Wednesday, April 13. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
Living in a trailer isn’t so bad. That’s what I like to tell myself, anyway. I moved into
Saturday, March 26th. The shoes I wore to meet the builder.
Numbers are scary. Numbers signifying your weight, your blood pressure, your bank account balance, your age. Numbers, as it turns
Friday, December 11. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
I like wood. Concrete. Tile. Marble. Steel. Mullioned glass. I especially like concrete formed to look like wood. Will likes
Friday, November 6th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
You learn a lot about things you didn’t know you didn’t know when designing a house. Like shear
Tuesday, Sept 8th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
In my life, I have been told I resemble a prettier version of Allison Janney; easily passed off as Katharine
Friday, August 21. The shoes I wore to meet the architects.
A set of Copic markers is not cheap. But good tools are valued in the Office Design studio, where we
Wednesday, July 29. The shoes I wore to meet the architects.
Would have been these shoes, except that I didn’t meet with the architects (note: it’s plural now). I
Wednesday, June 3. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
My house is not a piece of software. It is not a computer or an application program. But it is
Tuesday, January 13. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
Design is about constraints. Technical constraints, physical constraints, financial constraints, political constraints. We are at the stage in our home
On the Seattle Box and building a visceral house.
People who build their own home tend to be very courageous. These people are curious about life. They’re thinking