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Master Bath Retreat
Nashville is saturated with music history, and it shows up in the most unexpected places. When our design-build team began work on a recently purchased 1938 stone cottage on the east side, we...
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Screened In Porch Addition
1 commentMost screened porches are too small for one to thoroughly enjoy the space. With an adequate size the porch becomes a living room to the great outside. In season, this room is used more the the living...
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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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Porch Home
1 commentThis new home is surrounded by porches, giving the owners multiple choices depending on the weather and time of day. Located near Hollandale, Wisconsin.
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Cottage Makeover
This transformation began by sliding the main gable roof down to create a 10 deep addition to the living room, making it much more liveable and creating space for a woodstove (see chimney). The whole...
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Cherry Stairway
A beautifully crafted stairway winds up through this three story cottage in the woods. As the main circulation path that connects each floor, it's the defining feature of the house. Starting in the...
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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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Garden Shed in the Winter
A friend of mine wanted to build a garden shed that brought some whimsical modern elements to their landscape. This shed accomplishes that on the design side, but also enables for passive...
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The Queen's Magical Shed.
Once upon a time there was a shed. It sat amongst the trees on the edge of a beautiful green kingdom. It wasn't a normal shed and by shed standards was strange and awkward. The queen did not want the...
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Simple Recessed Panels in our Dining Room
1 commentThis simple recessed paneling is constructed using 1x4 poplar wood boards attached directly to the existing drywall, which remains as the center panel. Each panel is trimed with applied panel...
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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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Hemingway's Cottage
2 commentsThis custom home was designed to reflect a coastal cottage feel. It had a ton of interior millwork as well.
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21st Century Neo-Classical Sunroom
4 commentsThe challenge was to take a mid-19th century schoolhouse with Greek Revival architecture and add a 21st century sunroom modeled after the original structure. The details on the new sunroom...
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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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frumpy front and boring back porches get character-building makeover
This utilitarian Los Angeles area cottage had served its original owner well for over 50 years - but she decided it was due for some face-lifting. In addition, it was determined...
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Cedar sculpture
1 commentBuilding a laminated cedar radius. Brief over view Using a 4x8 sheet of plywood with 2x4 framing on both 8' sides, 4' side and a cross brace on the diaganol. This keeps the platform true. After...
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Is it old or new?
The challenge for this project was to build a built-in entertainment center to match the existing 50 year old paneling. The client wanted audio equipment, large flat panel TV and large storage...
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Cabin Renovation
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Muirkirk I-Joist Roof
2 commentsEarly 2008, we started to get really slow. We ended up with 4 custom homes and this was the second one of the year. It was very fun to frame, especially the roof and the specialty...
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ALLISON'S BEDROOM - Trebbi Custom Construction - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Renovate a small (10'-8" x 11'-8") existing bedroom in an 1,100 square foot, 1950's vacation house, into a flexible, multifunctional space with a unique identity for a 7 year old girl. The...
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Bantry Bay
This deck was constructed over some rough sloping ground in front of our holiday home in the west of ireland. The view seen is out over the Beara peninsular and out to the Atlantic oceannbsp...
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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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Restoration Project in Tiverton, Rhode Island
A full restoration of a late 1800's home in Tiverton, RI. The house had been abandoned for 3 years and should have been torn down, but due to my budget restraints and thick, rosecolored...
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Backyard Cottage
This is a 350 s.f. cottage with a 13 x 20 foot main room for living room/bedroom purposes, and a 5 x 18 foot area divided into tub/toilet, lavatory, and closet. It will serve as a pool house...
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Silk Purse from a Sow's Ear
1 commentThe main objective of this kitchen remodel was to create a modern, convenient, unique, and aesthetically pleasing cooking, eating, and entertaining facility out of an old, tiny rambler...
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cottage kitchen: abuse victim gets new lease on life
This kitchen was a sorry mess when we arrived. It was gutted to the plaster, the sink and refrigerator were moved for a better layout, a new dishwasher was added, new oak cabinets were...
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A Simple Cabin
These cabins are a simple 1 1/2 story rectangle, with a screened porch off the living room. They have one bedroom and bath downstairs and a cozy vaulted bedroom with a bath in a dormer...
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What WERE they thinking?
1 commentI bought a 1916 bungalow with much of the old woodwork intact, but an atrocious kitchen. With short money and a lot of ingenuity I gave it a whole new look. I replaced the bottom cabinets with...
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Kitchen from the 60's back to the 30's
This kitchen in our own house had been remodeled in the 60's with plywood cabinets, vinyl floors and a brown sink. We restored as much as possble including the Douglas Fir flooring and the...
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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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Rustic Modern Custom Home
A custom home built with both rustic and modern elements. Home features wide plank pine and slate flooring, combined with wrought iron light fixtures and iron stair railing. High ceilings and clean...
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