Winter activities include exellent skiing in several different nearby resorts. Folks ice-skate and hardy souls fish through holes in the ice of Cedar Lake even in the middle of winter.

Here there is an elaborate brick courtyard with wide granite steps that lead up from the garage doors and more beautiful stone work all around that blends into the natural surroundings.

A variation of this view can be appreciated from numerous huge windows on each floor of the house.

With a public access and boat launch, there is excellent fishing, summer or winter (when the more zealous angler bores holes in the thick ice in search of fresh trout, bass and other fresh entrees). The lake is a short stroll from the house, just beyond the apple orchard.

Just outside the greenhouse style bay window is a covered section of the enormous wraparound deck that would be the perfect place for a hot tub.

This window-wrapped bay features custom cabinetry, a large corian sink and purpose-designed space for a small refrigerator. The space is instantly reconvertible to the vast living room and entertainment space the original owners envisioned....or further divisible into bedrooms (indeed, there is already an en-suite bedroom occupying the large north bay) or even apartments thanks to the ease and speed of putting up walls wherever desired in a post and beam building.

One of the unique joys of living in a classic post and beam home is the perpetual experience of its elegant structure.

There are two sky lights in its cathedral ceiling, a virtual wall of windows, a large closet with louvred doors, the same beautiful and durable maple flooring that is featured throughout the house, and elegant custom vanity complete with marble slab top and hand rought iron fixtures.

The fine ceramic tile floor is composed of inlaid granite tiles with semiprecious stone. The huge arching windows, which appear throughout the house, provide views of the mountains while bathing in complete privacy.

The dining room has two full glass doors that lead to the 600 square foot wrap around deck and a brick courtyard at the rear of the house, complete with landscaping and stone work. The kitchen is outfitted with top-of-the-line 2 year young stainless steel appliances and finely crafted custom cabinetry. This beautiful maple flooring is featured throughout the house.

It looks out onto the vast landscape of the Adirondack mountains.Tree thinning has provided a spectacular view of mountains. The floor to ceiling windows which wrap around this master bedroom bay are nine feet high. A heavy, insulated Marvin sliding glass door permits access to the immense deck.

With its sturdy oaken treads, this stairway was designed and built with the future option of an elevator, a suitable base and ceiling arrangement, ample space and special dedicated electrical power hook-ups.

The photograph on the right was made prior to the wall-to-wall extension of the loft on both sides, creating several hundred square feet of practical space usable as a library (as it is at present), a children's play area, an art corner, a secluded meditation retreat...even a place for a guest bed. Constituting, as it does, a virtual fourth storey to the house, the views through its enormous picture windows are breathtaking.

Trees have been thinned to liberate an amazing, sweeping view... and one can see unobstructed, panoramic views of the grand Adirondack mounains or look eye to eye with the majestic hawks that soar past these windows throughout the day or, in the dusk, catch a glimpse of one of the huge owls whence this home gets its name.