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Category Archives: House design Influences
Art is now being installed at the new house
Today my Dad and I finished the construction and installation of the custom art hanging hardware for the awesomely awesome Forbidden Planet canvas art hanging that Tom McGillvray gave me as gift several years ago when we were still roommates … Continue reading
Thanksgiving in Carlisle, 2016
Thanksgiving here in Carlisle was fun and relaxed. My parent’s and I enjoyed a wonderful turkey, succotash, potatoes and cranberry sauce dinner that my Mother prepared in splendid fashion – verrrry good! Today (Friday after) is a bit cold … Continue reading
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House numbers – Mid Century style!
More mid century stuff – I needed a number for my house, so I ordered from a company I found as an advertiser in Atomic Ranch magazine that specializes in Mid Century modern styling. I ordered my number (337) in … Continue reading
Big house update
It has been a few weeks since I last posted. I have been travelling a fair bit and lots has gotten done First off and exciting – the Geothermal system is installed and running. With that up and going, Paul … Continue reading
Cold, cold, cold Washington’s Birthday holiday in Carlisle
This morning (Sunday), at sunrise, it was a chilly -21 degrees Fahrenheit on our front porch (indicated at -16 but we normally find a 5 degree difference due to heat from the house impacting the thermometer). The temperature at the … Continue reading
Flooring and tile – some decisions have been made
Saturday was beautiful and cold after the snow on Friday (more on the way potentially – a series of Alberta Clippers are on their way – which is normally moisture starved storms from Alberta but they appear to potentially be … Continue reading
Winter Storm Lexi, working on measurements for the kitchen island and tile stuff
I took today off to meet with Paul and get the final plan for the aluminum I-Beam cantilever and to go and choose tiles for the entryway floor & bathroom floors, the kitchen back-splash and tile in the bathrooms. My … Continue reading
Getting ready for lighting decisions
Quick post – to be elaborated on later – but lighting decisions are in-flight. This post is work in progress – kind of a in-flight storage of stuff Lighting items to review and complete (a) Hallway Sconces 1x entry hall … Continue reading
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
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