Monthly Archives: November 2015

Getting ready for winter in Carlisle

This past week has been very mild in Carlisle, though it rained most of the day on Saturday.  Today my dad and I took care of some stuff that needed doing We cleaned out the wood shed in preparation for … Continue reading

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Design Philosophy Series: Building a mid-century modern Atomic Ranch – A visualization

Deck Acorn has given me permission to post up a photo of the 3D rendering their Design department did for my house – this was still in the pre-visualization stage of things as we were working on finalizing.  I was … Continue reading

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Guest Artisan at Carlisle Artisans: Nancy Fohl

A little bragging here – my Mom was invited to show and sell her quilting at the local art co-operative in the center of Carlisle – the Carlisle Artisans Their shop is very small but the stuff they have is … Continue reading

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To mangle a quote – “The new NSTAR is here, the new NSTAR is here, the new NSTAR is here!”

For those of you who are not cross wired like me – Steve Martin classic bit here on Youtube NSTAR (aka – national grid or something) came on Friday and installed the electrical power hook.  Woo-Hoo! Paul’s team has been … Continue reading

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Design Philosophy Series: Building a mid-century modern Atomic Ranch – turning feelings and thoughts into ideas on paper

Please see the prior post here for the answer to the question – Why build a mid century modern house in the early 21st century At this point in my process, I had the land, the permits (thanks to the … Continue reading

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Design Philosophy Series: Building a mid-century modern Atomic Ranch – Why?

This is a post that I have been mulling over for quite some time – why did I decide to build a mid-century modern Atomic Ranch house as opposed to some other design style?  What is the thought process behind … Continue reading

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San Francisco travel (With Pittsburgh PA included)

I am flying to SFO on December 2, then flying to Pittsburgh PA on December 9 and returning to Boston on December 13’th

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Insulation is in and the concrete team produce a work of pure artistry

Good morning all NSTAR might be coming in the near future – but I am starting to wonder if Paul will be able to get the Generac placed and running before they get organized and arrive – lol There have … Continue reading

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Fall has arrived in Carlisle and progress is continuing on my house project

edit at 6pm – added Geothermal details at the bottom of the post I have been doing some work travel and so it is has been a couple of weeks since any post here.  Fall has arrived in a definite … Continue reading

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