For just a few week, light through the west facing carriage house windows will shine all of the way down our 70′ long front to …
We’re Cookin
In one of our latest posts we wrote about the recent improvements to the kitchen – new shelves in particular – we mentioned other new …
Scrap Art
Probably over a year ago now I went to our local community building supply resource – community forklift - I was probably looking for doors, …
Shelves
We have been pretty patient with our kitchen I would say. No cooktop (besides a glorified camping plug in one burner), no hood, no wall …
Tucker the dumpster diver.
Did I mention that our dog is so adorable. Does anyone have any thoughts for what to do on the broken rattan on the back …
Wall o Frames
I started to feel bad for myself that I didn’t have any nice artwork for our walls… so I bought one piece .. and it …
Break out the white paint.
Jth and I are often labeled as hoarders. I think that people just underestimate the time that it takes to take something from looking like …
Fireplace
It is cold and so we got some heat. A lot of heat actually. Through a chance mis order and a spur of the moment …
Pumpkins
We had a a pumpkin carving party. It was messy, and sloppy, and i’m not just talking about the drinking. This photo above was before …
Black & White House.
So the house is finally painted… we had a small leak that led to bringing in contractors a few weeks ago. We thought that we …
slowly painting it.
Well we have started the painting. And that’s about all we can say. It’s so hot here during the weekend and even the early evenings …
The last of the boxes
After Saturday’s tubing adventure (sadly no photos of that since we didn’t want to brave it with our camera) we decided to lay low and …
Curb Appeal #2
Our yard has made some MAJOR progress in the past few weeks. The grass has taken in most spots and the mondo grass is starting …
Movie Night
The end goal for our living room is to have a projector (used as a tv) over a gas fireplace along the North wall … …
bookshelves
Any pair of architects has a ton of books and we are no exception. So in order to get the boxes unpacked we had to …
Yard workings
With the new puppy (and oh work and bridal showers, etc) we are having trouble finding time to get our pile of dirt in the …
Sunny Afternoon
Still no paint on the exterior of the house. But a great place to come home to nonetheless.
Bathroom Painting
I have found it easier to focus on one room at a time to feel like SOME progress is being made. A few weeks ago …
Neighborhood photos
A few photos of the area.. (above) the reflection of the front of Rough and Ready on Fourteenth Street through a very cool mirrored side …
Office & Others
Here are some pictures of the “green room” aka the guest room. With guests coming we had to improve the bed situation – here is …
Curb Appeal
We have not posted in long time, but our office is now up and running in the carriage house so we are back to posting. …
on vacation…
in Utah.. work and play. The Healey Men. Cgh & Stoney… above St. George (before we knew that Stoney was not supposed to go up …
LivingDining
So we are heading out to a visit with Jonathan’s Grandparents in Utah and we have been going through our photo library in preparation for …
Countertops
exhausted… quick posts of the countertops. Created by Sal Pirrone, a recovering architect and Parsons MFA alum. Our initial design ideas experimented with subtracted or …
Weekend Wrap-up
Our partners in construction finally moved in this weekend to the bottom of the carriage house. Many helpers came with them… some just vocally helpful …
Weekend Wrap Up
Sleep & Sick I was sick the whole weekend. Miserable and whiny. So many thanks to those who put up with me. Rakusak was so …
Weekend Wrap up
Here are some photos mostly from our friend Tomaino – he’s testing out his new iphone from Verizon here in these photos below – more …
Before & After 1
Here are some Before and After shots: The orange room before – the window to the right of jth is in the same spot as …
Cabinets & Ceramic
We had the whole Rakusak clan in town last weekend for tile mania. It was beautiful to watch – and beautiful to have some finished …
Interior Lights
Hallway view – laundry closet to the right and front yard all the way at the end. Here is resident expert on tile and all …
Heat…and other stuff
We have not posted in a while.. partly because we didn’t have internet for a little while and partly because we have been super busy. …
Painting Party
So my birthday was this weekend so we had a little painting party… Yes, we are painting.. that does not mean that we are anywhere …
Bedniche
We found an old plant stand from when I was in college and it makes the perfect minimal nightstand for now. We even put up …
Wood Floors & Paint
Lots of painting this weekend! We are using Benjamin Moore Regal Select which only needs two coats of paint and no primer. It is saving …
At home.
After three weeks of generous family and friends letting us crash, we have finally spent our first few nights in the house…we have heat… no …
Dry wallin.
Above is an image of the green room (guest room) with the closet on the left and a high shelf above where the guest bed …
Still moved out..
So we are still out of our apartment and still not moved into the house… A few more photos to remember the beloved apartment by… …
Bye to 114.
We moved in four years ago to 403 square feet of sunlight. The whole apartment was practically a bay window – and although it was …
Helpers
We had a humongous crew of unpaid, highly-skilled, dear friends. This project would be nowhere without the generosity and enthusiasm and ridiculous amount of weekend-time …
Wires & Stuff
Apologies to those who have been waiting for a blog post… we have been super busy prepping for … you guessed it… drywall, major work meetings, …
Alley Pour
The bottom of the carriage house had an existing concrete slab that was in pretty bad shape. Since it is going to be conditioned space …
Oh lovely.
We received our Kohler order yesterday. As architects we get a very hefty discount on plumbing fixtures and we were able to get some really …
Prototypes First
We gave ourselves with two big tasks this weekend… 1. insulation for under the concrete slab in the carriage house* and 2. sistering on 2 …
Green Room Door
Today we framed the door to the green room. It won’t be green but it sits in the space of the old green room so …
Halloween Pumpkins
Yesterday we stole a few hours away from work to be at the house for trick or treaters… all 11 of them. We had a …
closet walls
Originally we thought that we would be doing a good bit of framing in the older part of the house…turns out that a lot of …
Umm..some privacy please
We have huge windows. And I love them. However, the front bedroom, where we will likely spend our nights, has a lot of glass… so …
Fisheye
We have been super busy with work and I was secretly extra busy planning a surprise party for jth last weekend! I think that we …
roof & sky
Our skylights arrived today just in time for the professionals to finish framing the roof. We ordered three Velux skylights – two fixed and one …
Las Ventanas
Windows arrived this morning.. they were supposed to be there at 7am.. so we were there at 7am. Lets just say that that is not …
weekend update
The long weekend certainly had it’s ups and downs. We started with a great crew on Saturday and our new steel beam finally installed! The …
framed, but not done
Still have a ways to go, but the second floor of the carriage house is nearly a wrap. Yes, the brick needs to get covered …
rain + utilities
It’s still raining here. The minimal amount of plastic that has been put up around the completely open house is doing a pathetic job. Luckily …
ding. 2nd floor please.
The house consists of a front section that has remained but was gutted completely and a large brick carriage house. The middle of the house, …
NEW walls!
it’s a start! in the image below: to the left will be cooktop, counter, and sink, centered about a large (i don’t think that tall) …
the painters come to visit
Many thanks to my parents (aka “the painters”) who drove from up North today and helped us dig out for proper clearance under our kitchen …
the hatch in (almost) a floor
On Wednesday night this is what the site looked like.. dirt, old heating and air conditioning ducts, a brand new foundation wall and footing.. but …
Ground Breakings
We are not the only ones doing new construction in our area. I don’t know whether it was the upcoming election (which has now passed …
Planter Cabinets
About a year and a half ago (during the heavy renovation) I saw a great blog post on planter boxes made from old file cabinets. …