About a quarter of a mile off of Highway 105, set back in the woods, Is the house that Charlie Stagg spent the better part of his life building.
The land is overgrown, yet the spires that adorn the domes of Charlies House continue to tower over the brush in defiance of nature's intrusion.
Even from the back, the house is an intimidating structure covering nearly 2000 square feet.
Charlie chose to live without electricity or running water, so natural light and water sources were a necessary part of his design.
At night, when there is no sun light, Charlie preferred the warm glow of a kerosene lantern accompanied by National Public Radio via his battery operated radio. Photo courtesy Beaumont Enterprise
A cerulean blue bottle casts a calming light in an otherwise chaotic design.
No bottle was safe from Charlie's building methods. A closer inspection reveals products that span six decades.
By far the most impressive of Charlies bottle and cement sculptures, the 'Green Room' transports you directly into his world of color and light.
Charlie Stagg basking in the light of his 'Green Room' bottle and cement sculpture. Photo courtesy Beaumont Enterprise
A wide spanning arch is all that remains of the largest dome that comprised charlies House. The dome was damaged by hurricane Rita in 2005, then the entire structure suffered fire damage in 2006.
With not much more than cement, some hurricane fencing, and aluminum cans, Charlie created a beautiful dome that floods the room with natural light during the mid-afternoon.
A pair of wine bottles stare out from a hand-hewn wall of concrete and aluminum.
Light pours in and is filtered by a part from an old traffic control light.
The filtered red sunlight gently moves across the room, and touches everything inside as the day goes on.
Charlie created far more art than just his house. His paintings and sculptures have sold for thousands and some of his work resides in Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum as a permanent exhibit.
Twisting and twirling all the way to the ceiling, Charlies sculptures were often very fluid and dynamic. Charlie let natural forces like gravity and the natural shapes of his materials influence the direction of each sculpture that he created. Photo courtesy Beaumont Enterprise.
This yellow traffic control light filter faces west from the outside, accentuating every motion of the hands that so lovingly placed it as the sun sets on each day.
A couple of chairs or maybe even the legs of a long gone workbench. Everything here had a purpose.
If one looks hard enough, all sorts of hidden designs pop out from the bottles and cans that were so central to Charlies building methods.
This stunning sapphire blue bottle is just one of the thousands that comprise the house that Charlie Stagg built.
Everywhere you look, colored bottles are grouped together creating patterns and layers.
Another small dome in a room inaccessible from the rest of the house.
Large jars adorn the walls doubling as storage space for tools, paint brushes, and other misc items.
Another view from inside he 'Green Room'.
