Shingled

That paperwork, filling more than 150 boxes, sat for years in the attic of one of seven slate-shingled factory buildings that still stand on Brattleboro’s Birge Street.

The 1890 shingled house features the original beadboard walls and ceilings and wood floors throughout, an open living-dining area with Atlantic Ocean views, and a finished basement.

Outside, the property has a west facing landscaped garden incorporating a secluded patio accessed from the lounge, kitchen and study, leading to a raised lawn and further shingled seating area.

It’s perhaps a measure of the times that Ish, a graduate student, lived in a shingled single family home in the Berkeley Hills, not a cramped shared apartment in the flatlands.

Last summer Jim helped build a small shingled garden shed that is a focal point on the west side of the property.

Approximately 40% of the homes in Arapahoe filed claims from the storm and have since re-shingled their homes, though some home owners are waiting until later this fall for work to be done and some until next spring.

Compare that to a rundown, asbestos-shingled apartment owned by one of Mandy Management’s holding companies on Rowe Street.

This classic Maine shingled home is located on 11+ acres of open lawns, fields, woods and bordered by a year round stream.

Inside, Harmonists built fireplaces to the left or right of center to allow for a long center beam, adding strength to support the structure and its heavy, shingled roof.

On the northbound side of Interstate 94, a sign on the roof of the building nearest the freeway said "Study Natural Law" until being shingled over in October 2014.