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Toilets by the Front Door

April 5, 2011 by Bob Borson 53 Comments

Toilets by the Front Door

Why - for the sweet love of Grilled Cheezus- would you want to put a toilet by your front door? I'm not talking about close to your front door , I mean right at your front door. It simply defies … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: builder homes, details, great to work with architects, plans, Residential Architect

Residential Architecture 101: Materials

March 10, 2011 by Bob Borson 63 Comments

Residential Architecture 101: Materials

Many of the details that go into designing a project aren't that noticeable but are very important. I can almost always tell when an architect was involved in a project just by looking at a few simple … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, Observations, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: builder homes, great to work with architects

Modern Toilet Room

August 12, 2010 by Bob Borson 36 Comments

Modern Toilet Room

Powder bath rooms generally drive me crazy. Not the ones in my projects (obviously) but the generic ones I see when I go into older homes or the new builder homes of my friends *cringe*. I need to ask … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work, Observations Tagged With: bob borson, builder homes, plans

Hey man, the journey’s groovy

March 8, 2010 by 5 Comments

Hey man, the journey’s groovy

. I was having lunch with a friend of mine today and shared with him that Jimi Hendrix is putting out a new album. What? Ahmm, didn't he die like 40 years ago? Yes - he did. Apparently there are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: being a part of the design process, builder homes, great to work with architects

Pride

March 1, 2010 by 8 Comments

Pride

The Seven Deadly Sins are wrath, greed, sloth, lust, envy, gluttony and pride. Pride ... Should it really one of the 7 Deadly sins? ‘Pride’ as define by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as: a) the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractors Tagged With: builder homes, Construction Process, contractors

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