Welcome to what was our living room. The brick fireplace in the center of the room is absolutely massive, very reminiscent of how they made fireplaces earlier in the century. In fact when I first saw it, it reminded me of the one in the iconic film Citizen Kane but not nearly as big of course. You'll notice original beams throughout the home and a catwalk balcony above which for both Martin and I proved to be the unique element of the house that we really fell in love with. And every inch of the renovated barn was covered floor to ceiling with cedar planks, oddly enough they chose to expose the rougher interior of the plank versus the smooth finish most often used. Let's just say we spent a great deal of time taking out splinters from each other's hands when we first explored the house. The cedar interior was popular in the 70s when the house was first transformed from a barn to an actual home. The wood floors proved to only be about 30% original 8 inch wide planks, many seemed to have been replaced from the barn's original flooring due to decay and much of what was left sadly was rotted and warping. Still for both of us the symmetry of this room was both captivating and simply the perfect blank canvas craving to be a timeless work of art.
A closer look at the brick fireplace
The catwalk balcony and vaulted ceilings
Some of the original 19th century wood floors