Several people posted comments about our home in another thread so I thought I post some pics here. Our place, which we refer to as Mighty Mortgage Manor (MMM) came about as a result of our trying to design our dream home as we moved about the world during my 26 years on active duty in the US Army. During that time, we lived in 21 homes. Not able to find stock home plans that met our desires, we finally contacted an architect and he did a custom design.
Our place is located in northeast Pennsylvania and sits on a 57 acre parcel of land. On it are also a smaller farmhouse, a barn, stable and several other small outbuildings. The property was originally owned by Lynn's parents - we bought it from them years ago and Lynn's mom still lives in the farmhouse.
The property is generally defined by the pentagonal shaped area defined by the trees in this picture - at the lower left you can see the original barn, stable, farmhouse and pool (now filled-in and we built a new pool closer to our house this past summer). Our house is the brownish one in the lower center. The pictures were taken as we flew over our property in a hot air balloon - another story for another day.
Here, you can see the front of the house.
And from the back.
The front from ground level.
The style of architecture is from the Arts and Crafts era here in the US - generally from the 20's and 30's with some ties to Frank Lloyd Wright. You can see the garage on the left, then a connecting wing that holds the laundry room (with a walk-in shower for us and the dogs), a bathroom and the pantry. The center section of the house (defined by the two-story area) holds the kitchen, dining room, Great Room and my den. The upper story (which is only the front part of the center section) holds two guest rooms and a bathroom. The back section where the kitchen and Great Room has a vaulted ceiling rising to the rafters. The right part of the house is where the master bedroom and bath are located.
This picture - of the entry way and stairs leading up to the guest rooms - gives you an idea of the interior architecture - lots of quartersawn oak, built-in cabinets, stained-glass windows and period tile, pocket doors and tons of windows and doors.
The fireplace in the Great Room.
And the new pool.
Finally, the view from our back porch looking out over the valley to the south and our small lake.
We have been exceptionally blessed and have loved this property for many years. When Lynn and I were first married, we lived in the old farmhouse for 3 years (then a summer/weekend place for her family) while I finished college. Our son was born and spent his first 3 years here before I went into the Army.
Although we refer to it a Mighty Mortgage Manor - or Oppressive Payment Place - we would not want to live anywhere else.
Our place is located in northeast Pennsylvania and sits on a 57 acre parcel of land. On it are also a smaller farmhouse, a barn, stable and several other small outbuildings. The property was originally owned by Lynn's parents - we bought it from them years ago and Lynn's mom still lives in the farmhouse.
The property is generally defined by the pentagonal shaped area defined by the trees in this picture - at the lower left you can see the original barn, stable, farmhouse and pool (now filled-in and we built a new pool closer to our house this past summer). Our house is the brownish one in the lower center. The pictures were taken as we flew over our property in a hot air balloon - another story for another day.
Here, you can see the front of the house.
And from the back.
The front from ground level.
The style of architecture is from the Arts and Crafts era here in the US - generally from the 20's and 30's with some ties to Frank Lloyd Wright. You can see the garage on the left, then a connecting wing that holds the laundry room (with a walk-in shower for us and the dogs), a bathroom and the pantry. The center section of the house (defined by the two-story area) holds the kitchen, dining room, Great Room and my den. The upper story (which is only the front part of the center section) holds two guest rooms and a bathroom. The back section where the kitchen and Great Room has a vaulted ceiling rising to the rafters. The right part of the house is where the master bedroom and bath are located.
This picture - of the entry way and stairs leading up to the guest rooms - gives you an idea of the interior architecture - lots of quartersawn oak, built-in cabinets, stained-glass windows and period tile, pocket doors and tons of windows and doors.
The fireplace in the Great Room.
And the new pool.
Finally, the view from our back porch looking out over the valley to the south and our small lake.
We have been exceptionally blessed and have loved this property for many years. When Lynn and I were first married, we lived in the old farmhouse for 3 years (then a summer/weekend place for her family) while I finished college. Our son was born and spent his first 3 years here before I went into the Army.
Although we refer to it a Mighty Mortgage Manor - or Oppressive Payment Place - we would not want to live anywhere else.
