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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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Craftsman styled Curly maple & Cherry kitchen
This kitchen is the centerpiece of an open concept 2000 square foot, self built bungalow loosely based on a craftsman theme. Like most of the home the kitchen was designed and built from scratch by...
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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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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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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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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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Recycled Oak Arts and Crafts Floor
I collected this flooring for 12 yrs from all the old homes I remodeled in Lake Forest il. Some of it was nailed with square nails.
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Front Entry Unit
1 commentThe main frame of this unconventional door consists of bookmatched 1/8" thick flat grained veneers laminated to 1 1/2" vertical grain cores. Joinery is twin loose tennons. The rabbetted face frame...
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Finishing trim around my windows and lattice work with raw posts
I let the sun color the wood a golden brown then I added Blond thompsons water seal. I also did the lattice work and the post the same color
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Playhouse and Swing
1 commentBuilt this playhouse and swing set for my kids, Gracyn (6) and Ryan (2). Wanted something different than you see in ever other backyard so came up with this design. It has 3 bunks inside...
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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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my pet chear
hi,I make wood clocks.and sell in department store.my homepage is [http://www31.ocn.ne.jp/~woodyiruma] yorosikune.
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Seattle Rambler Master BR Re-do
As usual, a simple project turns into, "If you're going to do it at all, do it right." This window in the "Master Bedroom" is 7' long and exposed to the brunt of the NW weather. Former...
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Entertainment Niche
Our newly built (2006) home came with a "bump-out" or niche in the living area specifically designed for an entertainment system. We originally put a large entertainment armoir in the space...
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Historic home remodel & addition
3 commentsNormal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Built in 1915, this almost three-story Colonial Craftsman home is a registered historic...
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Teach an Old low end Table saw, New life in high end use.
For those that have the old Table lower end Table Saw, make it work for you again. I got this Hand-me-down ruff construction Table Saw from my father-in-law, he had just spent almost $2000 on a new...
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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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Picket Fence
2 commentsThis is a fence my father and I recently completed for a small home here in Houston. The plan was to build a white picket fence that would more or less match the house's existing trim, but wouldnt...
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Ipe` and Fypon with view by God
4 commentsThis was my first time using Ipe~ decking or Fypon railing. I made a trip to the Fypon Factory first to assure myself that it was indeed all that it was purported to be and came away impressed with...
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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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Kitchen of mass reconstruction
My Wife and I Bought a 1923 2 + 1 California Bungalow in need of a lot of love. With some elbow grease and the help of FHB we tackled the kitchen first. Peeled through 5 layers of linolium no...
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Re-do Over-do
The ensuite bathroom of our 1970s home was badly overdue for an updating. The shower had been renovated a few years previously, but it was time to do the rest. We looked at factory cabinets, but...
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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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Modern Mission Hall Bath
My client had two goals for their hall bathroom remodel. . . The client had two goals for their hall bathroom remodel: aesthetically integrate the bathroom with the modernized Mission...
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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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New Craftsman Home on an Old Modernist Foundation
This was a design/build collaboration using the remaining foundation from a home destroyed by a recent fire. What started as a tragedy for the owner ultimately led to a rewarding new beginnng. The...
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How to Paint Fiber-Cement Siding
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