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Construction Diary: A Maine Designer Builds His Family’s Home Completely by Hand

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See the full story on Dwell.com: Construction Diary: A Maine Designer Builds His Family’s Home Completely by Hand Related stories: Construction Diary: This Architect’s "Fugly" Beach House Has the Most Exquisitely Crafted Kitchen Construction Diary: The Founder of a Cabin Rental Company Builds a Fire Island Retreat of His Own Construction Diary: An (..)

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Construction Diary: In the Mojave Desert, a First-Time Builder Takes On a Tricky Prefab Home

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Assuming the role of contractor, Julie Park works through trials and tribulations to construct a Blue Sky house with a complex metal roof. Julie Park had a vision. Julie is passionate about baking and cooking, so she specified a highly functional (and stylish) Reform Kitchen.

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Construction Diary: It Took a Decade, But Their Experimental, DIY Home Was Worth the Wait

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Courtesy of JHL Design Holly and David met while working on an early LEED-certified project, and they were eager to experiment with sustainable building strategies while balancing splurges (like soaring windows and hydronic radiant floor heat) with more cost-effective construction measures (like having David act as general contractor).

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Construction Diary: A Ceramicist Gets Hands-On While Renovating Her Midcentury Home

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But what drew me to it were the oaks on the property and the irregular footprint—the house is two feet wider on one end. As soon as I saw it, I pictured this masonry feature going from the exterior to the interior, and I started to get excited.

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Construction Diary: A Brooklyn Couple Revive an ’80s Time Capsule in the Catskills

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Jack Alessio Pretto and Spencer Bergen Before: The house had pine boards running above the living room that masked the popcorn ceiling. The couple saved these and used them as trim throughout the house.

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Construction Diary: This Architect’s "Fugly" Beach House Has the Most Exquisitely Crafted Kitchen

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As the founder of Woodhull, an architecture, construction, and millwork firm in Portland, Maine, Caleb was confident he could transform this odd little building that was once part of a roadside motel into a cozy beachside haven.

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Construction Diary: They’d Never Designed an A-Frame Before—But They Aced the Build

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"We’re wrestling with these dimensions, and we weren’t getting head heights and clearances and a bunch of code stuff, and then it kind of just came about being like, ‘Oh, we could just go deeper down in earth.’"