Well it's been awhile because we've been quite busy since September.   We've completed many projects since my last post, and I'll post some pictures soon.  

Some of the projects we've completed have been:   
-Bathroom remodel where we added a dog house dormer, created the custom vanity with a custom tiled/glass shower enclosure.   At the same project we did a small kitchen remodel which consisted of replacing the counter tops, and replacing the vinyl flooring with a beautiful tile floor.  We also added a custom Island.   

-We created a free standing porch roof system for an old client.  

-We finished out a modular home by adding custom stair balustrade out of local cherry.  We put on a large back deck, installed the siding, and front entry.  

-We designed and created a kitchen for a client who had a very sentimental attachment to some hickory that they've been saving in their garage for almost a decade.   We were able to incorporate the hickory into a hickory/cherry kitchen.  We also created all the vanities and built ins for this new construction project.  

-We've been working with Sam Clark Design on a couple of kitchen remodels, some in progress, some completed.  

-We're currently working on a project with a geothermal retrofit heating/cooling system.  We're also building a highly air tight, super insulated  addition for the client, deck, garage, and working with Sam Clark Deign for the kitchen remodel.  We are currently looking at the existing house to achieve certain levels of air sealing and insulation values.  While doing this, we're taking a close look at the air quality of the house to make sure there are the correct number of air changes per hour per house resident (ACH).  When a building's envelope is drastically changed, it effects many other factors with in the building that need to be looked at.  

Thanks for looking, I'll post some photos of the mentioned past projects soon.

We're working on a great transformation of space.  It's an old cape that we're creating a master suite in a space that was an unused attic space, and using 1/3 of  a bedroom to create the space with a shed dormer.  They're adding close to 500 square feet to their house!  On a purist/restoration stand point I feel bad bastardizing this beautiful old cape by taking out the old structure, but the dormer is on the back side of the house, we're using all the old floors and re-using some of the old structure for collar ties in the shed dormer.    The home owners are really happy about the space.




More pictures to come..

In the house we've been working on finishing, we salvaged some floors from an old house, we're waiting to put on the last coat for a few days until some of the work on the bathrooms are done (gives some room for taking out scratches), they look  amazing.  These pictures are off my phone, so they don't do the projects justice.

We have some fun projects going on right now.  I have about an hour left on three craftsman style cherry doors until they (jamb, sills, exterior trim and doors) are ready for some finish.  We use a local tung oil product from North Hyde Park, VT. We're about to blow the roof off a joint for a shed dormer.  The timing has been tricky with the recent weather patterns of rain every afternoon/evening.  


We're gearing up to create a kitchen, the doors and drawers will be made out of local maple.  We have a root cellar on tap for later this month, it should be done by the end of August, giving conditioning time for food storage.  


More blogging to come, this is a quick one, my first one.  Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather.