Fallingwater

We started the morning with breakfast (cappuccinos, smoked salmon on sesame bagel and a pea-leek-gruyere quiche) at our cafe (Open City) at the cathedral :)

After a filling morning meal, on our way to Thomas, we took a longer route to go see Fallingwater. We had purchased the house tour tickets before and were excited to see this famous Frank Lloyd Wright home. 

The house is gorgeous, inside and out. Unlike the Pope-Leighey house we saw last year, this is bigger, grander, and has more colours and felt more homely as it was still decorated as when the Kaufmanns' lived there. 

Bear Run

Built partly on top of the waterfall on Bear Run, a tributary of Youghiogheny river, the house stands impressively in its cascading design. Created to blend into its surroundings, this house is beautiful and unique. 

In the house (photos weren't allowed in the house, on this tour, unfortunately), the floor is made of stone and waxed to appear wet, like the rocks are outside. The hearth has a large rock from the mountain that wasn't cut away during construction, but included in the design.

I loved how the desks by the windows have a cut out, that looks like the symbol for a doorway on an architectural design. This cut out is so that the window isn't lost and can be opened, even though there is a desk in front of it.

The corner windows, one of top of the other, for 2 floors, there must have been about 20 of them, all can be opened, so it then seems like you are one with nature. It lets you be outside, while you are still inside. The sound of the waterfall flows in. 

After the tour, we walked over to the viewing site, and were able to enjoy the sight of the house and waterfall. The Kauffmann's initially expected their house to be built at this location, so that they could have a view of the waterfall. Frank Lloyd Wright had other plans.