Clockwise from top left: The construction of our "lighthouse"...in progression
"You, who wish to study great and wonderful things, who wonder about the movement of the stars, must read these theorems about triangles. Knowing these ideas will open the door to all of astronomy and to certain geometric problems." ~ Regiomontanus, Johann (German mathematician and astronomer. 1436-1476)I found out that our neighbors have dubbed the sunroom addition as "The Lighthouse"; the shining light through the stained glass at night is probably the reason. My cousin from Illinois designed it and he and his brother did the interior beam and woodworking, as well as the construction of all the furniture inside. All throughout the construction phase I took pictures of the rough wooden beams and the triangles they formed. Inside and out, triangles. The cupola roof fashioned by triangles of copper, the crossbeam supporting the hanging fan and lights, the multicolored panes of stained glass, and even the small decorative touch at the apex of the interior is triangular (a maltese cross centered with a pyramid of four triangles). On a sunny day, rays flow through the windows and cast a rainbow of color on the ceiling and walls; at night the uplighting from the fan glows through to shine in the dark... the lighthouse.
It is, by far, my favorite room in the house.
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Photo Hunt ~ "Triangle"
21 comments:
Those are great triangles! It looks like a beautiful room
Great selection of triangles. I love the colourful shadows
I love stained glass. A beautiful representation of the theme! And a beautiful room I'll bet too.
Your "lighthouse" is stunning!!
The Florida Furkids and Angel Sniffie
this is gorgeous!
What a wonderful addition to your house. I bet the rainbows are fantastic on sunning days and also the night lighting affect must be cool to. Thank you for telling me about your father's family church. What a great story.
I would LOVE to have a room in my house that has all those lovely angles, shapes, wood and colour.
beautiful takes!!
What a lovely room to have in one's home! :)
Oh yuck, it's happened again... why am I not listed as YTSL when I post comments? :(
It looks delightful, it must be a joy to sit and relax in there :-)
while I stared and stared at your photos, I thought this is the coolest light house ever and have never seen one builit like this. then i read you comments and YOWSA you live in this? it is totaly amazing! I love it and i love sunlight shining through windows, and this would just be beyond my imagination. I LOVE it all of it, wow
we don't have anything killing the caterpillars, but i am wondering if our resident lizards tht live on the fence are eating them when they are small. i can't find the itty bitty ones now. i saw a lizard sitting right above the vine. do you think lizard eat caterpillars
i forgot to say, i am having the same problem with making comments, some work fine, others have to click and go back, getting lots of error 503 not available and the cookie thing, if i go out and go back it works. the past two days were making me crazy and my firefox is so slow i can't use it, so i am back on internet explorer.
Nice photos (as I indicated in an earlier set of comments that came attached to a name I prefer not to use online -- thanks srp for deleting those comments). And I know better than to use the Google option when posting here. :)
Really beautiful and artistic work.
I can see why it would be the favorite...it's beautiful....Michelle
I hope I get to see that in person someday!!
Those stained glass windows are wonderful.
Excellent shots! And beautiful architecture.
Oooh. I so like the way you put that together.
This is so wonderful! I love it. Love your photos too.
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