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What our clients needed: • Create a garden folly that doubles as a well-built shed for crafts and storage. • Size the structure large enough for comfortable storage without dominating the garden. • Discreetly locate the shed in the far corner of the rear yard while maintaining existing trees. • Ensure that the structure is protected from the weather and carefully detailed to deter access of wildlife and rodents. FUNCTION • Construct the shed slab close to grade to permit easy access for bicycle storage, while building shed walls above grade to ensure against termites and dryrot. • Install a French door and operable casement windows to admit plenty of daylight and provide views to the garden. • Include rugged built-in work bench, shelves, bike racks and tool storage for a rustic well-organized and efficient space. • Incorporate GFIC electrical service for safe access to power at this distant corner of the yard. • Position energy-efficient interior lighting to ensure space can be used year-round. • Switch control of exterior light from house and from shed for ease of command. AESTHETICS • Design and detail the shed to coordinate with the Arts and Crafts style house. • Include an arbor for future flowering vines, further softening the shed’s garden presence. • Simple and rustic interior surfaces ensure that the space is easy to clean. • Create an aged and softly weathered appearance, and protect the exterior siding by finishing the cedar with a custom-colored semi-transparent stain. INNOVATIVE MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION • Factory-built components were pre-assembled to allow for a speedy assembly and for a shorter on-site construction schedule. • Each component was easily transported through the yard without disturbing garden features. • Decorative exterior trim frames the door and windows, while a simpler trim is used inside the unadorned shed. OBSTACLE OVERCOME • The structure is located in the corner of the yard to avoid disturbance of a curly willow tree. • The low-profile structure is positioned close to property lines while staying beneath the allowable daylight plane for structures. • To comply with daylight plane close to fence, the roof form combines hip and gable forms, with door located at gable end. • The height of the modest interior is maximized, without exceeding the allowable building height. CRAFTSMANSHIP • The concrete slab was precisely formed and finished for ease of shed assembly before the factory-built components were delivered to site. • Precision planning meant the pre-framed door fit exactly between raised concrete curb.

Our kitchen and bath designer, Claire, worked with the clients to design an amazing new kitchen (dubbed Not Your Average Island). The clients’ biggest headache was that the kitchen didn’t function for their family. They were limited with their current seating arrangement, their countertops were filled with appliances, proper storage solutions were lacking and the space was just not working well for them. With the banquette for the children to comfortably do their afternoon homework, additional island seating and enhanced function throughout, our designer Claire completely transformed this space. Her expertise created a one-of-a-kind (definitely not your average) island that was designed specifically for this wonderful family and allowed her to find a home for every piece and part (and more!) the homeowners use every day and the clients love their new kitchen! Photography: Scott Amundson Photography

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How much wood is used in an average kitchen remodel?? For an average sized kitchen of about 200 square feet, it takes approximately 400 board feet of lumber and 40 sheets of plywood to make all the cabinetry. That’s over 2,000 lbs (a metric ton) of wood!

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Kurtis Miller Photography, kmpics.com Timbered Porch with wooden bed porch swing. Circle sawn roof decking, custom timber truss. All materials provided by Sisson Dupont and Carder. www.sdclogandtimber.com

Kurtis Miller Photography, kmpics.com Exterior of not your average log home with a Chink Groove Log Home designed and built by Sisson Dupont and Carder. Materials from Sisson Dupont and Carder. Biggest log and timber resource int he southeast.

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Kurtis Miller Photography, kmpics.com Exterior of not your average log home with a Chink Groove Log Home designed and built by Sisson Dupont and Carder. Materials from Sisson Dupont and Carder. Biggest log and timber resource int he southeast.

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Before picture shows a nice kitchen, but simple, average and lifeless. The homeowner was ready for a transformation in style, quality of materials and something timeless that they would never again have to remodel. The dark countertops do not compliment the gold faux wall painting. J Hettinger Interiors, Dorene Gomez

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