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This past weekend, I spent Saturday volunteering at Habitat for Humanity’s new Corvallis project. We spent the day finishing up the main floor decking and back filling the foundation to get the house ready for Habitat for Humanity’s Women’s Build this week. The new site is on 5th street … [Read more...]
If you have glanced around campus or downtown you will notice that there are a lot of old steel fire escapes hanging off of buildings in Corvallis. When one of the sororities took their composite photo with all 40 of the ladies on the fire escape in 2010, the bolts pulled out of a rotten wood wall … [Read more...]
We have been busily working at Herb and Linda’s new cabin in Kings Valley. This is a special project because Herb and Linda needed to build a house on their Benton County timber property before next year in order to keep their rights to build a house. Linda worked extensively with Susan Harthun (a … [Read more...]
We have made a lot of progress this summer and fall on Andre’s new home in Monroe, OR. We worked consistently throughout the summer framing, installing metal roofing, insulating and drywalling his home. We painted and installed concrete sidewalks before the rains started. We also just installed … [Read more...]
Andre came to us this spring looking to build a custom home in Monroe, Oregon (south Benton County). He had already jump started the process by having his friend (an engineer) draw up the design and he began searching for property to build on. We helped him refine his material selections and design. … [Read more...]
The architect for John and Bea’s custom Corvallis home (Don Livingstone of Livingstone Studios Architecture & Planning, LLC) created a video explaining how he designed their home and h0w he communicated his thoughts. The short video shows how we turn the design from paper to reality. I think you … [Read more...]
We have just received word that our most recent new home construction project will be featured in Oregon Home Magazine. The architect for this project, Don Livingstone of Livingstone Studios Architecture & Planning, LLC wrote to the homeowners John and Bea to inform them that: Oregon Home Magazine … [Read more...]
One of the local organizations we support is Corvallis Audubon, since 1993 they have been developing a nature center on Oak Creek Road. The Hesthavn nature center has walking trails and a temporary bridge to connect to the west side of Oak Creek. Unfortunately, the temporary bridges are very … [Read more...]
One of the highlights of John and Bea’s new home are the custom bathrooms. The master bathroom takes advantage of new construction’s flexibility. Their architect Don Livingstone, brought the homes’ tall ceilings down to an intimate level by adding a barrel vaulted ceiling. Next we complemented … [Read more...]
