Perfect for the dream house I will one day create…
This is analogous to my life as a prospective graduate student and a prospective carpenter.
Perfect for the dream house I will one day create…
This is analogous to my life as a prospective graduate student and a prospective carpenter.
Whoa. This is amazing. But I know exactly how it will look in a few years. If you’ve ever been in a postmodern home, you’ll know what I mean: a lingering, vague sense deadness that is not ironic.
Time to stain the columns white and wait for the cedar shingles to turn grey.
Here are some doric columns for a gazebo, along with research from Vitruvius’ 10 Books of Architecture, written in 15 BC.
The hallmark of a Doric capital is “divided into three parts, of which one will form the abacus with its cymatium, the second the echinus with its annulets, and the third the necking.” However, to keep the classicism rustic, I’ve eliminated the necking and raised the astragal (or in this case the fillet) to the echinus, filling the tripartite requirement and satisfying my bucolic proclivity.
Initial stages.
Here are two mantles I built for a home in the Kawarthas. Inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s mantle from Monticello, and design magazine clippings provided by the home-owner, I settled for these examples of American, rustic classicism.
Inspiration.
Garage Stairs.
Shingling a cottage in the Kawarthas with white cedar. In about two years, the shingles will turn grey and achieve that hallmark style, prevalent in New England.
