2012 January

January 17th, 2012

The Richmond Beach House Story, Part 2

Setting:  A residential neighborhood in the Richmond Beach area of Seattle.

Clients:  If you read the previous post on this house, you may remember this renovated beach bungalow.  At the time of the remodel a decade ago, the clients had two children; they’ve since welcomed two more children to their family. (more…)

January 5th, 2012

Year in Review

As we’re gearing up for 2012 and making plans, we can’t help but look back at the past year, reflect, and note a few milestones:

1.  The year 2011 marked a time of working with existing space: every project completed during the past year was either a renovation or addition to an existing building or house. This may be a commentary on the recession and financing crunch of 2009-2010 where existing building projects had more luck finding financing than new construction. Or it may have just been the chance we had to work in some of Salt Lake’s more interesting historic neighborhoods and old buildings. (more…)