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J-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8. 1992
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Home & Garden
Nash cottage has expanded over time
By KELLIE ROWOEN
Staff Writer
Although Jack and Elaine Nash
of 222 Mossland Drive started out
buying a two-bedroom lakeside cot
tage 13 years ago, they have since
transformed it into a beautifully
comfortable 3,000 square fool piece
of paradise on Houston Lake.
According to Elaine Nash, the
additions occurred gradually over
time. The first one came about be
cause Nash discovered she was
pregnant with her first son.
Because of this news, the Nashs
quickly built on a back bedroom to
the cottage.
The second addition to the house
eight years later included a bit more
than just one additional room.
Instead, this project consisted of
adding on a whole wing to the
existing structure. In the wing was
a kitchen, dining room, master bed
room, garage, and a sewing room
that Nash refers to as her “junk
room.”
The house itself is on a gently
sloping hill that eventually leads to
their boat house on the lake. From
the road side of the house, it looks
like an average white two story
house, but the decorations and the
floor plan make the house a truly
attractive and comfortable dwelling.
Through the front door is a
charmingly decorated entry way.
The area is small with the wooden
staircase leading upstairs to the
right. The wall are decorated with
vertically striped wall paper in the
colors of white, mauve and beige
tones. The floor and floorboards are
both made of a golden toned wood
that matches the staircase. In the
corner by the stairs arc two brass
swans resting on the floor. Also
on the floor is a small oriental
throw rug with shades of pink and
burgundy.
To the right of the entry way is
the opening to the spacious and
cozy family room. This entrance
was once a picture window while
the area by the front door used to be
a front porch. Elaine Nash ex
plained they didn’t have a formal
living room because comfort is
more important to them than for
malities.
“We live in our house, in every
room,” Nash proudly said.
The room is decorated in shades
of brown with tan carpeting and a
brown stone fireplace on the far side
of the room. The fireplace has a
cedar mantle that was made from a
dying tree in the Nashs yard years
ago.
Among the decorations in the
room arc several pictures of geese
and ducks which reflect Jack Nash’s
and his two sons’ affection for
hunting. There is even a large
stuffed wild turkey located in the
corner of the room Nash killed
years before.
“We even ate that one for
Thanksgiving,” Elaine Nash re
membered.
Off the side of the family room
is a small room which was the
original nursery for Brian, their
eldest son, when he was first born.
Now the room is utilized as the
“hunting room” and holds all of the
Nashs, camouflage hunt wear and
accessories.
Next to this room and also con
nected to the family room is the
room that belongs to the Nashs’
youngest son Ben. This room, in-
Max and June Miller enjoy baking fresh breads
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
Max and June Miller of
Marshallville have learned away to
make what is usually considered an
old-fashioned and time consuming
practice a worthwhile and easy
hobby. With the help of two spe
cially designed machines, baking
homemade bread is a snap for the
Millers.
The machines, which can be
bought in large department stores or
through mail order catalogues, basi
cally will do everything except
measure out the ingredients. It will
mix, knead, rise and bake any type
of bread in just one container.
“It couldn’t be any easier,” June
Miller said.
Although the machines can be
bought by any one, their popularity
seems to grow by reference and di
rect experience with them. The
Millers know of a handfull of
friends and relatives who have in
vested in the machines after tasting
some of the many loaves made by
the Millers’ machines.
The Millers don’t just make
bread in their machines, but they
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Pictured above is the Nash’s
third and final upstairs master
bedroom. During the several
additions during the years, the
Nashes have had three master
bedrooms. This one is
decorated in the colors of
peach and blue.
Pictured to the right is the
Nash’s “new kitchen” which is
replacing the kitchen that was
located at the bottom of a
spiral staircase. In this easy
access kitchen, Elaine Nash is
able to display her collection
of tins.
cidentally, used to be the original
master bedroom of the house. Now
it is decorated with green carpeting
and two twin pine beds with hand
made quilts made by Elaine Nash’s
mother. Other furniture included a
pine wood dresser and desk.
Across the family room is a
hallway that leads to Brian Nash's
bedroom and contains a side bath
room Elaine Nash referred to as
“The boys bathroom.” It’s a full
bath in shades of tan with wooden
accessories and geese and duck deco
rations.
Brian Nash's bedroom was also a
master bedroom at one point during
the many changes of the Nashs’
household. Now it contains a large
double bed with a hunter green bed
spread. The carpeting is beige col
ored and the room is, again, deco
rated in hunting decor.
To the left of the hallway in the
family room is a doorway that leads
to a white spiral staircase leading
downstairs to what used to be the
main kitchen before the other addi
tion.
“Just imagine how many times a
day you walk to your kitchen. I
had to go up and down these every
time to do that,” Nash said.
Now the room is more like a
utility room with the washer and
dryers. There is still a sink basin
and a refrigerator that indicates its
original purpose as a room.
This room opens up to what was
originally intended to be a Florida
explore the other possibilities the
contraptions have to offer such as
jams and jellies, bagels, croissants
and hot dog buns.
The Millers bought their first
machine in November of 1989 after
an advertisement for it caught their
attention. Since their initial pur
chase, the Millers have baked 628
items in this machine and 187
items in the machine they pur
chased in November of 1991. This
totals to 815 baked items during the
past two and a half years.
Where does all of this bread go?
The Millers certainly can’t eat all of
it. A lot of it goes to friends and
neighbors during the holidays or
any other time the Millers sec fit to
give bread away.
“We’re always baking some
thing, especially when we know
someone is coming over or we’re
getting ready to go visit someone,”
Max Miller explained.
The secret to baking in mass is
buying bread flour in 50 pound
quantities and yeast by three pound
bags.
“It’s a lot less expensive this
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room, but has turned more into an
activity and weight room, according
to Nash. The room used to be a
screened in porch, but now has
solid walls and several windows
that arc decorated with mauve toned
valances.
The new kitchen that was added
on is located upstairs and is much
more spacious than the old one.
The tile is similar to a brick pattern
and the cabinets are a golden wood
color. The cabinets, work space
and built in appliances extend over
two sides of the kitchen. In the
center of the kitchen is a four
seated wooden kitchen table. On
one side of the table is a baker’s
rack made of green and gold
wrought iron. On this rack, Nash
displays some of her large
collection of tins. She also
displays them on top of her
cabinets where there is a small
space between the cabinets and the
ceiling.
Connected to the kitchen is the
dining room which is decorated
widi light blue walls and dark wood
furniture. The table seats six and
the china cabinet has mirrored back
panes that reflect the crystal and
china within. On the walls arc
beautiful antique china plates and
saucers.
The dining room leads out to the
lakeside deck. Underneath this deck
and the dining room and kitchen is
a large storage space tall enough to
walk in.
way,” Miller explained.
Another secret that the cook
books packaged with the machines
don’t tell is that it is easier to mea
sure out the ingredients by weight
rather than traditional volume mea
surements.
“It has to do with the atmo
spheric pressure, but it also just
tastes better afterwards,” Miller
said.
Living the good life has defi
nitely biased the Millers’ tastes
when it comes to bread. Buying
pre-packaged bread in the grocery
store isn’t even a possibility now.
“We haven’t bought bread in
years. The difference is so obvious
to us now,” Miller explained.
The Millers make so many dif
ferent types of bread, June Miller
admitted that it is sometimes hard
to find just a plain loaf of bread
around the house.
To make bread slicing easier and
more uniform to use for sand
wiches, Max Miller made a slicing
contraption that exactly fits the size
of the loaves that come out of the
Please see COOK, page 4B
The upstairs portion of the
house contains the sewing or
“junk” room on the right hand side
of the lop landing, the room was
originally intended to be a walk-in
closet for the nearby third and final
master bedroom, but Elaine Nash
had different plans lot this space.
“It seemed to be such a waste of
space, and besides, every woman
needs a room for this type of
thing,” Nash explained.
Across the small landing area is
the doorway to the master bedroom.
The expansive room offers a lot of
privacy for it’s occupants. The
coloring in the room is peach and
blue. The window valances that
Nash made arc striped with the
colors and blend nicely. The four
post rice bed, dresser, nightstands,
and quilt rack are made of a dark
wood. There is a lovely sitting area
facing the lake. There arc two
comfortable chairs, a picture
window and two book eases in this
area. Closets arc on either side of
this area to take die place of what is
now the sewing room.
The master bathroom also uses
the peach color and features a black
ceramic tub next to a picture win
dow. There is a large vanity mirror
and twin wash basins. Plants and
flowers arc scattered around the area.
“This is home for us. We love
it and 1 don’t even want to think
about ever moving,” Nash said.
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN
An entrance foyer gives full
view to an open rail stair and living
room that features a vaulted ceiling
and central fireplace.
The roomy dining area is conve
niently located to the compact
kitchen and a half bath is included
in this area. Laundry facilities arc
shown at the rear of the front entry
double garage.
There are three bedrooms shown
for the second floor, two of which
share a bath, the master enjoying
the luxury of a private bath that has
a separate shower, two lavatories
and a garden tub. A huge walk in
closet is provided for this room.
Attic storage is from the upstairs
central hall.
The traditional exterior is con
structed of stucco and horizontal
wood siding and large keyed
Palladian window is shown for the
first floor and two dormer windows
enhance the second floor. The dou
ble garage entry includes two sepa
rate garage doors.
The plan is Number 377. It is a
computer generated plan and
includes only 1,398 square feet of
heated space. All W.D. Farmer
plans include special construction
details for energy efficiency and arc
drawn to meet FHA and VA
requirements. For further
information write W.D. Farmer
P.O. Box 450025, Atlanta, GA
30345.