Yet another way to handle deck railings…and about a million other construction challenges. These are cool systems! Called a “Kee Klamp,” These fitting use various size pipes to build frames for numerous applications. You can use iron pipe, aluminum pipe, or even galvanized gate pipe.
Here’s a few vendors and solutions for mounting a TV to a wall (Omnimount SB1 + 4N1M): The 4N1M sell for around $150 through Radio Shack. The recessed box (SB1) sells for around $90 at Amazon.
Ok, this is some seriously sweet hardware: This is a product called “cable rail” and it’s designed to replace standard wood or metal pickets. It’s great because it allows light an a nice unobstructed view. The photo above comes from a website of the company Feeney Architectural . They also make a fantastic canopy product: [...]
* Please Note: Live/Work has moved! We’re now located at Portland Built. Please click here to see what it’s all about!* Here’s a site with some great examples of poured concrete counter tops (Concrete Revolution). Some site hightlights below:
I recently discovered a fantastic tool for rendering space. It’s called “Sketchup” and it’s produced by Google. Like most of Google’s brilliant ideas, this software is designed well, easy to use, and simple to learn. Best of all, it’s TOTALLY FREE! In less than a week I was up and running at nearly full-speed. I [...]
Patrick used a really neat program from Google called “SketchUp.” He combined it with Google Earth to produce a study of how the house placement and height will affect available sunlight in the yard. It’s a fantastic tool! The study shows the sun from March 21 to December 21, with all images taken at noon. [...]
* Please Note: Live/Work has moved! We’re now located at Portland Built. Please click here to see what it’s all about!* I’m interested in the idea of using glass panels on the inside of the house to allow more light and create a sense of space. Here’s one idea where the bedroom would have a [...]
Here’s Communitecture’s first round of “polished” floor plans, based on our two-hour meeting and review of rough design ideas (see previous post). Patrick presented two second-story options; Raina and I quickly decided on this option. Images (below) open GIF files. Scalable PDFs are below (text links) First Floor (PDF) Second Floor Patrick will use these [...]
Patrick from Communitecture presented two design concepts this afternoon. Concept 1, the “open plan” ran the stairs up the side to provide more space in the central living area. Option 2 ran the stairs up the middle, forming a sort of “divider” space between the living and sleeping areas. It also facilitated the placement of [...]
Here are two new site map files with additional setback information and distance calculations. Main house has been slightly adjusted to conform to actual measurements. The drawing on the left is a small-scale, 8.5 x 11 rendering. The drawing on the right is 11×17 and contains additional info on adjacent properties. Click on the images [...]