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PLANS, PLANS AND MORE PLANS |
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THOMAS JEFFERSON ONCE WROTE, "ARCHITECTURE IS MY DELIGHT AND PUTTING UP AND PULLING DOWN ONE OF MY FAVORITE AMUSEMENTS."I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.IN FACT IF I WERE MORE MATHEMATICALLY INCLINED,I WOULD PROBABLY BE AN ARCHITECT AND NOT A LIBRARIAN. FOR YEARS I HAVE SCRIBBLED ON REAMS OF PAPER AND BUILT CASTLES IN THE AIR, BUT MY 12 ACRES IN MISSOURI GAVE ME THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BUILD SOMETHING I HAD DESIGNED. FOR MONTHS I MADE DRAWINGS AND MODELS, TRYING TO DESIGN SOMETHING I LIKED AND COULD AFFORD TO BUILD. I WANTED SOMETHING RELATIVELY SIMPLE IN PLAN AND FACADE, SUITABLE TO THE AREA, BUT WITH A TOUCH OF WHIMSY. THE DRAWINGS ON THIS PAGE SHOW A COUPLE OF MY IDEAS. THE ONE GIVEN IN ALL THE DESIGNS WAS THAT THE BASIC FRAME WOULD BE A POLE STRUCTURE OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER. |
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EVEN THE MOST UN-SKILLED CARPENTER CAN MANAGE TO COB TOGETHER SOME SORT OF POLE BUILDING AND IMPROVE IT BIT BY BIT INTO A COMFORTABLE AND SUITABLE HOME.POLE BUILDINGS ARE EXTREMELY FLEXIBLE AND FORGIVING OF SMALL ERRORS IN THE LAYING OUT AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION.
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ONCE WE HAD BOUGHT THE SHED AND BUILT THAT FIRST ADDITION,THE PLANS BEGAN TO SHAPE THEMSELVES AROUND THE EXISTING BUILDING. I ALSO DISCOVERED THAT I WASNT ALLOWED TO BUILD UNDER THE POWER LINES, WHICH MEANT I COULDNT BUILD TO THE SOUTH. ALL THROUGH THE WINTER OF 2000, I WORKED ON VARIATIONS OF ONE L SHAPED PLAN THAT WOULD GIVE US 3 GOOD BEDROOMS, A DINING ROOM AND A GREAT ROOM FOR LIVING AND ENTERTAINING. I ALSO WANTED TO PUT THE BATHROOM AND KITCHEN IN ONE AREA TO SAVE ON PLUMBING. I INTENDED TO HEAT THE WHOLE PLACE WITH FIREPLACES . THERE WERE ALSO PROVISIONS FOR A GUEST BUILDING, A DRIVE THROUGH LOGGIA AND A SEPERATE ROOM FOR ALL MY DOGS. |
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