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For Paul and Theresa Tardif of Auburn, the building of their home on Taylor Pond — with the concept of bringing the outdoors inside — turned out to be the most fun project.
“We really had a lot of fun building our home perched on rock ledge 120 feet above the pond,” said Theresa. “We had a builder [Reggie Bouffard] that could practically read my mind. I could scribble something down on paper and pace something off on the ground and he knew exactly what I wanted. He is extremely visual. We wanted our home to be simple, practical yet elegant, and Reggie gave it to us. The house is functional and low maintenance. We sometimes feel like kids sleeping in a tree house looking at the stars at night from our bed.”
The home of Paul and Theresa Tardif located on Taylor Pond, Auburn, sits on rock ledge 120 feet above the water’s edge.
The living room area of the Tardif home features wrap-around windows allowing sunlight and heat into the home. The floor is a combination of tile and engineered wood with an in-floor heating system. The ceiling is planked with pine boards harvested from the property. A divider wall with a shared gas fireplace separates the living room from the kitchen/dining room.
Solid oak staircase posts and railing with wrought iron balusters frame the entrance to the office/study on the second floor of the home. The room is divided by a walk-around wall with a shared gas fireplace separating the study and the master bedroom. The ceiling is pine planks harvested from the property, as is the trim.
The floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace ,pine-planked ceiling and earth tone wall colors achieve the effect the Tardifs were after: bringing the outdoors inside.
The back half of the master bedroom offers floor-to-ceiling windows allowing sunlight during the day and a view of the stars at night.
The kitchen features custom cherry wood cabinets, African granite counter tops, earth-tone floor tile and a view of Taylor Pond.
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