exterior outlet in stone veneer

Outlet rougn-in in veneer stone

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Balcony wall

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The fence below is for a project of mine that I designed, and is located in the shoreland zone. My client wanted some place to keep her trash cans and neither of us were too excited about a shed and also worried about the cost. With the house located in the shoreland zone, we had few options for a detached shed, so had to settle on something built against the house.

This first sketch shows a small shed. Not very pretty.

shed idea

My client showed me a fence in a magazine that she liked, so I drew this plan, which included an arbor over the path to the water and a gate to trash bin storage.

fence with arbor

Sometimes it’s difficult to convince a contractor that you want something simple. We pointed out that the reference photo showed a fence, but upon closer examination you saw some cut marks and a few exposed screws. There is a time, where the budget must rule and quality needs to be lessoned in order to meet the budget. I totally get the difficulty that certain builders have in “toning” down the quality. It’s just so counter intuitive from what they typically do. But for a project like this, where the weather and wear and tear isn’t that much of an issue, it’s ok for lower quality. No need for mahogany and all concealed fasteners.

Below is the variation that the builder came up with and he “threw” it together as best he could force himself to do and did a great job!

I’ll have to go back and take new photos as I’m sure the lawn and plant beds look great this spring.

fence

lattice fence with trash bin area

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Shingle style gambrel

Shingle style gambrel

Shingle style gambrel

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Here’s a garage I designed for a couple on the coast who live in a John Calvin Stevens house. They decided to add a turret to the design and here’s what I came up with.

The first drawing shows the front of the garage which matches their house. The passage double doors to the left are to a small bicycle shop. Notice the covered porch on left. This brings you to the side entrance where you can go up to the guest suite above the garage.

garage front

Here’s the side elevation with the turret added to the design. I’m also proposing a round window to the walk-in shower. Venting windows in bike shop are not he right and matching venting windows in circular stair below cupola to left. The third garage bay is the far left.

side of garage

The third garage bay has large sliding doors that open up to a deck. This elevation faces the family’s backyard and the ocean. The space will be used for outdoor entertaining.

back of garage

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You never know what changes may occur during a construction project. After the retaining walls for the elevated patio were poured, the owners asked me what goes in that giant hole. I told them dirt. We need to fill it with sand and compacted crushed rock up to the top where we will install patio stones. They said they’d really like to use that space for storage. We discussed the difficulty in that, because we would have to pour a slab that would support the huge patio stones and also act as a watertight roof which will need steel beam supports.

patio retaining walls

I sketched this idea of making the patio storage room look like some of the old forts in the harbor.

original patio wall idea

Here is the same idea drawn in cadd with steel beams drawn.

cadd drawing

In this photo, you can see one of the steel beam poking up through the concrete and all the rebar and metal pan decking required for the slab support.

patio slab with reinforcing

Here it is today, with the slab poured and windows installed. There is a custom mahogany door being fabricated for opening at center of image. The custom door will have a window in it that matches these installed windows.

patio storage door

Close-up of veneer stone.

patio storage window

Here’s the storage space within. You can see the steel beams and metal deck that supports the structural slab above. Great storage room for outdoor furniture, sea kayaks etc.

patio storage interior

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