home of distinction
“The view here is what is special — and why we spread the house out goes back to taking So many people say they could sit and stare all day.”
of those views. So many people say they could sit and stare all day,”
Richard says.
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onstruction began in 2009 with Carole and
Richard directing the project and a team of friends
and well-researched tradesman executing the details.
“Do you know the story about the walnut floors that were
drawn out of the woods by horses,” asks Brian Cahill, a New
Jersey-based builder and childhood friend of Richard’s who
flew in on a regular basis to make sure the plans were being built to
the Johnsons’ expectations. “There are a lot of stories behind many
aspects of the house,” he adds.
From the Iowa-logged walnut floors to the period-style
Bendheim Restoration Glass®, hand blown in Germany, the
Johnsons went to great lengths to incorporate architectural aspects
that would have been true to Antebellum style waterfront homes
and the traditional elements they loved.
“People like Richard and Carole want quality, so they did a good
job of picking personalities and doing research and checking people
out,” says David Vann of Cynergy Construction. “That caliber of
house brings in the best.”
Richard calls Vann the “Michelangelo of finished carpentry” and
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