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  • first xmas
  • A Merry Christmas.
  • Fun with Cord Lights
  • Survey says...(this is going around the blog circuit. Feel free to copy and paste your own answers.)
  • A message from Johan
  • Power of Attorney
  • ISA & Brian Phillips in Dwell Magazine
  • Why great residential architecture doesn’t pay
  • The shower
  • Woo Hoo!!
  • First Impressions
  • STORDAL Hack Revisited
  • STORDAL Doors as Room Divider: IKEA hack #597
  • Beowulf: An Epic Poem, A Cartoon Movie, and the Fragility of History
  • Spring Day, ha!
  • Pool's Open
  • Urban Kitchen Meeting at Pappajohn Woodworking
  • Coastal Dreams--A Paddleboarding Oddessy for Coastal Awareness
  • Longing for lazy summer days
  • New Archives Page for the Blog
  • Lights and fans
  • lta1055_m.jpg
  • Random Cost Reduction Ideas From a Day at Barnes & Nobles
  • today.jpg
  • Rockin’
  • family portrait . . .
  • Water Escapes
  • more tourist photos
  • Exotic Hardwoods
  • The Big Question
  • Trades at work.
  • Getting a handle on things
  • The warmth of my man cave
  • Window of Opportunity
  • Big Box Modern
  • Plumbers and plumbing fixtures
  • Putting the design pieces together
  • A fine looking hat
  • Home Alone----- AKA: Our petsitter is on crack. (allegedly)
  • Images are one thing - Let’s try video!
  • Ding Dong
  • Kakelugnar
  • It almost looks like something
  • Progress
  • Visual Genius - Accessory Units Explained
  • Janne calls the Kommun
  • A proper meal...
  • Details
  • This Gas Stinks to Death: The House takes the Test
  • Pure white
  • Can traditional builder methods to reduce cost translate to modern and green?
  • Dressed in winter white
  • Love Vivo's patio
  • What If...
  • It just occurred to me...
  • and, now a break from house pictures...
  • more pics of the hizzzouuussse.
  • and my diet Pepsi wasn't half bad either come to think of it.
  • our hizzzzouuuse.
  • Rob and Lori...a reminder of your awesome view
  • Rob and Lori...heres some pics (I know finally) of YOUR house
  • Beach House 19--Progress Slows
  • lightning fast . . .
  • back . . .
  • cmu walls, more paint, railings, counter tops, etc . . .
  • crusin' . . .
  • more good progress . . .
  • a few more details . . .
  • quick update . . . cabinets, cmu block wall
  • moving forward . . .
  • sheetrock is complete, still need to mud and tape . . .
  • Drywall, retaining wall, metal
  • final details before sheetrock . . .
  • insulation . . .
  • flyin' along . . .
  • quick update . . .
  • baby steps . . . (hmmmm, I think I've used this title before)
  • finally, more progress . . .
  • nothing signicant going on with the house, so . . .
  • a couple exciting details . . .
  • progress, but not very obvious from the outside . . .
  • ahhh, the wood . . .
  • almost framed . . .
  • windows, wrapping, siding, decking . . .
  • steady progress and some google sketch-up fun . . .
  • more trusses . . .
  • lots of work today . . .
  • We have a winner
  • ISA Speaking at Habitat’s 2nd Annual Green Building Conference on the 100K House Project
  • Surf and Politics do Mix, Sort of
  • Zoning Error?
  • What's next?
  • moving the garage and papaya adoption
  • Soil Testing and Next Steps
  • Swingin’
  • The well is done
  • Tuesday morning
  • Windows get started
  • LEED for Homes Checklist
  • See the quick tour of my house
  • Sweden selects
  • The Barter House - A Walking Tour of the Interior
  • sxsw
  • Poured Concrete - We’re Moving Forward
  • More pictures of stone… Lincoln Creek
  • The technical stuff
  • and I want it lime green
  • Color Splash...
  • Trashed
  • thirty seven
  • Article on 100K House in Metropolis Magazine
  • Framing Continues on the Barter House
  • Site Modification in Progress
  • Of Sinus Infections and Japanese Soaking Tubs
  • Probably the Greenest Thing in the House
  • Wake Me Up When September Ends
  • Vampires in the Carport
  • What's the Deal with the Door?
  • "HAL...is that you?"
  • We're Gonna Live Forever!
  • Black Out(ch!)
  • That's Gonna Leave a Mark
  • Touch the Sky
  • Heavy Metal Rocks!
  • Totally Floored!
  • The Pain, the Agony, the Air Quality...
  • "I See a First Floor and I Want to Paint it White..."
  • The Ducts are Dust Free, Dude
  • Recycled Energy
  • Steel Mushroom
  • Welcome to Spaghetti Junction
  • Being Green Ain't Easy
  • A Quick Note of Thanks! (Three of a Three Part Series)
  • I (Heart) Nanosolar! An Open Love Letter
  • Dear Treehugger,
  • This Gas Stinks to Death
  • A House is Born (sort of)
  • A Quick Note of Thanks! (Two of a Three Part Series)
  • You can still hear the sound of the lambs screaming, can't you, Clarice?
  • Spring clean up
  • new doggie door
  • Finishing details.
  • Quick Update
  • Design themes
  • project of the week
  • Countertops arrived
  • SIP Quote Update for 100K House
  • Hiring the hit men
  • STUCK without a “green” adhesive
  • Oh, how I wish I could be there to heckle...
  • Surfrider Foundation Developing a National Policy on Wave Energy Projects
  • Purchase: Cimarron™ Comfort Height™ Complete Solution™ round-front toilet
  • Waterproofing is Done…. Backfill is Complete.
  • A more detailed video on SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels)
  • Interior Bathroom Windows
  • Urban Kitchen Design Update
  • Passive House (Passivhaus) Standard for Energy Efficient Design
  • green roof revisited, sort of
  • Recession, what recession?
  • Shed Inspiration
  • San Francisco Ferry Building
  • The current preoccupation
  • Bear?
  • Art, moveable art
  • Pretty neat Google Sketchups of our house in 3D
  • Cook's Kitchen?
  • Saturday Grab Bag
  • and then there were five
  • My audience is growing
  • Updates come as slowly as the updates
  • Sheetrocking
  • Ahem!
  • He Said - She Said, the TJI Drama Continues on the Barter House
  • Getting closer to finished
  • dare ga-nome,
  • misery loves company
  • hsin-hsin's great twig wall of austin and gnome pilgrims
  • more sliders and glass
  • The "Dwell" Influence
  • The finish line in sight
  • Happy Yule, Y'all!
  • gaslines_1.jpg
  • 'Tis the season
  • Yucky Chucky
  • Tankless Hot Water - An Investment
  • Snow Gray?
  • Finding Ways to Spend Money
  • cochecklist.jpg
  • Casulty of winter?
  • Building in art in your home
  • No More Allergy Meds!
  • A Winter visit
  • Peaceable Kingdom my ass.
  • The Sunshine Sea
  • Danish modern in the English Home Counties
  • nytimesstyle.jpg
  • I Heart Upstate
  • A Plan for Deflection; The Start of the Barter House Roof
  • Mobile Blogging
  • All roofed in...
  • Countertop, stairs, etc
  • Progress continues!
  • Tread lightly
  • My letter to Local Electeds to Adjust the Proposed Location of the Westport Wave Power Project
  • Ocean Wave and Wind Power--Possible Environmental Conflicts?
  • Recreation is an Authentic Ocean Resource Threatened by Wave Power Development
  • Beach House 14--Roof and Windows, and Ohhhh What a Roof!
  • The Shape of Things to Come--Roof and Windows
  • Beach House 12--Lofting the Beams
  • Beach House 11--Second Floor Framing
  • Beach House 10--First Floor Framing and Our First Sense of the View
  • Beach House Part 9--Building (F#*K Yeah!)
  • I have this friend...
  • San Diego Surf-ianna
  • More Exceptional Stuff
  • Learning to Do Something New Here
  • Jose Gonzales
  • Selling the Red Sled--Vanagon WRX Conversion
  • Being Good at Doing Good
  • Beach House Part 8-- "Are We Developers Yet?"-- A Recap of the Process So Far
  • OK, That Could Have Been Fun
  • Planting the Third Tree
  • Dad Gone Mad
  • Comments
  • I paddleboard
  • The Bittersweet End of Little League Season and the Thoughts of one Little League Dad
  • Beach House Part VII
  • Inspirational Plywood Stairs
  • Friday afternoon timewaster
  • rainscreen....
  • Another video of our view…
  • Video from the day the footings were dug
  • Possible New Layout for the Ground Floor
  • A LEED Review on the 100K House Project
  • Leslie on 6th St.
  • you gotta go!
  • Le Senorita Chocolata Pants.
  • 24 carats too late
  • Powder room tile choice
  • The finished product
  • Kitchen Sub-Floor & Layout
  • Barter House: Inspired by David Jameson
  • Island webcam
  • ThermaSteel - Light Guage Steel Insulated Panels
  • Alexism
  • Just Another Macabre Monday
  • Progress Photo Essay
  • progress in-progress
  • Trying to answer a few AAC questions
  • Up to speed…
  • Our buddy TED
  • Cow Power™
  • House System Status: ONLINE
  • A Front Door
  • Interior Painting