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11/29/06, 10:25 PM
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Prognosticator, Artist
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: KY
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Building my House and Farm (Pics)
Here Are some Artistic renderings of me building my farm and home on unimproved land.
We started with a fence... 
Then, we needed a house plan, so I sketched one out...
Next, came a LOT of dozerwork.
Gravel for the Drive was necessary to keep from working in constant mud.
Next, came cement for my floating foundation and slab floor.
Here's how it looked nearly finished, we've since finished it and lived in it for a year now. You can see that it looks nearly exactly like my original scale sketch...
Here's an aerial shot of the whole place.
Here's me and the wife...
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11/29/06, 10:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Raleigh, NC
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That was great! You spent some time on that post!!! (Or stood by with a checkbook while somebody did it for you!) 
Just kidding, I liked it!!!
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11/29/06, 11:07 PM
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Milk Maid
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Location: Northern Missouri
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ROTFL,  thanks for the laugh!!!!
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11/30/06, 12:35 AM
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Better drawing than I could do. LOL.
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11/30/06, 05:50 AM
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Prognosticator, Artist
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: KY
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Thanks
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Originally Posted by sancraft
Better drawing than I could do. LOL.
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My "Paint Program" artwork is sometimes mistaken for actual photographs. I'm glad you guys had the ability to recognize it as an artist's rendering of some actual events.
I wouldn't want to confuse anyone... 
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"The most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being." - Sir Isaac Newton
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11/30/06, 07:01 AM
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Banned
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: KY
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Oh no
I thought it was actual photographs!!!
Boleyz are you saying that you supplied false documents? I'm calling the police........ 
My instinks to trust you are shattered.....
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11/30/06, 07:26 AM
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Happiness is Homemade
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kenefick Texas
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ya know what? I was just thinking about having an artist/designer do a drawing of my dream farm house... You want the job??
**giggle**
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11/30/06, 07:38 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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I have dial up so things like this load slowly. The delay made them much, much funnier. Glad I didn't have coffee in my mouth!!!! The one with you watching the dozer waiting to write the check is great and the last one is really cute. But the real photo looks great too, love that balcony!
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11/30/06, 08:26 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: AR (ozarks)
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Wow nice place your art work continually amazes me, really blurs the line between photos and art.
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11/30/06, 08:26 AM
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Hey this looks almost exactly like when we built our house ! ! The only differences are: we were smiling during the dozer work - my brother did it  aka-good deal and our house is only one level (way cool house of yours BTW)
and . . . it seems you guys are a bit thinner than my dh and I . . . perhaps we need to start cutting the calories.
great job -
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11/30/06, 08:29 AM
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Thank you. I hope to soon start to build our dream home and will print this out and use it as a handbook... cute LOL...Queen Bee 
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11/30/06, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: east ont canada
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ya know boleyz, i think ya missed your talent!! have seen much worse artwork sell for big bucks! nice house, goes well with your vacation cabin.
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11/30/06, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Boleyz
My "Paint Program" artwork is sometimes mistaken for actual photographs.
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Those ARENT photos ??????
AT least the Landsat pics are real,right?
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11/30/06, 09:21 AM
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A guy built a liqour store in Bowling Green that looks like your house. Wierd.
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11/30/06, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone 9b, Lake Harney, Central FL
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I'm concerned for the health of you and the Mrs.....I think you may be anorexic!
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11/30/06, 10:59 AM
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Prognosticator, Artist
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: KY
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Well...hmmmm...
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Originally Posted by QBVII
I thought it was actual photographs!!!
Boleyz are you saying that you supplied false documents? I'm calling the police........
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Your "Instinks" are safe with me...I offered the explanation that they were not photos in the interest of "Full-Disclosure".
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Originally Posted by TxCloverAngel
ya know what? I was just thinking about having an artist/designer do a drawing of my dream farm house... You want the job??
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I'd be glad to help in any way I can. I'd do it for no Charge too!
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Originally Posted by rose2005
Wow...amazing...what talent!
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Thank You. It's nice to be appreciated...
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Originally Posted by quntmphscs
I have dial up so things like this load slowly. The delay made them much, much funnier. Glad I didn't have coffee in my mouth!!!! The one with you watching the dozer waiting to write the check is great and the last one is really cute. But the real photo looks great too, love that balcony!
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We love the Balcony too. We do a lot of entertaining and cooking out there.
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Wow nice place your art work continually amazes me, really blurs the line between photos and art.
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Thanks Jnap...sometimes it's nearly a curse to have so much talent...people are constantly asking me for portraits and such things...
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Originally Posted by fastbackpony
Hey this looks almost exactly like when we built our house ! ! The only differences are: we were smiling during the dozer work - my brother did it aka-good deal and our house is only one level (way cool house of yours BTW)
and . . . it seems you guys are a bit thinner than my dh and I . . . perhaps we need to start cutting the calories.
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You were indeed lucky to have a Kinfolk-capable dozer man. Actually, I came out pretty good, since one of my best friends in this world has a dozer, gravel and backhoe business.
As far as our thin-ness...Remember that most artwork is an idealized image. Self-portraiture in particular is rarely unflattering to the artist. Ideally, we "See" ourselves as thinner than we actually are...
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Thank you. I hope to soon start to build our dream home and will print this out and use it as a handbook... cute LOL...Queen Bee
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All of my postings are "Public Domain" and you're free to use anything I've posted. Good luck on your new adventure!
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Originally Posted by ford major
ya know boleyz, i think ya missed your talent!! have seen much worse artwork sell for big bucks! nice house, goes well with your vacation cabin.
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Thanks FM. I've never tried to sell my work, but I'm sure there would be a large demand for it if I decided to go that route. Yeah, the Cabin is Great! My Brother and I spent a week there deer hunting a couple weeks ago. 4 deer in the freezer now. I'm going back for muzzle-loading in a week or so.
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Those ARENT photos ??????
AT least the Landsat pics are real,right?
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Actually, no, they are not true satellite images. I'm not lying...it really isn't.
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Originally Posted by Herb
A guy built a liqour store in Bowling Green that looks like your house. Wierd.
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My sketch has been posted before...maybe he saw it...also, my true house plans were ordered off the internet...
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I'm concerned for the health of you and the Mrs.....I think you may be anorexic!
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Thank you for your concern, but we're actually in good health. Again, artistic renderings sometimes reveal idealizations of the actual truth.
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11/30/06, 11:25 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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That was hillarious !!!  How bout some real pics of the house? Is that a poured wall or just siding?
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11/30/06, 11:49 AM
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Prognosticator, Artist
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: KY
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Well...
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That was hillarious !!! How bout some real pics of the house? Is that a poured wall or just siding? |
Sadly, I don't have many pictures of the construction. The lower floor was supposed to be an 8" poured wall on the house plan, and then it was supposed to be buried as a basement.
After we poured the slab, I said, "Ya know what? I ain't gonna push dirt up around my house and create mold/dampness/drainage nightmares"
So...instead of poured walls , we framed the ground floor with 2 X 6 stud walls, in order that they might provide a sturdy support for the 2 X 4 framing on the upper floor and a half.
The attic space is actually 2 bedrooms (large) and a bath. The kids live up there. The window on the top fron actually looks out of my little kid's bedroom.
The first floor contains a large creekrock fireplace with gas logs and a large room for my wife's photography. It also has a full bath, laundry room and large back room with a back door that we use for office/storage space.
The second floor where the deck is has the kitchen/dining/living room in one large area and a huge master suite with large closets that actually hang out 4' off the back and have a storage shed on the ground-level under them.
About 2400 sq. feet of living space. 2 sets of stairs though, so sme people see that as a drawback, but we like it.
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11/30/06, 12:11 PM
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Turkey Wrangler
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: New Hampshire USA
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Picasso, er I mean boleyz, you are just amazing! Grandma Moses had nothin' on you, very primative. You ought to think about a gallery showing, city folk will be lining up! (Nice Place!)
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11/30/06, 12:40 PM
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Unapologetically me
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 12,649
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I wouldn't want to confuse anyone... |
Came close.
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