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Instant Charmer: Fine Homebuilding - Kitchen & Bath Planning Guide 2008

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Last Detail: Custom Home 2007 Pacesetter Awards

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Brendan O'Reilly likes to dig through trash. What someone else tosses aside, O'Reilly transforms into treasures for the custom houses he builds. "I go junkyard hunting a lot and when I find cool pieces I grab them." says the owner of Stowe, Vt.-based Gristmill Builders. For this design/build project, O'Reilly used these storefront doors salvaged from a railroad yard. After stripping off paint and coating the carved wood with a linseed oil mixture, the doors were hung using antique barn door tracks also rescued from the garbage heap. The glass-topped doors were ideal for connecting the family room with the kitchen because they mitigate noise while allowing light to flow freely through the rooms. Several other doors in the hosue were similarly found and refurbished. O'Reilly adds that using old pieces is a fun way to be environmentally conscious while giving new houses a little history.

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Stowe Vermont : At Home in Vermont

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Stowe Vermont : Ski Magazine

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"I believe once in your life if you're lucky you find a special place and Stowe is our special place. Brendan and his entire staff at Gristmill made our dream come true. They did an outstanding job, both on the construction of the house along with the collaboration of design ideas. The time Brendan spent treasure hunting for the old interior doors along with the cabinet doors and tin at the wet bar, I think, made this house so unique. I still sit in the kitchen sometimes and wonder where these doors were and who walked through them! I think I said this before, but, it was very difficult building a house 3 hours away and without Brendan and the staff at Gristmill this process would have been very difficult and instead it was fun!"