The Nakamoto siding was selected specifically for the way it plays into that aesthetic. The horizontal shou sugi ban cedar provided the perfect weathered, timeless effect the team wanted. The homeowner was particularly excited about the siding’s slightly blue tint and how it plays off the water, and the pinkish hints throughout the wood grain were a perfect compliment to the color scheme of the home. The home is exposed to a lot of elements and insects on the water, so the durability of the siding was also key in their decision. Product: Pika-Pika 1×6 select grade shiplap Prefinish: Linseed Light Gray Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 2300SF Designer: intergrate Architecture + Planning Builder: Even Construction Date: 2022 Location: Portland, OR

This custom-designed kitchen island is a testament to our ability to blend industrial elements with modern sophistication in this Boston loft. Facing limitations with commercially available options, we crafted this 8-foot island to perfectly suit the client's needs and the home's architectural character. The island base, salvaged from a historic New England piano factory, features weathered wood and authentic industrial details. We incorporated vintage tin ceiling tiles and repurposed drawers from an old army desk, adding layers of texture and history. The island countertop is crafted from richly stained black hardwood, accented with metal rivets for a touch of industrial flair. This statement piece provides a striking contrast to the surrounding modern white kitchen, adding warmth, functionality, and a unique focal point to the space.

The heart of the kitchen: a dual-fuel Mugnaini pizza oven seamlessly integrated into custom cabinetry. Sourced specially from California, it represents the homeowner’s passion for authentic cooking, designed to burn both wood and gas for flexibility and precision. As a rare residential installation in North Carolina, this oven is more than a feature, it’s a statement of craftsmanship and personal tradition, with every detail, including custom louvers and storage for oven cleaning.

A tea pot, being a vessel, is defined by the space it contains, it is not the tea pot that is important, but the space. Crispin Sartwell Located on a lake outside of Milwaukee, the Vessel House is the culmination of an intense 5 year collaboration with our client and multiple local craftsmen focused on the creation of a modern analogue to the Usonian Home. As with most residential work, this home is a direct reflection of it’s owner, a highly educated art collector with a passion for music, fine furniture, and architecture. His interest in authenticity drove the material selections such as masonry, copper, and white oak, as well as the need for traditional methods of construction. The initial diagram of the house involved a collection of embedded walls that emerge from the site and create spaces between them, which are covered with a series of floating rooves. The windows provide natural light on three sides of the house as a band of clerestories, transforming to a floor to ceiling ribbon of glass on the lakeside. The Vessel House functions as a gallery for the owner’s art, motorcycles, Tiffany lamps, and vintage musical instruments – offering spaces to exhibit, store, and listen. These gallery nodes overlap with the typical house program of kitchen, dining, living, and bedroom, creating dynamic zones of transition and rooms that serve dual purposes allowing guests to relax in a museum setting. Through it’s materiality, connection to nature, and open planning, the Vessel House continues many of the Usonian principles Wright advocated for. Overview Oconomowoc, WI Completion Date August 2015 Services Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture

Project Overview: This project was built by Standing Bear Construction of Victor, Idaho, and features an exterior application of our Pika-Pika yakisugi shiplap siding with Ebony traditional oil prefinish. Product: Pika-Pika 1×6 select grade shiplap Prefinish: Black Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 1200SF Designer: Builder: Standing Bear Construction Date: March 2019 Location: Jackson, WY

Column Design #100 - Authentic Replication Maple Wood Columns. - Tuscan Capitals & Bases. - Plain, Round, Tapered Wooden Shats Split for Reassembly Column Size: 8" x 45" Project Location: Plato, MN Kitchen with columns on counter. Columns faux finished to look like marble. Photography: K. Peterson Design - Residential, Interior

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This cozy kitchen and dining nook blends rustic charm with vibrant Southwestern character, featuring warm adobe walls, a ceiling of natural vigas, and a skylight that floods the space with sunlight. A round wooden table is surrounded by brightly painted chairs in red, blue, and yellow, adding a playful pop of color against the earthy tones. Handcrafted wood cabinetry, colorful tile backsplash with sunflower motifs, and traditional brick flooring create a welcoming, authentic atmosphere that perfectly reflects Santa Fe’s timeless design aesthetic.

John I. Meyer, Jr. AIA LEED AP, principal of Meyer & Meyer, Inc. was recently awarded the 2014 Bulfinch Award for the renovation and restoration of the Admiral’s House, a classic Georgian home, in Newton, MA. Presented by the New England Chapter of the Institute of Classical Art and Architecture, the award recognizes the best work of individuals and firms to preserve and advance the classical tradition in New England. The award is named for Boston Architect Charles Bulfinch (1763-1844), America’s first native-born architect and designer of the Massachusetts State House. Meyer & Meyer, Inc. is an award-winning firm offering comprehensive architectural and interior design services. The firm has earned an impeccable reputation for design, detailing, and use of quality materials. Expertise ranges from authentic historical styles to innovative contemporary design. Sam Gray Photography

The Offset House sits atop a hillside looking east toward the Green Mountains. Its bold and simple forms create a striking profile that responds to the site and our clients’s needs. Inspired by the iconic forms and singular use of materials found in New England barns, the offset house is a modern, domestic interpretation of the agrarian archetype. Product 1: Gendai 1×6 select grade shiplap Prefinish: Linseed Light Gray Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 3,400 SF Design: Elizabeth Herrmann Builder: Red House Building Year Built: 2022

Project Overview: This intensively-designed small project by MQ Architecture expanded on a functional outbuilding to make something beautiful, matching the fantastic wooded location directly across the Hudson River from West Point. From MQ Architecture: “This project entitled a surgical demolition of an existing shed and the erection of a small ancillary building. The old structure housed the electrical and communications utilities of a large compound, and the new project had to preserve the location and function of all this equipment, therefore some walls and floor levels are set from the beginning. The program required two different type of users, therefore we decided to split the building in two, allowing for a separate circulation for each group. The upper piece houses the electrical room and the team quarters, while the lower portion holds two individual restrooms for visitors. The project sits in the middle of the forest therefore we chose charred wood to make it blend with the surrounding nature. On the other hand, the polycarbonate façade brings natural light and privacy to the interior. All floors are made of polished concrete for easy maintenance and a radiant slab keeps an optimal temperature during extreme winters.” Product: Gendai 1×6 select grade shiplap Prefinish: Black Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 1100SF Designer: Miguel Quismondo (MQ Architecture) Builder: Miguel Quismondo Date: August 2018 Location: Garrison, NY

Project Overview: The project was a single-family new construction build by Craig Schoenberg of Schoenberg Construction in St. Cloud, Minnesota using our Suyaki (The Original Yakisugi) exterior charred siding. Designed as a hobby project by Colin Koop of architectural juggernaut SOM. Project Details: Product: Suyaki 1×6 Shiplap Prefinish: Black Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 6280SF Designer: Colin Koop Builder: Schoenberg Construction Date: September 2017

What a great combination. More and more we are seeing different types of building materials used together in design. The Belmont Country Club utilized brick, stone, wood, and metal in a way that is both modern and sophisticated. To balance the color palate, white brick was used instead of the traditional red. This is picked up by the subtle white striping present in the natural stone columns, foundation, entrance, and siding facade details. Staying with this theme, a blue/gray color was used for the trim to complement the primary tones in the stone. Metal accents and deep wooden doors and ceiling panels complete the design. The natural stone veneer chosen for the Belmont Country Club was Greenwich Gray Ledgestone Thin Veneer. This material is 100% real stone that has been cut thin for ease of installation. This light, yet durable stone adds texture and depth to any commercial or residential construction project. The use of authentic stone in any space provides a solid foundation to build a beautiful and well rounded design. Mason: Model Masonry & Tile Wellesley Hills, MA 617.202.5554 Architect: CBT Architects Boston, MA www.cbtarchitects.com Dealer: MJ Pirolli Watertown, MA 02472 (617) 924-0022 Eric Barry Photography

These steel, carriage house garage doors - in Slate - are trending with grooved panel pattern, rich textures, and authentic weathered wood appearance. These doors, by Clopay, bring a beautiful farmhouse vibe to the home's exterior design with an impressive AND affordable upgrade. | Project and Photo Credits: Pro-Lift Garage Doors Savannah

Project Overview: The owner of this project is a financial analyst turned realtor turned landlord, and the goal was to increase rental income on one of his properties as effectively as possible. The design was developed to minimize construction costs, minimize City of Portland building compliance costs and restrictions, and to avoid a county tax assessment increase based on site improvements. The owner started with a large backyard at one of his properties, had a custom tiny home built as “personal property”, then added two ancillary sheds each under a 200SF compliance threshold to increase the habitable floor plan. Compliant navigation of laws and code ended up with an out-of-the-box design that only needed mechanical permitting and inspections by the city, but no building permits that would trigger a county value re-assessment. The owner’s final construction costs were $50k less than a standard ADU, rental income almost doubled for the property, and there was no resultant tax increase. Product: Gendai 1×6 select grade shiplap Prefinish: Unoiled Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 900SF Designer: Builder: Date: March 2019 Location: Portland, OR

Shelburne Cinder Wood Plank Porcelain Tile | This Shelburne Cinder Wood Plank Porcelain Tile is 8in. x 48in. with a matte finish. This tile has inkjet print quality, which produces a high definition image that thoroughly covers the tile and results in a natural, authentic look. PEI measures a tile's durability and ability to withstand foot traffic, on a scale of 1-5. This tile, rated at 4 PEI, can withstand moderate to heavy traffic and is suitable for all residential and medium commercial floor and wall applications. This porcelain tile comes from Italy. Long known as the "home" of tile design, Italian designers lead the industry in creativity and style. Italian factories are also well known for their high quality products. Add a stylish touch to any room with porcelain flooring. It is ideal for its beauty and versatility and can also be used in any room in your house. With proper installation, porcelain tiles can last for years with very little maintenance. Porcelain is an excellent choice to decorate walls as well.

Four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a whole lot of Suyaki make this absolutely stunning Seattle Lakehouse stand out from the rest. Originally built in 1950, this house was lovingly remodeled by the homeowners along with SHED architecture. Luxurious yet lived-in, this house is full of wabi sabi touches. Product: Suyaki 1×6 select grade shiplap, Suyaki 1×8 select grade S3S Prefinish: Tung Oil Black Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 5,400 SF Architect: SHED Builder: Whelbilt Homes Photographer: Rafael Soldi Year Built: 2021

Transforming a Vancouver Home with Our Concrete Look Coarse Grey Finish A Seamless, Architectural Concrete Aesthetic—Without the Weight of Real Concrete When a Vancouver homeowner set out to create a sophisticated, modern apartment featuring barn-yard doors and industrial influences, they turned to 5 Star Finishes and our Concrete Look Coarse Grey plaster. The goal: bring the striking, architectural presence of poured concrete into the bedroom and entryway—without the limitations, cracks, or cold feel of real concrete. A Custom Concrete Look with Precision Joint Patterns For this project, the homeowner envisioned a custom joint pattern mimicking the clean geometry of architectural concrete panels. Our team taped out a precise layout using laser levels and pinstriping tape, ensuring absolute accuracy in every line. To create authentic tie holes, stickers were strategically placed between the first and second plaster layers. This technique produces subtle recesses that replicate the look of poured-in-place concrete—adding dimension and unmistakable realism. The Power of the Concrete Look Coarse Grey Plaster Our Concrete Look Course Grey plaster is engineered to produce an incredibly convincing concrete texture. Using our specialized Concrete Look Texturing Tool, we’re able to create depth, movement, and natural imperfections that look and feel like true concrete—yet the finish remains: Seamless Lightweight Durable Suitable for interiors and exteriors The result is a high-end, custom look that elevates any residential or commercial space. Customizable to Your Design Vision Every concrete-inspired finish can be tailored to your preferred style: Joint widths can be wider or thinner Tie holes can be subtle or deeply defined Lines and patterns are completely customizable Overall texture can be refined or more rugged depending on the desired mood This flexibility makes the Concrete Look Coarse Grey product ideal for modern, industrial, Scandinavian, and minimalist spaces. Project Snapshot Location: Vancouver, BC Spaces: Entryway + Bedroom Feature Walls Finish: Concrete Look Coarse Grey with custom joint pattern & tie holes Completion: 2020 Budget Range: $5,000–$10,000 Bring the Concrete Look to Your Home If you love the bold, architectural character of concrete but want a customizable, seamless, and durable alternative, our Concrete Look Coarse Grey finish offers the ideal solution. Explore the product here: https://shop.5starfinishes.ca/products/concrete-look-plaster For consultations, custom applications, or trade inquiries, contact 5 Star Finishes today—your experts in luxury surface finishes across Vancouver and beyond.

Project Overview: This project was built by Standing Bear Construction of Victor, Idaho, and features an exterior application of our Pika-Pika yakisugi shiplap siding with Ebony traditional oil prefinish. Product: Pika-Pika 1×6 select grade shiplap Prefinish: Black Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 1200SF Designer: Builder: Standing Bear Construction Date: March 2019 Location: Jackson, WY