Our House...

Walter Burley Griffin was one of the principal architects of the prairie style, along with George Maher and Frank Lloyd Wright.  He designed our house in 1909.  He eventually moved to Australia, where he designed the national capitol at Canberra.

"Six Storms" carved into marble by Don's father and mounted on the cedar fence by the garage.  It reflects the addition of Jack Oliver into our family on April 15, 2003.

Left:  This perspective on the house does not show the sunroom addition on the north side (circa 1930), nor any of the more modern additions made in the 1980's.  So this is exactly what the house looked like when it was built in 1909.  During our basement restoration, we found a board signed by the original builder.

Below:  The sunroom restoration involved lifting the roof off and vaulting the ceiling.  Baby Jack is relaxing in his "bouncy seat" in this picture.

Above:  Our first restoration project:  we rebuilt the inglenook in the living room in an arts and crafts style.  Jennifer's paperweight and blown glass collections adorn the mantle.

Above:  Our house in early fall:  the trees have begun their beautiful autumn transformation.  A graceful birch stands in our front yard.

Left:  Our backyard in summer, freshly re-sodded and ready for action.  The trees are ash, hawthorn, mulberry, and elm.

Above:  The 3 older boys sitting on the redwood bench built by Don's father in 1960 for the Cloverdale House in Los Angeles (destroyed by the Baldwin Hills Reservoir disaster of December, 1963).

Above:  The boys' rustic backyard clubhouse.

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Backyard donkey.

Right:  "La Mano Negra," by Ed Paschke