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Timber
Frame Homes & Custom Timber Frame Homes
North Georgia Luxury Mountain Home
James Smith designed this house for his wife Ruth
McKinley. He and Cabin Creek Timber Frames designer and
Jim’s builder worked together to make their dream a
reality. Ruth and Jim have graciously allowed us to
share pictures of their lovely custom cypress timber
frame home with you. |
The floor plan for the ‘McKinley’
is shown here today it also appears in ‘ Timber
Home Living Annual Buyer’s Guide 2008’
page 118. |
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Let us now take you on a
tour through their lovely cypress timber frame home.
We will start in the kitchen & dinning area
and proceed into the great room, the main floor
bedrooms and bath . Then we will go up the stairs to
the loft. The TV viewing area is located in the loft
along with the computer -work station area. There
are two dormer bedrooms and a shared bath on this
floor.
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(Not pictured
is the ground floor daylight basement where Ruth has
the most enviable sewing room ever, the pool room
and Jim’s work area. Also on the ground floor
are the pumps and controls for the radiant floor
heating. The basement area is NOT included in the
square footage estimate given above—only the
timber frame. ) |
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The kitchen and dining room area of
the McKinley— Smith home. |
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| The kitchen—dining
area as viewed from the great room |
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(above left) The stairs that
take you down to the day-light basement or up the stairs
to bedrooms, computer, and TV viewing areas. (above
right) The hall that comes off the great room and leads
to the visitors bath ,the two main floor bedroom suites
and the linen press. |
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The great room as viewed from the dinning room
and kitchen areas.
Jim
entertains a young visitor |
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( above) Main floor bedroom
suites. (above right) Ruth is pictured with a few of her
many quilts. You may have noticed the many quilts in the
proceeding photos—all were done by Ruth. Her sewing
room is located downstairs in the day light basement.
Not many sewing rooms have a fireplace like Ruth’s.
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| The master suite bath has a ball and claw
tub soaking tub. (Not pictured is the large walk-in
shower. ) |
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| Up the stairs to the TV viewing and
computer areas. Also on this floor are two dormer
bedrooms and a bath. |
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The upstairs bedrooms are shown
here. Notice how the timber frame dormers are crafted.
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| The upstairs bath.The
upstairs bath. |
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A view of the mountains of
northern Georgia from the McKinley-Smith’s follows.
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