The House

In October of 2007, I had mentioned to Frank that I would like very much to build a post-and-beam farmhouse with a wraparound porch.

Frank, being the generous soul that he is, began researching the post-and-beam house. He scoured, read, asked, and probed and found a set of plans that suited me just fine.

I like to look at ONE set of plans and give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down. I have neither the patience nor the desire to scour, read, ask, or probe on these matters.

Having settled on a set of plans, and really believing that someday we would build such a house in southeastern Connecticut, Frank began to google his way through the Internet and came upon ONE set of plans that turned his head.

He forwarded me a copy and my head was also turned.

Clearly, we were bagging the post-and-beam for the contemporary.

We sat with these plans for months and months, studied them, lived with them, walked through them.

It was our house.

We found an architect in the area, Michael Sullo, who specializes in contemporary homes and he made a few minor adjustments to better suit our needs and to make the house "livable" in our climate. (The original house was basically a glass house.)

It took us two full months to get the final drawings and endless meetings, phone calls, and e-mails.

We're very happy with the end result.

Thank you, Dr. Mike!