CMBurkit

I'm Sorry, But This house is far from a Greene and Greene masterpiece. I Specialize in craftsman design and building. It was a very good attempt, but they missed all of the subtle details that made the Green brothers' work art rather than carpentry. There are no shadows on the wall, so even though the layout may be beautiful, it looks flat. When you have a situation where 2 wood members meet, they are never the same thickness. For example: You have a picture rail atop a window head trim. The picture rail would be 1" thick. The window head would be 7/8" thick and the side casings of the window would be 3/4" thick. When lit, these minor offsets create shadows that, even from afar, make the wall look 3 dimensional. This was one of their major rules of thumb, which was not captured in the building of this house. Even cabinets and on the thicker timbers(like the pot rack above the kitchen island) this rule would apply. The larger the timber the bigger the offset. Usually the next piece of wood begins at the point where the radius ends on the edges.