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A recent complete remodel along Lake Michigan
This project involved a complete gutting of the interior and a reshaping of the exterior. We opened up the first floor by moving the stairs and defining the rooms with the ceiling details. We added a...
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Stair-side Bookcases
Stairs are great for coming and going, but these stair-side bookcases turn under-used stairwell walls into a library. It's a great place to linger and browse.
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Hidden Doors, Secret Rooms, and the Hardware that makes it possible!
5 commentsEveryone loves a house with hidden door or secret rooms, but these are tricky details to pull off successfully. Here are a few of my recent projects with hidden doors and my favorite hardware to accomplish these works of craftsmanship.
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Building A Modern Craftsman Staircase
4 commentsBuilding an exposed stringer staircase with reclaimed Long Leaf Pine is the job for a Master Carpenter. See my carpenter Darryl build this modern detailed staircase in a 1920's house my company remodeled.
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Lessons From The Road
When designing your home don't be afraid to be unique or original.
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Jack helping us move the basement stairs
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We got 2-year-old Jack, a Shetland Sheepdog, a month ago from a couple that could no longer keep him. He is new at...
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Steps in the Right Direction: Use SketchUp's Tools for Stairbuilding Plans
The staircase model created in the Stairmathter blog post gets filled in with more details and components to calculate meaningful dimensions for code compliance and finish features
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Stairmathter: Use SketchUp to Master the Math for Stairbuilding
13 commentsCreate a digital layout using jobsite dimensions and let SketchUp do the math to calculate cutting dimensions and angles for stair stringers accounting for finish floor thicknesses and other pertinent information.
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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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Kitchen Renovation
We bought a disaster of a house, which had been partially renovated, but partially gutted as well. The kitchen was the focus, which had floors 2-inches out of level, sagging beams, and old wiring and...
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Spiral stairway replacement
1 commentMy new (to me) home ('80s vintage) was everything I wanted. It even had room for a full sized pool table in the 15 x 30 loft. But there was a useless narrow metal spiral stairway leading to it. Even...
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Mortise and Tenon, custom turned and carved mahogany deck railing (no fasteners used)
This railing was built in the fall of 2005 to replace a rotted railing on an existing fir deck. The client was planning on doing an ipe or maranti deck in the near future but needed to replace the...
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Ski House Renovation
1 commentThis Vermont vacation house was originally split into two dwellings—a three-bedroom house with an additional rental apartment in the basement. After a full renovation, the two units were...
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2nd Story Addition
1 commentAdd 1500 Sq Ft on top of 1950's era 2200 Sq ft ranch home. 3 bedrooms with jack and jill bath and hall bath servicing 3rd bedroom and upstairs playroom.
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How to Paint Fiber-Cement Siding
Painter Jim Lacey shares some tips for caulking and painting fiber-cement siding. read more
