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mdrew (Mike Drew), our friend up in Alaska, who just bought 2 M80s, asked me to post a few of his pics. He's still in the process of learning how to post pics, and is just real busy at the moment. There are 7 of them, so my apologies to those of you on dial up. They're gonna take awhile to load, but I trust you'll find they're worth the wait.

Get this! Mike built the place himself over a 3 year period. I told him it was a good thing he's in Alasks, cuz if he were someplace warm I'd be moving in next week.

Holy crap! I'll move in even if it is in Alaska. I just ruined a perfectly good keyboard (ew sticky mess) drooling into it looking at those pictures.
Congrats mdrew!

james

Nice place

Ideally, this is the kind of house i would like to have someday. and alaska is a great place for it too out in the country!

Geez, louise!!! what a castle.

i have been reading mdrews posts and it looks almost exactly how i had pictured it in my mind. i figured the wood might be a darker grain, but i just love the open timber framing look. great mix of modern and rustic decorating.

i bet stepping thru that front door every day, and looking up into the expansive ceiling with loft is just awesome. there is just something about being dwarfed by a great structure that makes me feel like a kid..

really nice house!! i hope those 80's satisfy for years to come.

bigjohn

You know you're an audio geek when...

You look at that first picture and think to yourself "that couch is too close to the right speaker."

Gorgeous house, though!

mdrew is my new personal hero

Yeah but it probably doesn't matter because mdrew probably parks himself on the couch opposite the fireplace taking it all in. Sweet setup.

I'm actually headed to Alaska next summer with my family to do a little salmon fishing at a friend's place. It's going to be a long year waiting for that trip. Alaska is one of those places I've always dreamed about visiting.

I believe that is an actual log cabin home, bigjohn.
I've seen some shows about the construction of log cabin homes - they're beautiful things. Very nice mdrew. I gotta get out of this desert.

Great place!!! Absolutly LOVE it.
I want one..... please!?

First, the new Axiom subs cause me to ruin my new boxers. Now, I've ruined my pants looking at this castle in Alaska!

These things tend to happen in threes, and I don't have any more clothing to spare, so maybe I shouldn't read any more posts today.

Come on Peter. You can't have much left at this point.

Thanks for all the kind words. I wanted to post the pics so you could see what I'm up against with my speaker placement. I've re-arranged the furniture twice now trying to get it to look right and be sound friendly, but it still just don't look right. Plus, the 80's do sound different when I move them around. Now I have a sub to content with when it shows up. It's going next to the right speaker as a couch end table.

The HT is in the loft, only on the other side of the house. The loft picture shown is where I'm setting up a drafting area. I have a little beer drinking deck outside that loft. I hope now you know why I had to go with them Bose speakers in the loft.

Thanks for the help with the pics Jack. I'll put up some outside shots later. I have to run to a diner party now. then I'm hosting a B-day party for a girlfriend tomorrow night.......then it's another party Saturday night.

Anybody have a sharp blade. I'm going to start just below my left ear lobe and cut a line under my chin and stop just below the right ear lobe. All kidding aside, nice pad drew.

Yeah dude that's gotta be a fully functional chick lair...the consumate bachelor pad. Just hope you got a hot tub out there somewhere too. You can probably pay off your mortgage by renting the place out one weekend a month as a get-away for couples. Ahhh...bachelorhood...

great home. What part of Alaska?

Well I don't know about the house being a chic lair, but this is a small town, it might be somewhere with a larger population base, possibly. Plus Alaska has a pretty skewed male/female ratio. I'm thinking it's about 8/1, not in my favor. I'm recently divorced, so I can attest (at least personally), that the bachelor life is not all that wonderful. I'd rather come home every night to a good woman that I get along with, than bringing different women home from time to time. So take it from a bachelor that used to not be a bachelor, single life sucks. I live in Valdez.

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I'd rather come home every night to a good woman that I get along with

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well said brother.. the key is to find a good woman. i got real lucky with my wife.. i wouldnt trade her for nothing.. well, maybe one of those new 600 subs..

anyway, i would be totally done if i was back in the 'life of a bachelor'. i have lost all of my cool points over the past few years, and have NO idea how to get them back.

bigjohn

Nice Pad! You should do a photo shoot for Better Homes and Gardens....

Randy

Absolutely beautiful looks like something right out of a magazine, you should be extremely proud, tremendous craftsmanship you have done an amazing job!

Cheers
John

Ya, well I lost my mojo a few years ago and I'm still a bachelor. I will probably die a lonely old hermit.

Must be great to live in Alaska. The last time I was in Alaska I stumbled upon a 3 day Blues Festival right outside of Homer. It never actually got dark, so my friends and I kind of lost track of time... it was a very memorable day(s), not sure how long we were their -- I know it cost me a day of fishing!

Alaska is my favorite state, nothing compares.

Enjoy your house, and speakers -- I doubt you have any problems with neighbors and turning the volume up. I bet the acoustics are pretty interesting in that house.

BB

i have lost all of my cool points over the past few years, and have NO idea how to get them back.

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