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  • steps and planter boxes

    Putting in a new set of steps at the front and driveway side of our home, we incorprated a set of stepped flower boxes to the front steps and a set…

  • Pool, house & pergola

    We designed this pool house as an oasis. The design includes an indoor/outdoor kitchen, luxurious bath, fireplace and outdoor television with whole yard sound. 

  • Privacy Screen Made of Recycled Doors

    privacy screen, trellis and planters incorporating salvaged doors

  • Playhouse Made with Recycled Materials

    play house built entirely from found, salvaged and reclaimed materials

  • Ipe Rooftop Deck

    This is a deck in Montpelier, Vermont that my wife Amy and I built off of a 3rd story sunroom for some great clients who wanted, more than anything, a…

  • A Vermont Tractor Shed

    My father-in-law in central Vermont needed a new shed for his tractor and tools.  This is what we built together.

  • Screen House

    Twenty-five years ago, while running underground wiring for a barn, I ran out of wire next to the goldfish pond.  I brought the wire to the surface, installed an outdoor…

  • Curved ballisters and no visible fasteners top rail

    My customer wanted something different for their deck. Something other than 2x2 ballisters. I used 1x4 cedar , made a patern with1/4' masonite and used my router table to shape…

  • Ipe’ Porch Swing

    The porch swing is made from Ipe' [Handroanthus] that I have been saving for about 8 years from a deck and railing project.   The clear, straight grain, weather resistant…

  • Pergola

    My wife searched through multiple ideas and found a design that she liked best.  She handed it to me without any blueprints or specifications and asked me to build it.…

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