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Unique Houses of Waterloo Region
(02-07-2019, 05:32 AM)tomh009 Wrote:
(02-05-2019, 02:42 PM)kitborn Wrote: This is the house on Ellen Ahrens. It is definitely unique. It may look a little more in place once the wood has aged. 

My wife and I both looked at this and remembered the stained wood on the exterior of our former house. And how much maintenance it needed (clear and semi-clear stains don't last very long). Neither one of us wanted to relive this experience, as nice as this house looks when new.

I know when they built the new stands for the stadium in Ottawa that the wood they used was specifically planned to age to a silvery patina over time. I wonder if that is the intent here as well, because maintaining it in that condition seems like a herculean task.
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Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Lens - 09-12-2015, 07:27 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by jgsz - 09-12-2015, 07:42 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by The85 - 09-13-2015, 01:25 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by tomh009 - 09-13-2015, 07:55 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Leda - 11-30-2016, 03:40 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Smore - 09-13-2015, 10:42 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Lens - 09-13-2015, 01:07 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by The85 - 09-13-2015, 01:28 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Drake - 09-17-2015, 07:18 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Canard - 09-13-2015, 08:11 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Chris - 09-14-2015, 10:57 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by tomh009 - 09-14-2015, 11:43 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Osiris - 09-14-2015, 07:35 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by nms - 09-14-2015, 08:49 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by tomh009 - 09-14-2015, 10:30 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by tomh009 - 09-17-2015, 10:31 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Lens - 09-18-2015, 01:14 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Lens - 09-18-2015, 10:57 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Lens - 09-18-2015, 11:22 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Canard - 10-03-2015, 11:59 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by neonjoe - 10-03-2015, 04:44 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by tomh009 - 10-03-2015, 11:35 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Smore - 10-03-2015, 09:31 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by tomh009 - 10-03-2015, 11:29 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Leda - 11-30-2016, 03:41 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Canard - 11-10-2015, 01:16 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by timio - 05-21-2016, 09:55 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by jgsz - 01-11-2017, 09:17 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by chutten - 01-11-2017, 11:52 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Canard - 01-11-2017, 06:17 PM
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RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by tomh009 - 01-12-2017, 10:24 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Andy - 03-03-2017, 09:47 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Osiris - 03-03-2017, 11:27 AM
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RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Coke6pk - 06-26-2017, 02:56 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Canard - 06-26-2017, 06:32 AM
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RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by JoeKW - 07-15-2017, 05:12 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by KevinL - 09-29-2017, 03:35 PM
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RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Canard - 10-02-2017, 12:20 PM
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RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by josephm - 10-31-2018, 05:45 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by kitborn - 01-27-2019, 10:47 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by tomh009 - 01-27-2019, 11:47 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Canard - 02-02-2019, 11:37 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by kitborn - 02-05-2019, 02:42 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by tomh009 - 02-07-2019, 05:32 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by jamincan - 02-24-2019, 10:42 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by GtwoK - 02-05-2019, 03:54 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by kitborn - 02-05-2019, 04:30 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Canard - 02-24-2019, 10:00 AM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by KevinL - 03-27-2019, 12:20 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by KevinL - 05-27-2019, 06:55 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by OntMtbr - 05-28-2019, 06:43 PM
RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Coke6pk - 05-29-2019, 08:04 AM
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RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region - by Acitta - 05-28-2019, 07:42 PM
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