My grandparents fireplace

[eclecticcottage]

I've posted about it before, but I've only just now dug up the pics from when the house was sold back in 06 that show it.

It was a large central structure. There was a fireplace in the basement as well as the living room. The stonework also made up part of a wall in the hall (foyer) and dining room, as well as a larger wall in the kitchen. Here are some pics.

 

[eclecticcottage]

The open area to the right of the wall oven was supposed to be a BBQ. It never drafted right and wasn't used. My aunt & uncle built the same house 2' longer and 2' wider and had the same issue with the BBQ, and also never used it as such. The doors below the oven were for storage of things like cookie sheets and the popover pan. It got nice and warm in those areas when the fireplace had been burning for a while You could burn all day and let it burn out overnight, and the stones would still be giving off a nice even warmth in the am.

 

[marajade]

That is a gorgeous mid century house. I'm insanely jealous.

I hope the new owners probably didnt do something awful and trendy to it.

 

[eclecticcottage]

Thanks!

I'm not entirely sure. We met them when we went down to see it for the last time and take the pics. They lived on the other side of the road, up a few houses (it's out in the country), but they hated their house and always loved this one. She even wanted to keep the velvet wallpaper in the foyer. I eventually found him on facebook a few years ago (I wanted to see if I could get a cutting from the rhododendruns that surround the front, now that I have a place to plant one) and found out they are divorced now and he kept the house. He never did answer my message so I didn't find out any more. I saw some pics from the outside and it wasn't quite as meticulously kept as when they owned it.

It's not really strongly MCM, it was built in the 60's (by my grandfather, he was a mason and carpenter, and was a GC with his own company for many years). My aunt and uncles version is more rustic, with fieldstone instead of marble for the central fireplace and the outside (half way up, then siding-my grandparents is all brick). The neatest part of it was the heat system, which I never really got a look at as an adult and didn't get a chance to fully understand. It was in the ceiling, with no vents. Opposite of in floor heating, yet it worked. It's the house that got me set on having a living room at the back rather than the front of the house, even though with the big central fireplace structure you still didn't get a great view outside from theirs (except one spot, where my grandmas chair was-you could see the fire and see outside depending on which way you looked). I'd rather look at a nice backyard than the street. Finally found that with the Cottage, but we've only looked at a handful that were set up that way over the years.

 

[marajade]

I wish I could have a house tour. It sounds wonderful!

Homes were built so much better then.

 

[eclecticcottage]

Welp, randomly searched the address and here it is on Zillow. http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6-Dunbar-Rd-Windsor-NY-13865/29774799_zpid/