A House In A Field
The story of a house. In a field. And how it gets there.
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Cupolas not taken. (With sincere apologies to Robert Frost)
We’ve come to understand* that building a house is a series of tradeoffs. For our Medford project, our choice was “You can hire professional painters, but you’ll be eating ramen for a few months.” So the Bates crew pitched in…
Read MoreLittle things. Coming together.
In what can be an incredibly frustrating, pull your hair out by the roots, “Are you kidding me?” process — and that’s on a good day — it’s nice to see little things start to come together. Kyle’s crew has…
Read More“People everywhere love Windows” – Bill Gates
Among better contractors and framers, there’s an old saying that “The day windows are delivered is the day that they’re installed.” Apparently free range windows can disappear from a work site — a habit slowed considerably by a series of nails…
Read More“Foam All Roofs + Gables on Oz”
We have no idea what this means. Could be one of the smartest examples of micro-marketing in history for what was one of the worst films in history — “Oz The Great and Powerful.” (“…a dispiriting, infuriating jumble of big…
Read MoreView From The “Field” – July 3, 2013
Something different for this week’s “View From The Field.” A friend was kayaking off the point last weekend and took this shot of our site. If you squint, you can see the house. Thanks, Mark!
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A House In A Field 