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Adirondack Lakehouse | The Soprano’s | Season 6
This is the charming, Adirondack lakefront home used in a Season 6 episode of The Soprano’s, and it was also used in the filming of Julia Roberts movie “Mona Lisa Smiles, located on Oscawana Lake, which is one hour north of New York City.
The home is 1700 sq. feet with 3 plus bedrooms and 2 baths but one of the best things about the lakehome is its wrap around screened porch, as reflected in the pictures below.
Texas Tiny Homes is all about lakehomes with screened porches and we have multiple plans available in our online store that feature them.
Lake Oscawana is a lake at the heart of Putnam Valley, New York State, United States.
The 386-acre lake has a depth that ranges from 25 feet to 30 feet, and is fed by a stream from its north end, and it drains through a stream at the middle of its eastern shore. It is nestled in between two hill ranges, which provide spectacular views if you climb one.
The lake also features many houses around its edges and a peculiar rock formation (Goose rocks) in the center of the lake, accessible most safely by kayak or canoe. Lake Oscawana provides summer recreation to many of the local residents who use the lake for boating, swimming, fishing, and just lying on one of the lake’s several private beaches.
Texas Hill Country | Fredericksburg
While in Fredericksburg last weekend, a Texas Treasure and top tourist town in our state, I drove around the charming town and saw some really cool older homes, as well as few new ones I was impressed with.
I also noticed a few that have a similar style as our Plan 1659, with the combination of native stone work, and rustic log cabin details. I designed this plan, and several other plans for Texas Tiny Homes while living in Colorado most of 2013. I was inspired by the old homes I saw while living there, as was the case while touring Fredericksburg, and the Hill Country.
Fredericksburg is definitely and the Texas Hill Country is definitely a part of our future with home building and Texas Tiny Home communities. Let us know if living in this part of Texas would be of interest to you.
Tiny Homes | Washington State
Special thanks to James F. in Gig Harbor, Washington for purchasing one of our small, luxury home plans today. We look forward to seeing how he finishes out the home and its setting. Thank-you James and very best wishes living small! https://texastinyhomes.com//our-plans/
Barton Springs Pool | A Texas Spring-fed Swimming Hole
Barton Springs Pool is a true Texas treasure, when it comes to natural spring fed swimming holes and gorgeous settings. The man-made recreational swimming pool is located on the grounds of Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. The pool exists in the channel of Barton Creek, and is filled by water from Main Barton Spring, the fourth largest spring in Texas. The pool is a popular venue for year-round swimming, as its temperature maintains a narrow range from about 68 °F (20 °C) in the winter to about 71.6 °F (22.0 °C) in the summer.
Long before Barton Springs Pool was built, the springs were considered sacred and were used for purification rituals by the Tonkawa Native American tribe who inhabited the area. Spanish explorers first discovered the springs in the 17th century, and around 1730 erected temporary missions at the site (later moving to San Antonio).
In 1837, soon after incorporation of the city of Austin, William (“Uncle Billy”) Barton, the springs’ namesake, settled the area. Barton named the three separate springs after his three daughters: Parthenia, Eliza, and Zenobia. He, and subsequent owners of the property, recognized its value as a tourist attraction, and promoted it vigorously, thus leading to the swimming hole’s lasting popularity.
The last private owner of the property, Andrew Jackson Zilker, deeded it to Austin in 1918. During the 1920s, the city undertook a construction project to create a larger swimming area by damming the springs and building sidewalks. The bathhouse was constructed in the 1940s and modeled after the design of the bathhouse at Deep Eddy Pool.
The current admission fee for Austin residents is; $3 for adults, $2 for ages 12–17, $1 for ages 1–11, and 62+, and infants younger than 1 year are free. Non-residents pay $1 more. Season passes are available for $180, and punch-cards allowing for $40 worth of pool entry are available for $34.