COLORADO
COUPLE BUILDS GETAWAY LOG HOUSE THAT IS CLOSE TO HOME
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by Tracy M. Ruff
Photography by Roger Wade
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For this Colorado
family, what began as a simple mountain cabin grew into something
more grand. "The cabin started as a total family weekend getaway
- very rustic with a wood-burning stove for heat - and it turned into
a house," Kristi Munroe says.
The
western Colorado log home, which Kristi shares with her husband
Ben and daughter Lilly, is located only 40 miles from the family's
primary residence. After researching areas in Montana for possible
land, the Munroes decided to look a little closer to home.
"When
we started to think of the reality of ever going to Montana"
Ben says, "we knew we would just never use it. So we drew a
circle on a map within an hour of Aspen and said, "If were
are going to do this, we are going to do it within this circle.'"
The
Munroes found the subdivision where they would eventually build
their cabin through Ben's real estate appraisal business. Since
the couple did not yet have a floorplan for their home, they designed
the house to utilize the land's natural features. |
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