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Modern Fences – Use your imagination

July 15, 2010 by Bob Borson 57 Comments

Modern Fences – Use your imagination

...“Good fences make good neighbors” Robert Frost, Mending Wall, 1914 Fences DO make good neighbors but having actual good neighbors goes a lot further towards making good neighbors. Don't get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products Tagged With: Materials, Modern Architecture

Awesome Tubs

July 6, 2010 by Bob Borson 5 Comments

Awesome Tubs

Okay, so maybe you haven't heard that I have a design issue to work on in my master bathroom yet (back-story here), but it did make me think a little about bath tubs and what type of tub would I like. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products Tagged With: Le Corbusier, Materials

Cool Things – 001

June 22, 2010 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Cool Things – 001

I have been toying with the idea of creating a post that just sits there for a while and whenever I find something that stops me down and gets me to say 'cool', I'd stick it in that post. So this is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products Tagged With: Materials, Things that are Cool

My Design Entry: Dallas CASA Playhouse

May 7, 2010 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

My Design Entry: Dallas CASA Playhouse

Tomorrow is the final judging for the Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses. CASA (which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates) is a nonprofit organization of community volunteers trained and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, My Work, Playhouses Tagged With: bob borson, CASA, great to work with architects, Materials, playhouses, Trip to Arkansas

Job Site Vocabulary – a starter kit

May 4, 2010 by Bob Borson 8 Comments

Job Site Vocabulary – a starter kit

I can still remember all the times I went on a job site and heard someone use a word I had never heard before. There is a unique language that gets used on a job site and by admitting you couldn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products Tagged With: Materials

Some of my favorite things

March 30, 2010 by 17 Comments

Some of my favorite things

And by my favorite things, I'm going to say that these are materials and products that I would like to use on my own house (yes, I am aware that if I used them all it would look like a student project … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Materials and Products Tagged With: Materials

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