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Seaside kitchen facelift

elacy, member | March 13th, 2009

This is a kitchen project undertaken for a special client - my dear aunt Caroline. We designed and built everything from scratch. The countertop is slate tile. The island is marble. The floors are...

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A Simple Cabin

edarchitect, member | March 12th, 2009

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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Total home renovation from weeping shutters to sunny Craftsman

Sundowner, member | March 9th, 2009

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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The House Next Door

jarchitect, member | March 9th, 20094 comments

The kitchen was owned by a 'packrat' who grew old and was not able to take care of himself...very sad. He was a good neighbor...but not a good housekeeper. My wife and I bought the...

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Building Our First House: Floor Plan & Elevations Tour

sjdehner, member | March 7th, 2009

After our house was featured in Fine Homebuilding (February) we've had requests to see our floor plan. For those interested this page shows the working plan - minus dimensions & notes - from...

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Making the Most of Basement Rooms

lavenson, architect | March 5th, 2009

When a basement is finished with as much care and detail as the house above, the message is that the space is an equal part of the home, not subordinate to it.

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How to Design a Better Kitchen Island

FHB_WEB, member | March 3rd, 2009

In addition to being functional, a kitchen island should also make an aesthetic contribution to the room without overpowering it.

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The character of an old house

Kevini, editor-at-large | March 1st, 20093 comments

By the time I bought my old house, it had suffered much abuse and many indignities. The outside was covered with aluminum siding, the inside with wallboard. There was no plaster, no wide floorboards...

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Aging-in-place advocate creates the ultimate demo – in her home

FHB_Building_News, contributor | February 20th, 2009

Interior designer Cynthia Leibrock is living the aging-in-place dream in her home in the Colorado Rockies, a showcase and laboratory for universal design.

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Greene & Greene Gamble House Pasadena

Huck, member | January 31st, 2009

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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A familiar Greek Revival House

FHB_WEB, member | January 30th, 2009

A "brand-new very old house," featured in the New York Times today, was first billed as "Creating a New Old House," by us two years ago.

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New Craftsman Home on an Old Modernist Foundation

egivers, member | January 28th, 2009

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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Pergolas 2

Lawrence, member | January 27th, 2009

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

Lawrence, member | January 27th, 20092 comments

These 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

Lawrence, member | January 27th, 20096 comments

Rather 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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Little West Kill House

Roberta07, member | January 19th, 2009

Attention to Detail: Custom Designed Modern Japanese style Home, large overhangs, wrap around deck, 2,124 SF, Single family. Frosted glass Douglas Fir Entry Double doors, dragonfly doorbell, Acorn...

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2008 Award Winners

HartmanBaldwin, member | January 19th, 2009

We are proud to present our 2008 Award Winners for Excellence in Architecture and Construction.

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Rustic Modern Custom Home

mdesign, member | January 12th, 2009

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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Total Seattle Gut-Second Story Addition

jarchitect, member | January 12th, 20097 comments

Bought by my wife and myself as an investment, this is the 'house next door'...literally. When our neighbor of 20 years passed on, we decided to buy and renovate the property. We designed it to keep...

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Is the U.S. ready for the passive house?

AlexWilson, contributor | January 8th, 200912 comments

A front-page article in The New York Times recently introduced the German Passivhaus concept to the American public. The article, “No Furnaces But Heat Aplenty in Passive Houses,” described the movement to build houses that keep occupants warm and safe even without heating systems. The Passivhaus movement got its start in Germany, but there are now at least 15,000 homes built to this extraordinarily tight standard throughout Europe, mostly in German-speaking and Scandinavian countries.

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