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Outdoors photos:
These two photos were recently taken on an overcast day and show more of the
true color of the house and the landscaping.
I took several photos of the outside from what looks like the
same angle. I did this so you can see what the house looks like in
different lighting and so that you could see the color of the paint in a little
bit truer hue.
This photo gives the best and most natural coloring to the grass and
landscaping. It also shows the new roofing that was installed in
September, 2006 and if you look closely you will see the state of the art
'Vent-a-ridge' vent along the top of the roofline. 
This photo was included because this angle shows the view of Mount Rainier that
you have on a clear day. It is a little hard to see due to a bit of a haze
and the angle of the sun, but it is just over the top of the tree line and
straight above the roof peak shadow on the lawn (just to the left of the front
porch roof). It is much prettier in person. My friends have said
"You would have a nice view over there if that mountain weren't in the
way."
This is a close-up of the covered front porch area. It is about 10 x 10
and a wonderful place to sit and visit or play music anytime of the day.
This porch could easily be screened in or even enclosed if you needed more room.
Here is a late afternoon picture of the front of the house. It has the
colors shaded a bit, but it is an nice place to enjoy in the afternoons when the
sun is shining in the front windows across the street!
This is a view looking up the driveway at the shop building. There is
parking for about 4 vehicles in the driveway if you are a family that has more
than one car or if you entertain. The barn building has storage in the
loft. The loft is a great 10 x 12 storage area with a floor and a huge
entry door and a very secure ladder that does not go all the way to the ground
to discourage children from climbing. It only has about 4 to 5 feet of
head room in the loft, but stored things do not care. There is power and a
light in the loft. It could be a sleeping loft for guests if you choose to
make the barn into a guest cottage. There is no inside access to the loft
area at this time, but it could easily be cut in and framed. The barn is
framed solidly on 16 inch centers with 2x4 walls and 5/8" thick T-111
siding to match the house and has had a lean-to shed roofed addition put on the
right side of it as you are looking at it. With the addition the main
floor is about 12 by 18 feet of full height floor space available for a
recreation area, guest cottage, shop, club house for the kids, or just yard tool
storage. There is a plastic conduit buried between the barn and the
basement of the house that has the power and telephone cables in it
already. The building has a 30 amp 220 volt power feed to it and has had
telephone wired in to it. There are several fluorescent lights in the barn
and storage shelves. It is partially insulated and sheet rocked
already. It has lots of 110 volt power outlets and it could easily be
wired with high speed internet access, intercom, cable TV and what ever else you
could imagine. There is already a 220 volt outlet in the barn just inside
the oversized door that has been used to power a forced air heater, air
compressor, and welder (not all at the same time). There is a small window
in the barn on the western side, and more could be easily installed. The
door access into the barn is made from the plywood that was cut out of the
42" wide opening. This door is VERY strong and is easily lifted off
of the hinges when it is opened to about 45 degrees, but it would take the key
or a chainsaw to get into it when it is closed and locked.
At
the rear corner of the house there is a water spigot, a GFI protected outlet and
a sewer cleanout / RV sewer connection so that you can park your motor home or
travel trailer and connect it to the utility grid with power, water and
sewer. It is very handy for dumping the holding tanks when returning from
a camping trip. I have had up to a 33 foot travel trailer / RV
parked in this area with room to get around it easily. The Living
room: 
This is the front entry view from inside. Please forgive the tools and
garbage bag on the front porch, this was taken when we were cleaning. The
front door is a 9 panel solid Fir door with Schlage deadbolt and locking door
knob. There is a 4' x 4' beautiful ceramic tile entry area that is very
handy and easy to clean when wet or muddy shoes get worn coming inside the
house.
This photo was taken from the same vantage point as the one above, but with a
slight turn to the right. You are looking across the beautiful hardwood
floors and through the elegant archway into the kitchen. The archway gives
a very open feel to the living space of the house.
This is a photo taken from just inside the kitchen looking towards the master
bedroom door.
Now we pan just a little more to the right and look a little more towards the
front of the Living Room.
This photo is panned just a little more to the North and shows the front window
and front bedroom door.
This shows off those beautiful hardwood floors. You can notice the furnace
cold air return vent in the left edge of the photo.
This is a larger copy of the picture at the top of this page. My needs
have outgrown this home, but I have owned it since 1972 and have spent many
happy years at this home. I love it and I hate to see it go, but we must
move on in life. I moved my family into this home October 31st 1972.
The Kitchen: 
This is the kitchen just before the floors were cleaned. It is very well
lighted, very efficient, and is big enough for 2 or 3 people to work in at a
time. There are way more cupboards and cabinets than I was ever able to
fill and lots of great countertop space. Before I remodeled this kitchen,
there was not room enough to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in it very
well, but now it is wonderful to cook in and entertain from. There are
separate electrical circuits for almost every outlet in this kitchen. You
will never have a problem with an electrical overload here. Get out those
toasters, microwave ovens, blenders and electric skillets... plug them in and
watch them work! Ladies you will love cooking here. The dishwasher,
garbage disposal, lots of countertops, and new stove and refrigerator will make
your time in the kitchen pass very quickly and your family will love the quality
meals you cook for them. Gentlemen, if you want to have a happy wife and
wonderful home cooked meals, get her this kitchen... better yet, don't wait like
I did... find out how much YOU enjoy cooking in this kitchen. Your lady
will love you even more! Looking out the kitchen window you can see all
the activity in the back yard very easily.
This is the same angle taken in the daytime... what a nice kitchen to wake up
to!
This will let you see what the east side of the kitchen looks like.
And here we are looking to the west at the range. There is a matching
white range hood about that was installed new in 2005. Notice the full
backsplashes behind the stove and the counter tops... This makes for very easy
cleanup if you have a spill of splash.
The Dining Room: 
This is the dining area as seen from in the living room near the back wall. This
is the best angle to show you the corner windows in the dining room and the
light and ceiling fan. The living room walls are not brown, that is a
trick of photography caused by the lighting. 
These next three photos are taken while standing in front of the kitchen
sink. They are at slightly different pan angles is all. I have
entertained as many as 15 people at a time in this home... most of them seated
around a large table here in the dining area.
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