Interior - Great Room

THE VERMONT HOUSE
Jay & Joyce's Passive Solar House
North Central Vermont, U.S.A.

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Interior Buildout - The Great Room

The view in the main room as the rooms start to take shape. The front door can be seen on the left, and this view will be blocked by a wall in the future. The woodstove is in the center, with a couple of chairs. The ladder on the left is the only means of getting to the second floor. The sheets of plastic over the 2x4's is the bathroom, and first floor bedroom (further to the right). The second floor balcony has joists and subflooring, and a ladder going up to the cupola.

An autumn view out of the large picture window.

Daily ladder work is a great way to overcome a fear of heights.

The great room is tiled with slate tiles. We got them from the Vermont Structural Slate Company, and they were quarried here in Vermont. The tiles are one foot squares of unfading green and unfading red. The pattern is a series of interlocking red loops on green.
This is the view from the dining room into the kitchen.

This is a photo of the same area (the kitchen) from above, but it's difficult to show the whole space in a photo.
The floor is over 750 square feet, and we laid it ourselves.

Here's another shot of the great room, from the second-floor balcony. The interlocking red loops on the green-blue "background" can be seen.

Another shot, taken over the holidays (obviously).

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	The view in the main room as the rooms start to take shape. The front door can be seen on the left, and this view will be blocked by a wall in the future. The woodstove is in the center, with a couple of chairs. The ladder on the left is the only means of getting to the second floor. The sheets of plastic over the 2x4's is the bathroom, and first floor bedroom (further to the right). The second floor balcony has joists and subflooring, and a ladder going up to the cupola.
	An autumn view out of the large picture window.
	Daily ladder work is a great way to overcome a fear of heights.
	The great room is tiled with slate tiles. We got them from the Vermont Structural Slate Company, and they were quarried here in Vermont. The tiles are one foot squares of unfading green and unfading red. The pattern is a series of interlocking red loops on green. This is the view from the dining room into the kitchen.
	This is a photo of the same area (the kitchen) from above, but it's difficult to show the whole space in a photo. The floor is over 750 square feet, and we laid it ourselves.
	Here's another shot of the great room, from the second-floor balcony. The interlocking red loops on the green-blue "background" can be seen.
	Another shot, taken over the holidays (obviously).