THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT JOHN BUILT
ACROSS THE FENCE
From: The Hamilton Herald-News
This is the house that Jack—or John—built.
John Jones and his wife Michele have wanted a home
built just to their liking, so they have practically accomplished this on
their lot on East Boynton, just southwest of the Park Heights Church of
Christ. The lot is wider than
most lots and runs back about 200 feet to include many large tees and a
draw which will be like a park when they get their landscaping done.
A lot of land filling and leveling has already been done, but they
plan to do more before getting St. Augustine grass over all of it.
They have sown rye grass on much of the yard to hold down washing
this winter,
John has done much of the work himself, such as the
framing, roofing, plumbing, wiring, and painting.
All of this makes it much easier and appreciative for them to say,
“Our Home.”
He got his kinsman, Ervin Jones, to build the
cabinets, and they are beautiful and spacious.
They are in oak finish, which matches the narrow oak patterned
Formica cabinet sops. Dainty
little café doors lead into the formal dining room.
On the other side of the kitchen is a long bar, which
is also a low partition for one side of the sunken living room.
This makes it possible for them to watch he TV in the living room
as they are eating. There are
enclosed shelves all along under the bar on the kitchen side.
The Jones took advantage of the sloping lot to put a
large sunken living room, which is three steps down, across the back of
the house. With its high
cathedral ceiling and partial opening across one wall, one gets the
feeling of spaciousness. This
is more emphasized by double sliding glass doors that look out across the
park landscape along the draw. Flanking
these windows on each side are panels of V-grooved sliding that are
mounted in a sloping herringbone pattern.
This same pattern is carried out in other parts of the house.
The house has three nice-sized bedrooms and two
complete baths. All the
rooms, except the kitchen, are covered with nice beige and tan mottled
carpeting, which adds much to the appearance.
They have installed ceiling fans in many of the rooms, so comfort,
beauty and usefulness are certainly evident in the planning and building.
If John can find enough time from the J & J
Hardware and Welding business to do a little more work on the house, they
will soon be able to move into a house any of us would be proud to call
“Home.”
Here we are with nearly a week of October behind us
and it is still dry. If my
record of rainfall is correct, the lst rain of any amount was on July 13th,
so that means that we have gone about 85 days without any of that good wet
stuff.
Think of this contrast.
I was talking with Lester Roberts Sunday night and he said that the
church where he attends in Creede, Colorado, was meeting that night to
pray for dry weather. It has
been so wet all summer people are far behind with their work.
Lester and … …
ACROSS THE FENCE
Shared by Roy
Ables