Nancy has a design aesthetic that employs the intersection of a respect for the randomness of nature, and the ordering of form that elementally simple utility demands. For example, she has us build a lot of staircases out of natural stone. Not every project has...
Nancy designed a seating area that incorporated a six foot long bench into the retaining wall we were building. The bluestone slab we used for the seating surface was right at the lifting capacity of my mighty-mini Bobcat 323 excavator. It's very satisfying to make...
We've overcome one of the primary challenges to implementing a rain garden for our customers. Often times we're presented with the difficulty of getting roof water to the bioswale when the site is uphill from there the downspouts spill rainwater. In these cases we run...
Were making progress on a big project. Yesterday we built a simple gateway trellis that Nancy designed. The Posts are pressure treated Hem Fir and the primary lumber is Western Red Cedar attached with stainless steel screws. It should last a lifetime....
We're building another retaining wall. A previous blog entry demonstrated our technique of using a blasted rock in building a retaining wall. This customer wanted to have us use a quarried rock, in this case we chose to use Eagle Mountain basalt. It's a beautifully...