Inspiring ideas for the handmade home.
Big things happen in little minutes and that just about describes what will happen in the next 5 days. Floors, cabinets, tiling, plumbing finishing, electrical finishing and painting. And that’s just the inside. The rain has hampered working on the outside but it makes no difference to me. I just want to sleep in […]
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We are in the final stretch. The frenzy to the finish. Twelve days from today, the moving truck will show up so I can (finally) go home. In truth, the house is a bit of a war zone right now. A lot going on, many trades working at once. Here are a few pictures […]
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My first response walking into the house this week: Holy Toledo! We are making visible progress. This simple cottage gets more interesting with each layer of construction completed. The walls are going up and it helps the house take shape. Every square inch that is possible to build out, has been built out. It means […]
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Went by the house this weekend and there has been incremental progress. We have a pile of planks and ships lap from the demolition that we have committed to reusing. The trick is maximizing this very limited resource and minimize waste. This takes time and progress over the last week has been a bit stilted. Having […]
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I have been working on the details. But I find myself resisting the otherwise natural urge to make a statement at every turn, starting with the lighting. Strangely, I want the lighting to feel more organic. Lighting that is functional, of course but really looks like it is of the cottage as it would have […]
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Short blog article this week. Great milestone to report. The house has passed the preliminary inspections, insulation has been added and now we on the path to adding the plank walls (where needed) and trim work. This is where it is going to get fun.
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I was pretty sure last week was a wash as far as renovation progress went. The weather last week was unforgiving and unyielding, so I assumed nothing had been done at the house. Just for grins and because I am an eternal optimist, I went over to the house this weekend to see if any progress […]
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Progress is satisfying. Every visit to the house yields something on the punch list complete. Framing is 95% completed. Plumbing is complete and electrical was being worked on this weekend and should be complete. Once these three things are done, all three will need inspections from the city. Once inspections are completed, then onto insulation and then we can […]
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— Download The Physicality of the Space as PDF –The physical feel of each room is starting to take shape. This is meaningful because we are working with the existing foot print to carve out additional rooms; not by adding square footage to the foot print. You can look at scaled drawings and imagine it in your […]
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For the renovation, I have been searching for architectural pieces that I can use in found condition that will reinforce the age of the house. With all the new construction, I have made careful design decisions that will keep the old cottage feeling old. One piece I came across from one of my favorite […]
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