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Thought this was rather cool. I have always had an interest in residential architecture and this is one of my favorite styles. A few of my friends growing up in Mass. had bits and pieces of similar colonial designs in their old homes. In addition, a branch of my family traces back to the 1600s in New England and it is a wonder to see how their days were spent.

http://homes.yahoo.com/photos/for-sale- ... slideshow/

The architecture in those older homes is great, very functional, yet very livable. I was impressed by the furniture he had in this house, the value of the antiques alone would be a tidy sum. I am sorry that they did not show all the out building, and what each one was used for when it was built. What is the tall free standing structure shown in the pictures of the site?

An old water tower that he converted to an observation tower. It is shown in the 6:49 min video on the following link plus more tours of the property.

http://homes.yahoo.com/blogs/spaces/vid ... 17474.html

Chef Walter Staib has a cooking show where he entirely utilizes the old big Rumford cooking fireplaces to make meals. It is pretty cool to watch him at work. Walter can be a little dull but man, he's got skills.