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Building Our Custom Home |
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I have had the opportunity to tour through many
One way to make your house feel truly custom and well thought out is to
have a theme or a special element throughout. In some of the
grander homes I have seen, craftsmen At the Biltmore house in Asheville, North Carolina, you can see Mr. Vanderbilt's initials as a repeated theme at Biltmore, both inside and out.
We decided that at Ashland Hall we would use a heraldic lion as a theme.
There is one in carved stone on the front of the house, a lion doorbell
at the front door and then several more throughout the home. You have to
be careful not to overdo it or your home will look more like a theme
park than a castle.
A secondary theme throughout the house and gardens is a *heart*. Some are very apparent while others would take a bit of effort to find. ************** Time Lapse Photos of the Construction
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amazing homes in many
different countries in my lifetime. One thing that sets great homes
apart from the rest is the overall impression that everything was given
a lot of thought and not just pieced together.
not only carved the woodwork in the
home, but they made the furniture to match.
