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Who called me chicken?, originally uploaded by mselderhuis.
I took the kids to a farm the other day to pick pumpkins and watched as the strangest thing happened. […]
Tags: Thoughts
I am thinking about building a “Farmhouse Micro” office out behind my house, but the perfect spot is too close to the neighbor’s house to get a permit for a permanent building. The solution seems to be to build a “temporary” structure without permanent electricity, gas or plumbing.
This got me to thinking. […]
Tags: Thoughts · Green Building
I am planning to install a hardwood floor in a master bathroom. In a Farmhouse-Modern-type house, wood flooring with area rugs look great and in this case the master-bedroom floor “flows” into the bathroom so will make the master suite look bigger. However, I do have some concerns about using wood as a […]
I found this article on A Daily Dose of Architecture, referencing a competition sponsored by MOMA in New York City.
Lawrence Saas, one of the Five architects building a project for the competition is an Associate Professor at MIT. For his submission, Mr. Saas is exploring “Materialization.” Mr. Saas describes Materialization in a blog […]
At some point or another all of us who love architectural design would like to own “the perfect house.” And we run head-on into the economics of making an existing house into something new. So when is it better to renovate and when should we invite “Mr. Bulldozer” to come to the house and […]
Tags: Thoughts · Green Building
Strangely, I was editing an image of the original wooden Monopoly house pieces when I saw this image. There is something very uplifting about it. Beyond the bright color, the repetition, the simple forms, very familiar, but somehow inspiring.
I makes me want to build a bright colored play house for the kids.
Monopoly Houses
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