A copper roof only stays “new penny shiny” for about a week, maybe two, before it quickly turns a milk chocolate brown. And then, give it 20 or 30 more years before it starts to develop a green cast.
Originally posted 2016-04-23 14:56:41.
Originally posted 2016-04-23 14:46:07.
Originally posted 2016-04-21 17:15:33.
Originally posted 2016-04-21 15:54:57.
I have found that homes that are all one thing (log, stone, timber frame, etc) tend to be a bit boring especially as time goes by. I prefer building a blended home, one where several forms of construction are employed… it makes for a better home, and saves money as well.
Log cabins make great dens, dining rooms, and bedrooms.
Timber frame makes for a great family room, kitchen, and bedroom.
Modern stick-built construction, designed and finished properly can handle the above rooms… but really make sense in utility, closet, mudroom, laundry, staircase areas, etc. as it is quick to build and a bargain in price.
I know of no one else that promotes this idea. It seems each industry wants to promote it’s product, it’s form of construction, as “the one and only”.
Originally posted 2016-04-21 13:35:42.
Do the “someday people” know all along they’re not going to take action, or does life just get in the way?
The folks who I’ve built cabins for have often told me that their friends are often envious of their homes. These same clients tell me that they just don’t really know how it all came about or know what to tell their friends. They say… “it just sort of happened”.
I’ve had the good fortune of witnessing these miracles happen, over a hundred times, and have observed about a dozen steps that all these people have done which moved them from “someday people” to “living the dream” people.
Over the next week or so I’ll share these small, mostly zero cost, steps with you.
Originally posted 2016-04-19 15:14:49.
The best two building materials… provided to us in abundance.
Unmatched in beauty, and durability.
Why choose anything else?
Originally posted 2016-04-13 08:04:22.
Nothing finer than having a good bathtub… and a laundry shoot that leads to a basket next to the downstairs washing machine.
Originally posted 2016-04-13 07:59:25.
I once built a large farmhouse for a wonderful family.
That was back in 1998.
I do believe she is more attractive today than the day I drove in that last nail.
And that, is the beauty of designing a home based upon historic guidelines.
Originally posted 2016-04-07 14:08:43.
It seems that whenever we have built a cabin that we have always been in a race against the weather… hoping to get a cabin “closed in” before Winter’s arrival.
Our goal would always be to be able to enjoy finishing the interior work with the nearby comfort of a good fire in the fireplace.
Quite often though Winter would win, as it did on this cabin project… the first snow fell too quickly.
Oh well, it still beat working in the city.
And, the porch was still inviting, though plenty cold.
Originally posted 2016-04-06 17:23:12.
