The Apartments I

Over the next few years we cleaned out the old cow barn and built two more apartments. The second and last one is on three levels and is quite unique. It was designed by an architect who recommended many kinds of insulation that I had never heard of before. Besides the usual insulation in the walls and floor, we installed Thermopane windows that we had custom made into eleven different sizes and shapes. We used as many as possible of the original barn boards on the inside walls. The circular stairway led to the bedroom and bath, etc. This overlooks the dining and living rooms that are on the original barn floor. Another feature is the bridge over the lower entrance and hall. This bridge leads to an unheated area that had been the corn crib and now became a convenient and comfortable picnic and living room area for the summertime. Before I had finished this apartment we had a tenant ready and anxious to move in. He was Mr. Frank Fogel, a college professor and sometimes government envoy worker. He helped me to put on the hardwood flooring.