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We built a new ~2500 sq' post-and-beam home on a five acre parcel in Ballston Lake in New York. Driveway construction started in early May '05 and the foundation finished in early November. The home was designed by Timberworks Design and it is being constructed by Rustic Structures LLC from Salem, NY. We finally moved into our new home the day before Thanksgiving 2007.

Here is a beautiful day July 2009

Lisa and Daddy Xie during a winter storm in 2008

Lisa next to a Chinese banner wishing us good luck in our new home

Jimmy and Papa Xie working on the kitchen counter. We built our own granite countertop.

This is a staged picture of GF pretending to be working

Chandelier in the front porch

Guofang holding up a shovel

Jimmy and Papa Xie putting in our new split rail fence at the head of the driveway

Jimmy trying to figure out the plumbing mess he started

Radiant heat circulators...yikes!

Looking up from the great
room to the loft

Some of the detail inside

Jimmy trenching for the gas, electric and cable TV

Guofang is really helping in this picture. She is drilling the balcony spindles for Jimmy and Papa Xie to mount

We are starting to put down the balcony deck over 20' in the air!

Jimmy and Papa Xie finishing the rear balcony

still working on that darn balcony!

New windows finished, new door installed and the deck is getting a high-tech Trex surface

Another beautiful day at our new home site

Lisa finishing her own creation. This is a glass wall in the master bathroom

Master bathroom coming together

Jim coordinating for a delivery

This is the beautiful front porch that is finished.

Front porch structure going together. On top is Leigh, bottom left is Jim K and right is our guy Rob.

The second part of the front porch is being set in place.

Windows in, rood finished and work continues.

Jim showing off the new imported Chinese bamboo flooring. This will be everywhere except in the bathrooms and kitchen.

This is the view from the pond looking from the pond towards the rear of the house

The beautiful ivy siding is about finished

View looking at the master bedroom. Note the scallops at the peaks

Beautiful handmade stairs for the basement and loft. These are made from tulip popular that GF picked out herself.

Jim and Jim working on the front deck

Wall framing is finally finished

View looking into guest bedroom.

View from the rear. The door opening on the second floor will soon have a set of French doors and a cool loft

View looking into the master suite.

Jim coming down the roof after finishing the SIP foaming.

GF is rarely on a ladder but she climbed up for this photo op.

View looking into the loft

Inside ceiling panel FINALLY finished. We put on over 300 of these tongue and groove boards.

This is the view looking out the (future) rear door and into the five acre forest.

Roof structural insulated panels (SIP's) being installed on our frame

Jim is laying out the guest bathroom walls.

GF is rarely on a ladder but she climbed up for this photo op.

Jim coming down from the roof (again!).

SIP finishing touches.

Frame under construction

Rob is looking for the next beam to be placed

The basic structure is taking shape

Daddy watching Jim and Rob finishing up the frame

Our frame is finished! WOW...What a beautiful sight.

Radiant floor tubing after installation.

Thanks for your help Rob!

Concrete being pumped into the basement and over the radiant tubing.

More concrete

First floor decking begins

Beautiful sunset as the work continues

Moving timbers from Washington County (middle of nowhere!) to our home

Preparing to strap down the frame with the help of Kyle Kearns

Timbers being readied for assembly

Beams are on-site and ready for erection.

Lisa with completed foundation after we exterior sealant and before backfill

We are just starting the perimeter drain pipe. This was a HUGE job!

Pictures of the timber frame as it is being constructed

The frame is being built fro scratch from rough sawmill lumber

Jim at Rustic Structures has been VERY busy. Some of these timbers are 18" thick!

This is the stone base for our new Superior Walls foundation system

Incoming foundation sections

This huge crane will lift the sections into the hole. It was a tight fit but the crane was shoehorned onto the site no problem

The first corner of the new foundation

Looking at the front of the foundation

Last section of our new foundation.

The home footprint is visible and ready for stone

Jim's favorite toy

Looking down the driveway from the front of the house

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Butch and Jim spreading stone

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Leveling the stone

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Nice dust cloud

Lisa trying out the new machinery before that start of the basement excavation

Butch starting the excavation. This is a picture looking from the driveway

Looking towards the driveway

I got the Bobcat stuck and Lisa drove it while I pulled it with my Chevy 4WD dually.

This is a good picture of the layout of the house footprint. It is essentially shaped like a '+'

Going down the driveway for another load of footing stone

Bring the equipment to our home site for a busy working weekend

Lots of tools and stuff to take along

Setting up the transit

Checking the site to ensure for evenness

Jim, John and Butch checking the site to ensure we are deep enough for the new foundation

Our guy Butch working his magic doing some lot clearing

Collecting material from the site to build the driveway

A view from the bottom of our driveway

Lisa clearing trees from our new home lot

Heavy wood to be used for our future fireplace

Driveway leading to our new home which will be up he road on the right