Interior
The Douglas fir gluelam beams and spruce decking that make up the ceiling throughout the house got a clear water-based finish that brought out contrast in the wood. Then we moved onto wall board, and interior color. I went with […]
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Chimney
Feedback was that a high-end beach rental needs to have a fireplace. This was not part of the original plan, so took some juggling to add it to the permit. I went with an attractive unit out of Canada, with […]
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Exterior Paint and Colors
It was tricky to pick colors for this house, as it has many different textures and components that needed to go together, not clash. I wanted to give the house a sort of contemporary NW feeling that highlighted the posts […]
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Siding
Framers have moved on the entry and the carport and we are right behind them with the siding… There was a lot of ladder work involved… Just a quick update. Dan Brelsford, my esteemed “brother in law” from Montana, […]
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Wall Framing
Pictures tell the story here… First wall going up View out living room window… Guest Bedroom View Master Bedroom, Mountain View Right on the Water…. Street View Clear Story from street
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Foundation Grade Beams and Floor Structure
With this home’s shoreline location, the foundation design utilizing deep pilings should enable it to float over the shifting sandy area from the nearby beach. Furthermore, in a significant erosion event, such as happened in February 2004, the house should […]
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Installing Steel Pilings for Foundation
Having owned this property for ten years, I felt that the we needed to design the foundation for the site, and suggested we set the the structure on deep pilings so that it would be able to float over the […]
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Design and Planning
After a long process, which included removing the older double-wide (see video), planning, and permitting, we broke ground in mid-November 2012 on a new waterfront income property on Jamestown Beach, in Sequim Washington. The new two bedroom, two bathroom beach […]