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Arts & Crafts Fireplace mantle
1 commentThe original brick surround featured stepped-out bricks supporting a narrow but thick mantle. Since the rest of the house interior has the original stained gumwood typical of early 20th century New...
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Custom Kitchen
This client lived in a log home and had and older "vintage" kitchen with a less thatn freindly design. A sink located in the old island that placed your back to the only window in the kitchen was...
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How to create a custom made Distressed Hardwood floor
Distressed/handscraped floors are becoming extremely popular these days. As a hardwood floor heritage restoration specialist, I have to admit that i roll my eyes a little bit when i see an...
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Justin Fink and Chuck Bickford thinking about a door
2 commentsJustin built these carriage doors in the woodshop.
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Board and Batten Shed
2 commentsCustom 8'x10' board and batten storage shed with a gable roof, angle cut rafter tails and eave brackets.
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Bungalow Shed
Custom 10'x14' home office shed designed to complement a 1923 bungalow in Florida by Historic Shed. The interior was finished with bead board ceiling, board and batten walls and wood floor. The shed...
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Arts and Crafts Oak Kitchen with a Coffered Ceiling
Andersen Project This kitchen project was part of a complete house gut and remodel. We added level beams to the way out of level, bowed ceiling. The outside wall was removed...
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timberframe cabana
they really let me do what I wanted here. This was the first time I tried a little timberframing, and tried to do something Greene & greene-esqe.
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Hidden rain gutters and down spouts
2 commentsHidden rain gutters and downspouts on the Rainmaker House 2051 Hillside Drive. http://www.therainmakerhouse.com I've never liked the tacked on look of conventional aluminum gutters and down spouts...
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Timberfram Pergola
1 commentMy son, Brendan Matthews (www.traditionalbarnraisers.com) built this pergola for his cousin using timberframe joinery and raising techniques.
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Patio and screen porch
10 commentsWhen it was time to replace our deck, I seized the opportunity to bring comfort and peace to our home by designing a patio and screen porch in the style of 1920's. In the twenties, the excesses of...
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Trellis Envy
This is the replacement for a little white 2X tract home trellis that was rotting in the rear yard when we bought this home. It's admittedly a bit larger in scope, however. I've got a zinfandel...
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Fireplace makeover
Face lift for a seventy's era white brick fireplace using manufactured stone. the mantle is made from quarter sawn oak that was once a an old bedframe.
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Screened Porch
We wanted a unique screen porch that related to the Craftsmen era of when the home was originally built while also using some modern day materials that make for ease of use----such as the decking ...
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Tucker Timber Frame
This home is a two story 2000 SF timber frame built from old growth doug fir. All timber recycled from Pier 3 in Astoria OR (built in 1913). All cabinets and trim are built from the same...
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Border French Necaise Woodworking & Carpentry
Border French Necaise Woodworking & Carpentry was founded upon the dreams and experience of do it yourself home Craftmans, creating, designing. building their own kitchen and bathroom...
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Double Decker
The upper balcony was falling off of the house, and the downstairs bedroom had only a window to the outside. We designed and built a deck that is twice the square footage of the...
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Small, Cozy and Functional
1 commentHouses in the city often have small yards and, thus, small decks. By keeping the safety rails toward the outside of the deck I managed to gain the maximum useable space while minimizing that which it...
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Modern deck on Craftsman house
19 commentsOur new deck was completed in September of '08. It replaced a much older deck of similar dimensions but rougher, to say the least, materials. The new deck is only marginally larger but the...
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A Modern Misssion
A Modern Mission The challenge in this Ottawa South home was to update a turn-of-the-century home’s kitchen, preserving the Arts and Craft styling while providing the modern conveniences...
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Total home renovation from weeping shutters to sunny Craftsman
Our project is our home that we are currently in the painful process of renovating. It's an original 1950's era bungalow that had no less than four wildly different additions all clad in horrible...
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Outdated to Outstanding: A Fireplace Facelift
1 commentThe layout of the room and the off-center outdated fireplace made it difficult to figure out the best way to place the furniture or use the bland fireplace as a focal point. Working with the...
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Site-built Gable Vents on a Craftsman Style Addition
In adding on to a recently-built craftsman style home, I had to match the detailing of the original home. I did take a few liberties, where I thought I could improve on what had been done by...
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Greene & Greene Gamble House Pasadena
Greene and Greene's masterpiece of residential architecture in the Craftsman "ultimate bunglow" style. Photos from my visit on Jan. 30, 2009. "100 years ago a team of gifted craftsmen labored...
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Pergolas 2
These pergolas were designed by Lawrence Winterburn and installed through GardenStructure.com. Unless otherwise noted they were actually built by Lawrence Winterburn and his crew.
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Pergolas 1
2 commentsThese are a few of the pergolas I have designed over the years. These days our builders deal with the site work, I just dream them up, feed details and the guys put them together. I work with clients...
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Decks 1
6 commentsRather Large Deck with pergola, hot tub, privacy screen, big steps and curved sections, curved tempered glass hand rail. Designed by Lawrence and built by our builder in Cornwall
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Craftsman Room Addition - interior finish
Craftsman style room addition, I was the General Contractor / finish carpenter. Design by others.
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Craftsman Room Addition phase 9
A challenging job for a difficult client, I did most the carpentry and drywall work myself, but used Extreme Plastering for the stucco (extremeplastering.com), and was very pleased with their...
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Craftsman Room Addition phase 6
The roof took a couple days, and went on just in time - it rained all the following weekend. Not my design - I am the general contractor.
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Craftsman Room Addition phase 2
While small (under 300 sq. ft. of living space was actually added), the addition is far from simple - it is a very custom project requiring a high caliber of experience and...
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