding turns out to be a log cabin
Cool house! That retaining wall though....
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Corsetière wrote:Cool house! That retaining wall though....
The herringbone brick patio area looks good but the exterior retaining wall, etc. is not sympathetic, at all.
The owner /designer seems to have flamboyant taste that is not always tasteful ?
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Re: Foreclosure with five layers of siding turns out to be a log cabin
Manalto wrote:I wonder if that first layer of siding was meant to be there originally. It's my understanding that Colonial houses with the clapboard siding have classic English half timbering underneath. The siding is extra insulation for New England's more severe winters.
The article says that the siding was added almost 100 years after it was built. If the chinking is tight, I can't see how an inch of siding would add much to what looks like at least 5" log walls.
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Re: Foreclosure with five layers of siding turns out to be a log cabin
Willa wrote:Corsetière wrote:Cool house! That retaining wall though....
The herringbone brick patio area looks good but the exterior retaining wall, etc. is not sympathetic, at all.
The owner /designer seems to have flamboyant taste that is not always tasteful ?
lol! Agreed. Restraint is the hardest thing to learn in architecture and decor.