Searching for Interior Finish Detail/Plans/Diagram

[Miedrn]

I'd like to add character to my cabin (notice that I've downsized a little) with interior details - niches, window seats, book cases, etc. I found I'm drawn to the cottagy feel of a place. That about leaves out a contemporary cabin, doesn't it?

I've been searching for diagrams or plans on the internet without much luck. Do you know of any?

[glenn kangiser]

I think that I would take a basic design like John's then work in all the gingerbread details I liked from multiple places - of course women know what things go good together.  A lot of the things you may want to work in will be ideas similar to others but custom built for your place - hopefully by you.  Details like that built by others can get expensive.

Here is some Victorian detail work from Blue Ox Mill that Sassy and I toured.  http://www.blueoxmill.com/millwork.htm

The Tumbleweed Houses while small had nice details.

[Amanda_931]

Wright did a lot of building in from the pictures I've seen of the Usonian houses.  Dining tables, places to put dishes and silverware, lots and lots of bookcases, and all those lovely grilles on the high windows, each house with a different one, I gather.  The "bed rooms" in a large open space for play and study for the four Rosenbaum boys in the house in Florence AL.  I think he may have been too much in love with floor-to ceiling windows to do window seats, though.

(and he designed furniture for them as well--all high-tech for the time, looking like 1950's Popular Mechanics plywood specials by now)

So if that's what you want, take a look at something on the order of the Wright-Sized house.

[Miedrn]

I've changed my mind about the Frank Lloyd Wright look. It's interesting to look at but I doubt it would be very comfortable.

I feel most comfortable in the cottagey, comfort kind of stuff, and that's probably the direction I should follow.

I'm talking the Ross Chapin kind of built-ins and adding character to a place through archtectural details such as built in bookcases, eating nooks, niches, different levels for ceilings, that sort of thing.

The condo I lived in for a short period of time in Arizona had vaulted ceilings in some of the rooms, with niches, plant ledges and lighting around the perimeter of some of the rooms. I'm thinking of adding something similiar to a place.

The walls were "custom" with some kind of cob, plaster - an unknown to me but were a warm color and fairly heavily textured.

It also had an fenced patio in front just off the kitchen nook.

I loved that place, can you tell?

Edited to add: Amanda, you may have been right. After doing a search, it looks like it may be worth purchasing! Thanks.

[glenn kangiser]

Here is something it sounds like you would like brought to us by Pala- John posted it in links.

http://www.countryplans.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1154187475

[Miedrn]

Yes, the finish was similiar to that only it had little areas where the material didn't quite cover - but it was beautiful. It also had a subtle shading to it in kind of a peachy color that went with the terra cotta tile. I think it would be expensive to match but I might be able to find an acceptable alternative.

I wonder if I could do something like that in Michigan? I would love to duplicate some things in that condo but the humidity here is unreal and I worry about moisture. I'll have to research that issue.

[Amanda_931]

More from California, built as a Wabi-Sabi kitchen.  Gorgeous, but why on earth does the picture have a wooden crate of tiny watermelons on the stove-top?  (I'd put in a picture, but it's huge--can't separate the pictures)

http://www.berkeleymills.com/181/product.htm

[Miedrn]

Looks expensive but I like it. I'm considering doing something different than traditional upper cabinets in my kitchen but mainly to save money. I doubt this kitchen would be inexpensive but it's inspiring! Maybe I could copy the idea...

[Sassy]

There's some beautiful doors, too.  I still like the one PEG renovated - can't remember where the pic is.  The porch also had a log column that made the whole look really wonderful.