{"id":4225,"date":"2017-10-04T17:02:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T17:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=4225"},"modified":"2017-11-02T21:05:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T21:05:30","slug":"what-its-like","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/house-2\/descriptions\/what-its-like\/","title":{"rendered":"4 – WHAT IT’S LIKE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO LIVE HERE\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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This is what you NEED to know. \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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The facts are that the house is a very good shelter comprised of a set of wonderful spaces…with reliable heating, air conditioning, good tasting and healthy well water, insulation, schools, snow plowed roads and access to all that a community should have.\u00a0 When it is cold and wet outside, it\u2019s warm inside! When it is hot and muggy outside, it\u2019s cool and dry inside!<\/span><\/h1>\n

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This is what you WANT to know.<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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The house at 1420 is much more than the sum of its parts. It is filled with subtle nuances, which appear when seen over time and repeated views \u2013the more you look the more you see<\/em>!\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n

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It is \u201cone of a kind\u201d\u2014 sui generis<\/em>\u2014 house. There are no \u2018comparables\u2019.<\/span><\/h1>\n

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It combines respect for the values of the old with concepts of the new, each allowing the other its own ground\u2014each enhancing the other.\u00a0It relies on maturity and freshness of view.<\/span><\/h1>\n

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It has a truth and honesty.<\/span><\/h1>\n

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The<\/strong> house is much more<\/strong> than its first view. Inside there are wonderfully large spaces with high ceilings and windows open to the surrounding acres of \u2018nature-preserve\u2019 woods. There is something new, a surprise, at every turn.<\/span><\/h1>\n

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The fa\u00e7ade is <\/strong>reserved and modest<\/strong> as befits a 150 year old one room school. The 1998 addition with curved roofs and its stark plain wall plus the heavy walls of the traditional school do not reveal much of what is inside and what opens expansively behind the house. Plantings along the road conceal the house.<\/span><\/h1>\n

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The house is imbued with a spirituality<\/strong>\u2014a connection to the \u2018natural\u2019\u2014that allows for a profound connection to the natural rhythms and cycles of each day and every season.<\/span><\/h1>\n

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At every turn, the design, the bones of the house, foster a sense of openness and generosity:<\/span><\/h1>\n