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Alternative Home on Whidbey Island, WA

A 1000 sf compound of three small buildings on a post and pier foundation, visited during a summer 2006 open house.

the main building raised on timber posts, with a shed porch roof sloping back over an open deck
Exterior shot with bold backward sloping porch roof.

The Photo Tour

the yellow office building and the dark red main building, joined by a plank walkway through the woods
This 1000 sf compound consists of three small buildings. The darker building to the right is the main living and great room. The enclosed covered entry deck did not count in the building footprint.
side wall of the main building with a wall mounted on demand water heater, and the posts and metal plates of the pier foundation below
This is a view from the side showing the on-demand water heater and pier foundation reinforcing bolts and plates.
pine lined interior of the small yellow office and guest building, with a tall window and a ladder up to the bunk
This is inside the little yellow building (office/guest space)
over under bunks built into the pine lined wall, with a window between the upper and lower bed
Over under bunks
living room of the main building, with a woodstove and built in bookshelves framing the doors to the deck
Inside the main (red) building.
looking up at the translucent roof panels and timber framing over the covered deck, with open house visitors below
Under the covered circulation deck. Living room to the left, guest/office ahead and Master bedroom on the right
the gate house and the wooden ramp leading up into the covered circulation deck, with ferns and firs around it
Gate house and ramp into the covered circulation deck

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