[quote=bearishgurl][quote=eavesdropper] . . . Two-story main room with 25-foot native stone fireplace, canoes and other artifacts resting on the rafters and hanging from the walls.[/quote]
eavesdropper, I too, love floor-to-ceiling rock (or flagstone) fireplaces with high hearths, even in a one-story (13′ vaulted ceiling) A-frame cabin. I, too, love those artifacts mounted on the wall (except for excessive taxidermy) where I would feel as if I lived in a museum . . . lol![/quote]
BG, I don’t remember this place having any animal heads, and, fortunately, it stops short of being museum-like. It has a nice, warm homey feel to it. However, there IS a lot of stuff (the genuine article, not the Pottery Barn repros). I’d have a major problem with dusting it all. Much of it is very high up on these huge cross-beams.
I didn’t mention the hand-planed and routered chestnut beadboard wainscoting. And the huge oxidized copper lanterns. And the….I have to stop thinking about it…..
Tell you what: when you come to visit, we’ll go over to see the neighbors. If they’re not there, we’ll gain entry. ‘Nuff said.
