On these grounds
a sense of history prevails
in architecture, artifact, landscape, and
wildlife
Dan has scratchbuilt and reinstated the
grand windows in the eastern room.
The panoramic view of the tree-lined Fox
River is spectacular from here.
The eastern classroom is our all-purpose
space: office, living room, dining room, and kitchen.
Below: Dan built the kitchen cupboard to
match the school's bookcases. The refrigerator is hidden behind
a door in an unused egress. An antique electric stove and
woodstove share their heat with a stone wall, which holds
radiates the heat through the night. The light fixture above
the stove used to hang outside the school. Most of the objects
you see come from our ancestors or the school. One of the
former cloakrooms has become a stupendous pantry.
The classroom's 14-foot-high ceiling has
been treated to era-appropriate styling with a twist--Joy
designed the grass and insect stencils to emulate native
species. All walls are painted in colors students of different
eras would remember.
Students' initials can be found carved into
the woodwork of the cloakroom-turned master bedroom shown
above.
Another cloakroom/bedroom contains school
cupboards.
