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That thinking translated into a sustainable exterior palette that includes cedar siding, a standing-seam steel roof and Kansas limestone walls distinguished by what builder Dan Drury calls “slightly messy” grout lines. “I had the mason practice three or four times to get the look just
welcome home Low limestone retaining walls mark the entry to the long, shallow lot. The classic gable-topped barnstyle buildings, limestone cubes and low rectangular structures are meant to look as if they were added over time.
right,” says Drury; he was intent on having the stonework look as if it might have been laid up by farmhands in another century. Concrete, local beetle-kill pine, reclaimed Wyoming wood fencing and the same limestone that was used on the exterior form the walls and floors of the interiors, where the heavy-duty materials handily stand up to the steady onslaught of three growing kids. Responding to Kristi’s declared love of “single-story houses that ramble and keep you guessing about what’s around the corner,” the architect
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