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Continuing the board-and-sunk-batten look across the kitchen cabinetry, I find attractive.

Magnificent it is!

When Craig Stevens published his Fay Jones Guidebook it opened my eyes to the specifics of the wide variety and geographic distribution of Jones' work.

Jones knew evidence of spirit, consistency, and richness pushed every design toward wonderful. He wrote about just that in his foreword to Nature's Edge, Henry Whiting's second book on Teater's Knoll: The details, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, are more than just nice things to noti...

Another Fay Jones gem listed and quickly pending:
https://apps.realtor.com/mUAZ/tugdbt5f

Sale was quickly pending:
https://apps.realtor.com/mUAZ/u3xyeb6m

Interior weathered wood seems the antithesis of material honesty. I vote ‘not proud’.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/901-Rock-Ledge-Rd-Heber-Springs-AR-72543/2090707126_zpid/ “...architecture that would make Frank Lloyd Wright proud!� Mr. Wright was proud of Fay Jones. And this house is EFJ’s style, so by the transitive property of architecture... Yes, agents a...

"Mr. Wright, please list for us those projects that went out into the world from your studio 'without benefit of clergy'."

Were a compendium of such letters to be published, yours would be among the best. Also, I'd buy that book. Now I'm picturing Mr. Burcher's smile upon reading your missive.

Yes, Fay Jones painted the Homasote board. He covered joints between adjacent panels with wooden battens to his design advantage.

Fay Jones sometimes used Homasote board on ceilings as an alternative to stucco/drywall.

Here's the Rietz residence, a Minnesota house with many angles by apprentice Arthur Dyson. https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/O ... 9415_zpid/

DavidC wrote:780 S Beaumont Rd Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821


David

"Honey, I got a great deal on this old bridge. Any ideas?"

The Wright Chat discussion upon Weston's death last fall:

http://wrightchat.savewright.org/viewtopic.php?t=9835