Private residence. This new construction house was situated on 11 acres that dominate the top of a north-south ridge, overlooking the Cumberland valley in western Maryland. The craftsman style home designed to start each day by bringing the sunrise into the Master bedroom suite and kitchen windows and to end the day by flooding the west facing living room with the sunset through a 3 story glass curtain wall. The house is anchored to the site by the living rooms massive 12 foot wide by 4 foot deep by 25-foot high local field stone fireplace. This rustic yet elegant stone element sets the tone for all the clear wood finishes, throughout the house.