Ranch House (click photo to enlarge)
Paul and Diana wanted something different....
The isolated home utilizes a 1915 era farmhouse motif and sits on the west side of the hollow . It is cedar sided with a tin roof and large front porch which is the favorite resting place of most visitors..
....and contractor Eric Chapman came through....
The home offers dramatic views of the Ozarks, while the interior displays items collected and at a variety of job assignments and during travels .
....the front half of the house is a single room with extensive use of wood from
the ranch.....
The living room dining room kitchen
have board and batten walls with a ceramic tile floor. The kitchen cabinets show off many species of wood cut from the ranch by Diana's Father and Grandfather.
....the first unusual feature of the house is a rock extending through the wall forms a shelf in the living room and in the bedroom....
construction living room side bedroom side
....a ceiling fan made of leather stretched between wagon wheels and unusual lighting fixtures.....
ceiling fan barrel light bucket lights
The re-sawn construction grade pine ceiling consists of boards of 5 different widths and 10 different thicknesses.The charcoal nude (visible in mirror) was drawn by Diana's friend Joanna Edwards. Paul framed it; but in the
prudish world of 1967, it was relegated to the back bathroom....where it has remained through 13 moves. Antiques have been used as much as possible, Grandfather's hames for supports, his stirrup for a towel rack...
...while his plow beam supports a double tree and two single trees used for reading lights. Paul made rawhide parfleche shades to cover lights on the upright beams, a wagon wheel forms a chandelier, and a bucket shades the kitchen worktable light.
....Diana used their snowshoes to make her headboard.....
Snowshoes were used in Wyoming. Lamps are made from Grandpa's wagon wheel
hub cut in half, cedar posts hold white oak splits woven into basket lampshades. Doors are hung on rollers and slide over the openings to close them.