Well, to placate the city, we’ve removed our glass roll-up door. While a bit of a hit for the design, there are some functional benefits. Namely:
Standard French doors are more energy efficient
It would be easier to convert the lower level to a living space at some point in the future.
It will help the appraisal - [...]
Check out what can happen when you’re committed to good design on a realistic budget ($51 per square foot!):
As part of my never-ending quest to find affordable housing options, I stumbled across this interesting article in the New York Times. Here’s a brief excerpt:
Mr. Flueckiger chose to build with industrial materials in homage to the [...]
Here’s a great guide to designing a rainscreen system. Kudos to the guys at Build Blog for assembling the info!
Some great ideas from the UK
Came across a great blog today highlighting some fantastic work in the Pacific Northwest.
Stumbled across a great design today. What a nice way to handle street numbers and a mail box.
Photo found on the great site, Eye Candy. Original image from Basis Design Build.
Previously I’ve written about the merits of cement fiberboard siding. Recently, I found a new blog by a fellow designer/builder that features a great panel-version of this material. Here’s a photo from Jason’s blog, with the installed product:
This product is called “Cem Clad” and is manufactured by US Architectural.
After months and months of looking at wood stoves, I’ve narrowed the field own to four models. And the nominees are…
Clockwise, from top left: Scan Model 60 ($2000); Morso Model 3142 ($1568); Morso 8142 ($3000); Zephyr 2.0 ($1700).
You can read more about these models from my earlier post here. The three deciding factors will be [...]
While we don’t have space for a fireplace, here’s a GREAT design I recently discovered on the blog, From the Ground Up. It’s a fantastic blog. They’re much further along in the process, so it’s great inspiration.
The fireplace is called the “Marquis” by Kingsman.
It’s been a while - lots of developments on the financial front. We’ve also submitted for permits with the city. In the meantime, I’ve been working in Google Sketchup to render the house and shop. Here’s a few images of the second story
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