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The Hipster House: Tiny Victorian Resurrected (Part 2)
It was an ugly, tiny house. The exterior was all wrong. The hovel was awkward and confined even for 900 sq feet. Everywhere was damp, musty, and dark. The kitchen was located just inside the front door and the bathroom was well, hideous. Unfortunately this tiny house’s issues went beyond the cosmetic. There was no standard stud spacing…or sizes…some of the walls weren’t even made of studs. It was terrible and we made it beautiful.
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The Shoddy Cottage (Part 1)
A number of years ago we bought this great little rental house near a major university. Well it turns out it wasn’t so great and I now refer to it as the Shoddy Cottage. This year we decided to tackle a major upgrade and renovation in the span 2 weeks- the gap between our old tenants and new tenants. See how this crazy project unfolded. The Scoop Built in the late 1920s as a summer cottage, the house is located on a dead-end street that overlooks the river. Ages ago the wealthy who lived downtown would vacation on the river and this often-forgotten dead-end street contained their summer “homes.” Owners…
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Winston Churchill Was Right
Architecture and all the associated bits have fascinated me since a young age. I remember using pads of graph paper to create house plans with functional nooks and crannies like phone booths under the stairs, window seats, and secret doors. My idea of a fun weekend was, and still is, a litany of open houses where I can study layout, proportion, design, and live in a fantasy land of indoor pools, tea parties, balls, and basement basketball courts.
