There were many influences for our home, and it certainly is not our goal to emulate or copy, But rather to use all these influences as a sort of compass, working with our architect to create a home for us, unique and distinct that reflects our values as a couple.  Agua Hedionda Lagoon, Gustav Stickley and Craftsman Farms, Frank Lloyd Wright, all of his work, especially the Robie house and Falling Water, Bang & Olufsen, (David Lewis and the glass doors of a shopping center as inspiration for B&O music systems) The Pueblos, primarily Acoma and Taos. Denmark’s most southerly island, Rømø, (gave me my first awareness, a deep appreciation  and awe, of how special the natural environment is,) Local artist and personal relationships rather than unimportant objects interwoven throughout, are all inspirations that Herons' House draws its features from.

That one trip to Pennsylvania changed my view on housing, both in general and for me personally. No longer was the only option for me to accept the limitations of what a mass produced house offered, but the desire to build my own house and think about the endless possibilities began to churn in my soul.

One of the most impressive element of Falling Water was the use of mitered glass in the corners.  In the 1930s this was a new first for houses, it had never been done before. F.L.W. made the corners of the house go away by mitering glass together and pushing to the side structural elements that would typically hold up the corner of the house.

What if we could go one step more, and really make the corner go away? No glass, no wood, nothing to separate the interior space with the outside. With a little structural steel, clever architecture, combined with a great product and company called NANAWall Systems,  http://www.nanawall.com/index.htm we have made the distinction between inside and outside sleeping porch almost impossible to see by removing the corner of the house..

Our NANAWall systems were made in Germany and are aluminum clad exteriors with vertical grain Douglas fir interiors. The cladding is brown and perfectly matches the Pella wood windows throughout the house.  The sleeping porch system is 18ft in length and 8ft tall with six panels, the kitchen system is 15ft in length and 4ft tall with six panels.

We are very pleased with the systems and the installation from Logos door and windows. You guys did a great job! 

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