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Lifetime Plastic Storage Sheds
Lifetime Plastic Storage Sheds: Maintenance Free Organization! Lifetime plastic sheds are our top of the line premium polyethylene plastic storage sheds. Buy a handsome plastic garden shed that will...
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Maidenrock House
The new house is sited on a bluff top lot views overlooking the Mississippi River. The home is designed to have living spaces all on the main entry level, master bedroom and bath at one end and guest...
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All concrete home, 3 stories ICF block construction
All ICF exterior walls, 3 stories! 10,000 heated sq. ft., six car garage, indoor shooting range! Custom wood windows with 12" jams, ZO6 glass. Hers rating of 52!
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Sniff Out the Symptoms of Defective Drywall in Your House
Drywall in the USA is usually from North America. If it's not from the USA itself, it's from either Canada or Mexico. During the housing boom from around 2004 to 2007, with so many houses being...
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1790 barn to home conversion
this is a barn we are restoring and converting to living space, we had to do lots of structural repairs. it is going to be beautiful when finished we reused the existing granite to reface the...
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city shed for a small yard
In a small city space we needed a shed to store garden stuff and a place to use for entertining , the shelf removes and is stored in the shed when not in use.
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Exterior Patio
New exterior patio including covered fireplace pit and water features. This was part of a remodel to Geodesic dome origianally built in the 70's
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Car Cathedral
1 commentThe "car cathedral" is a 20,000 sq. ft. timber frame structure that will house an amazing collection of muscle cars when completed. This incredible barn, located outside of Houston, TX, is over 53...
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Boat House Rebuild
1 commentThis is an open-concept boat port with plenty of storage areas for water toys and life jackets, as well as shore-side fuel storage.
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music room
I wanted to create a room where I could create. The little studio office and music room became my refuge and my favorite room. Whether belting out Tom Petty songs, or practicing guitar, I was at...
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Garage Progress
1 commentWe're making good progress on the garage shop at the project house. Drywall is hung, carriage doors are installed and the new front facade has been painted.
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Mountain Porch Retreat
Our region has an extended outdoor season that the homeowners wanted to take full advantage of. The existing deck was not adequate for hosting large parties and had no covered space for protection...
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We Poured A Foundation!
We poured our foundation this friday and everything went wonderfully. For the full low down check out the blog here. The pour went so well and we were lucky to have two awesome...
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A Different Kind of Foundation
When we first started planning our house we assumed our foundation would be like many others in the area. The typical footers with stemwalls, we researched using Insulated Concrete Forms and...
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Durango House Rendering
We are excited to have this rendering of the house we designed. It was created by Elwood Cooke of Cooke Studios- Dunkirk, Maryland. It truly captures the essence of what we are trying to...
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A Young Couple Building a House in Durango, Colorado
We are a young couple in Durango Colorado building our first home! We designed the house and are acting as the general contractors on the project. We are also completing as much of the...
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Build Design Backyard Workshop
1 commentAs an architect it has always been a dream of mine to design and build my own house. Unfortunately the reality is a shed or workshop in my backyard is about all I can afford. I call this Build Design...
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The Tea House Shed
This Tea House shed has been my hobby for the last few years. It is constructed of SIPs with an interior footprint of 12’x12’ and an 8’x12’ loft. I worked with a company...
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Woodshed House
1 commentThe woodshed started life in 1970 as an enclosure for garbage cans, trash burner and a wheel barrow. In 2008 I decided to make a shed to keep firewood dry and house other unsightly yard...
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Williamsburg Gardenshed™
This building was constructed for the Bucks County (PA) Designer Showhouse to benefit the Doylestown Hospital. Features hand-forged hardware, solid mahogany windows with copper drip caps.
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Sconset Shed™
1 commentThis versatile "shed" design can be used for many needs. The design incorporates more formal elements of architecture to elevate the notion of "shed." Distinctive nautical windows, including port...
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From Playhouse to Shed
Every time we visited Costco, our twins would marvel at the large play structures on display. By the time they were 6, they had made a pretty compelling argument that a play structure of their own was a "necessity".
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The house that is building us!
My family and I are building a victorian farm house. We just recently got done staining all the boards for the porch ceilings. It was a family event, we hand stained and hung it all!
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Raising money for the farm
1 commentMy business donated a small timberframe to raise funds for a non-profit CSA farm. They sold it at auction for $12,000. My business was busy so I needed all the help I could get to build...
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Mahogany Trim
4 commentsI worked on this house with the Builder from start to finish. It took us about 3 months to do the finish work. Mostly mahogany a couple rooms were american cherry. All of the copes were done by hand...
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Coffered Ceiling
This was a project that would have been more difficult if it were not for the article in Fine Homebuilding on "Coffered Ceilings". Made of poplar crown, baseboard, finger jointed trim boards...
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Home Office
4 commentsThis was a home office project using solid cherry baseboards, chair rails, crown moulding and custom made cabinets. Owner supplied 'Plantation Shutters' (white aspen) were stained and finished to...
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Jack helping us move the basement stairs
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We got 2-year-old Jack, a Shetland Sheepdog, a month ago from a couple that could no longer keep him. He is new at...
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Dining Room Remodel
This is a recent remodel. It started with the master bath and closet, and ended up encompassing the master bedroom, the second floor hallway, foyer, powder room, library, dining room and living...
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Pull out cabinet in full bath
This was a 2nd Floor bathroom remodel ( 5' x 9' ) So space is a premium at best for storage. We came up with the idea of using a media full extension swivel pull out by...
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Bunkhouse in the Woods!
Here is what kept me sane a few years ago! Decided that we needed more space for my kids and their cousins at the shared family cottage. Set out to build a bunkie that would give them a...
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The Artfully Concealed Closet
2 commentsA bookcase swings open to reveal a hidden closet.
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