Tag: Lighting
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Imperfection
Today I offer you a scrapbook meditation on imperfection not only as inevitable but also as appealing and valuable. And for habitués, you won’t be surprised by my mind meandering into the humbling wonders of wabi-sabi. The imperfect moments shape us as much as the sunny ones. (Source: Frosty Ferrying into Rosslyn) With May showers flirting,…
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Lakeside Staircase: Lighting
Shout out to Brandon Dumas for replacing the old wiring, conduit, and riser lights. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Almost done!
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Illumination Tweak
Brandon wrapped up the icehouse interior lighting early last summer. I was thrilled. Much planning. Much micromanagement. Much collaboration with Brandon who helped devise (and implement) some creative lighting solutions for this unique environment. But I immediately noticed a problem in need of an illumination tweak. To be precise the tweak was to resolve an…
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Icehouse East Deck
With many culminating accomplishments to celebrate as we inch, leapfrog, creep, hurtle,… toward the icehouse rehab finish line, I’ve inevitably overlooked a couple. Maybe a few. One of those notable achievements is completion of framing and decking the icehouse east deck. Although we still need to finish installing plugs and oil sealing the garapa deck,…
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Coving Complete
More good news this morning: the icehouse coving is complete! It looks so seamless, so simple now that the woodwork is joined, the discrete elements have coalesced, and the paint has dried. Integration. Cohesion. Hurrah! Only a few months ago, this vision — more mirage than meaningful map forward — danced in my imagination. It…
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Icehouse Coving Progress
Back in mid February I mentioned a small coving workaround that was taking shape. A small discrepancy between as-built conditions and the construction plan presented a challenge/opportunity for our coving progress. There are ledgers along the north wall and south wall top plates that… [result in] a 1-1/2” step near the top of the wall……
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Ciphering on Icehouse Coving
Let’s start with ciphering (before introducing my current coving challenge). I first heard the term “ciphering” used to describe job site problematizing, brainstorming, and generally massaging construction plans into completed carpentry in 2005 when we were renovating the Lapine House. From a linguistic perspective, the idea of describing the process of analyzing plans, troubleshooting an…