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The driveway up to
the house. You can barely see the house through the trees
in the upper left. Boring photo, actually. |
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Halfway up the
driveway, you can see the right side of the house (as viewed from
the inside). Another boring photo - they get a little better. |
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The house is
T-shaped, with the bedrooms, baths, office, and studio in the wing out the
back. The front (above) faces the pond, due south. The overhang is such that
practically no sun gets into the house in the summer (you can see where the shadow falls)
but tons of sun gets in during the winter. The kitchen's on the right of this pic,
LR/DR on the left. |
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The garage
is below and to the right of the house. It holds four cars and my workshop. Dave's two Alfas are visible plus Vi's Subaru. The Bimmer is in front of the red
Alfa, since it hardly ever gets used when the weather's nice. |
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The left side of
the house, viewed from deep in the back yard. The BRs etc. are in the wing
on the right. The "front door" is in the center of the pic, i.e. in the
back of the house, just like our former house in Wellesley. |
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Stone walk
leads up to the flagstone patio on the front of the house, with sliders into the LR. The entrance we usually use is on the side of the house, off to the right of this pic, and
goes into the kitchen. |
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The kitchen looking
right, standing in the doorway mentioned above. We had the original oak
cabinets refinished. Pretty '50s, eh? |
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The kitchen looking
left, from the doorway to the LR. We love all the glass, and have long
since lost any inhibitions we might have harbored. |
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The rear of the
kitchen. Note tuba up above. Table came from the kitchen in
Wellesley. There's a fireplace in the wall just to the left of this pic that gets
used for cooking (and warmth) during winter. |
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The living room
looking right, taken from the kitchen doorway. We tried to sell our piano
before we moved here, thinking that it wouldn't fit, but fortunately no one bought it and
it fits just fine. That's a set of vibes in the middle. The cabinets for the
stereo/TV were in our den in Wellesley; they fit much better here. |
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The living room
looking left. Couch was in the den in Wellesley. An Elizabeth Van painting
is over the dining table, which also came from Wellesley. The fireplace is to to the
left of this pic (again). |
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The front door,
on the back of the house again. If you walk toward the front door and take a left
and then a right, you enter the T-shaped wing on the back of the house headed for the
bedrooms. |
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The hallway down
the T. Dave's office is to the left of the pic. On the left, a spare BR
half-way down and our BR at the end. On the right, the front bath, then a closet,
then Vi's studio. A painting from Vi's vagina series is at the far end; mostly
family pics on the left wall. |
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Dave's office, from
whence all of this electronic drivel cometh. Lots of bookshelves to the right and a
fireplace to the left of the pic (for the third and final time). |
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The front bath, with
Jacuzzi and view of the back yard. Both baths were as original when
we bought the house and we had them done over. This one is in cherry. |
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Vi's studio, in
its usual condition. Had been the master BR, but she took it over. 'Twas a
decision that saved us from having to have an addition built. |
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The bedroom. Thought
it might be too small after moving from what is now Vi's studio, but it's worked out fine. |
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The back bath, off
of Vi's studio (ex-master BR). Kinda wild, with black marbly tile everywhere
including the ceiling. You can see the shower in the reflection, all glass. You get to see yourself from all angles in the shower, not such a great idea as we get
older. Oops - forgot to close the lid. |
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The view out the front. This is a couple of pics pasted together to create
this kinda panoramic view, but it really doesn't do it justice. Living here
is kinda like waking up in a postcard every morning. |
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The beach,
visible at the far left of the pic above. Good for kids and launching boats, but
goes out too shallowly for adults to go swimming. There's a rocky point to the left
of this pic where we go in the water. |
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View from the dock.
There's a dock attached to the rocky point where we tie up the canoe and rowboat. This pic was taken from said dock. |