Homage to Ned!

The day after my birthday Toby, Christina and I drove up to Machias to see Ned Eldredge, a friend from Chocorua who has built, all by himself, a fantastic house on the coast of Maine.

He used glass blocks for walls to let in the light,

crafted a set of these chairs for his dining room table,

built a shallow brick fireplace that gets heat into the room, not up the chimney,

used copper pipes for railings.

Everywhere we turned there were beautiful innovative details.

 

Looking out from his yard to the water,

and then to the giant workshop--his workbench

with a grid to catch sawdust,

wood drying on the second floor,

the boat he hopes to sail around the world in (really Ned?),

and more bits of artistry.

We were amazed at all we saw and, Toby and I, very pleased that we'd asked Ned to make a dining room table for us to take to our house in Burbank!