style, electic furnishings and comfort.The outside architecture is reminiscent of a large mining shed of a bygone era.
Inside you will find hand plastered glazed walls, great style, electic furnishings and comfort.
The Inn has three guest rooms with private baths. You are free to relax and browse throughout. You may want to borrow a book from the library and read in front of the fireplace, enjoy our greenhouse, take a nap, or soak up the heat of the sauna.
"I've
never seenmore beautiful colors in a house"
Steven R. Lorton, Northwest Bureau
Chief, Sunset Magazine
Creating the Inn has been our dream. We were fortunate to have met two men who reshaped our dream into what it is today. First, our neighbor , a master carpenter, created the design and has given us guidance throughout the building process. A second friend, and mill owner, has reclaimed wood from turn of the century apple warehouses, provided us with building materials. Together with local carpenters, we have hand crafted the Inn over a period of nine years.
The style and architecture of the house is striking, many call the Inn a sleeper because of the juxtaposition of the outside to the interior. As one neighbor states "the outside looks like an old cannery row building, and the inside is handcrafted elegance".
Timbers (12x12s) create structure and beaty of the Inn. Plywood from the warehouse roof, serve the same capacity in the roof of the Inn. Larch and fir tongue and grove decking became the floor in the kitchen and guest bedrooms. Wall studs are 2x8, because that was the smallest dimensional lumber in the warehouse. This allowed us to roo, to for R-30 insulation, since our winters are cold. Outside, we used the steel roofing from the warehouse for our roof and siding materials. This steel has a beautiful patina, that changes with the light. The house is industrial looking, with 12X12 timbers framing all corners, accentuating the strong lines of the house. For the finish woodwork we used wood that once formed the irrigation flumes for the fruit orchards in the valley. We estimate 95% of the materials used in the building the Inn was from reclaimed or recylced materials.
Inside the Inn is quite elegant, with hand trowel plastered walls throughout.
Different paint techniques were used so the walls resemble techniques used in old European
villias. Colored stamped concrete floors were used on tw
o level gives the Inn the look of a much older structure.
Etched concrete was used for kitchen counter tops, again to create an old world
look. The color is great, they are fun to use and easy to clean.
It has been an amazing project, we are immensely pleased with the outcome. There is great satisfaction sitting within the walls we built, appreciating all the effort, perseverance, and decisions that went in to the process. It is not what many do with early retirement. Also, there is satisfaction in knowing we have used reclaimed materials rather than so much new lumber. These materials are limited to the number of old buildings available, and to the small number of companies who are dedicated to dismantling, and finding markets that appreciate the value and beauty of these materials. If it weren't for these men's vision, the buildings would be bull dozed down, and set fire. Truly a loss, for we will never see timbers like these again.