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Screen Porch Vs 3 Season Room

In New England it can get buggy, so screen porches can be a nice way to extend your home to the outdoors. However, with our relatively sh...

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There is accounting for taste!

It’s very important for me to understand my clients’ preferences in order to design a home they will find appealing. Of course, every des...

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Choosing a Contractor

I’m often asked by clients if can recommend a suitable contractor for their project. I want to touch on a few of the considerations that ...

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Is Prefab Right for You?

In the past, Prefab Houses (a house built in a factory and delivered to the site) have been synonomous with cheap and unimaginative struc...

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Construction Contracts Explained

The terms “estimate”, “bid “, and “contract” are sometimes confused, but have important differences. An estimate is an educated guess bas...

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Why you should insist on 3D design, not CAD from your architect

Clients often ask if I use CAD (computer aided design). It’s really the wrong question- you should ask, do I design in 3D? CAD started ...

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This 3 minute video could change your life!

Well, not really, but you will get to meet David and see some cool projects. Maybe life-changing, in a minor way

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Labor of Love

I just discovered that my baby (the house I designed and built for my family) is for sale, so it seemed like a good opportunity to write ...

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Skylights

Do skylights leak? No. That was easy! Ok, I have to add some caveats- if they are of an older design-maybe. If they are installed wro...

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Site Specific

A while ago I was driving around with a realtor looking for land to build a spec house. The realtor asked “what kind of house do you buil...

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The Versatile Pergola

Pergolas, or trellises as they are sometimes called (not really the same thing) are structures that form the frame of an outdoor roof, bu...

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Fun with Glass

My company is called Light House because I love light, which means I love glass. I try to bring in as much light as possible through a v...

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What drives the cost of a project?

I’m often asked how much a certain type of project will cost, to which I reply “how much does a car cost?” The point being that the featu...

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LED Lighting

LED’s have been around for a while now, first as the displays in electronic devices and now in lighting. They use a fraction of the elect...

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