My House

Josef Albers – Homage to the Square

Josef Albers – Homage to the Square

While accomplished as a photographer, printmaker, designer, and poet, Josef Albers is probably best remembered for his work as an abstract painter and theorist.

Painting isn’t fun anymore

Painting isn’t fun anymore

Deciding to paint the interior stucco walls of our house was easy – actually painting them was a different experience.

Residential Drainage

Residential Drainage

Drainage around your house should be taken seriously, otherwise the results can be prohibitively expensive to repair.

Modern House Challenge: Site Built Windows

Modern House Challenge: Site Built Windows

The house I live in is almost 50 years old and has site built windows and they still look and work great. I sketched up some of the details used in the construction of my windows for review here

An Architect’s House | The Lamps of Lost Souls

An Architect’s House | The Lamps of Lost Souls

I call these light fixtures – ‘The Lamps of Lost Souls’ (don’t let their golden-y aura mislead you – they are the bad and the ugly).

The Shade Store – Installing roller shades

The Shade Store – Installing roller shades

Few things say Happy Thanksgiving like a home improvement project – and this year we decided to put some blinds on the windows in the kitchen.

Franciscan Earthenware and Design

Franciscan Earthenware and Design

Breaking down the look, feel, texture, use of every items is par for the course and that process of evaluating creates a sort of hell for me. Why you ask?

An Architect’s House | Ye Olde Sconces

An Architect’s House | Ye Olde Sconces

When I walk into my bedroom I can’t help but think that lurking around the corner is the ghost of the Captain who ran the pirate crew of the ship where these fixtures were clearly salvaged. He feels like his booty was stolen and he wants his stateroom lights back.

Concrete Floors

Concrete Floors

I decided to start a monumental project at my house this weekend – stripping my concrete floors. Depending on what you know, that may or may not be a big deal so let me tell you….it’s a big deal, for a couple of reasons.

An Architect’s House – The Flood

An Architect’s House – The Flood

So I wasn’t planning on writing another post on my house for a while but we had a bit of excitement on Saturday night. Around 11:15pm we get a loud knock on the door - and since we aren’t in the habit of receiving late night visitors, I was slightly concerned.  As it turns out, it was some(…)