by Linda Todsen | Apr 17, 2012 | Current Custom Homes
Literally just in the nick of time, another house was ready for it’s new homeowner last week. We were just finished the final cleaning when the moving truck pulled into the driveway – you would think we like adrenaline or something! It is not usually quite...
by Linda Todsen | Nov 1, 2011 | Nile Landing
As the weather has changed the trees from their varied shades of greens to burnt umbers, brilliant yellows and fiery reds ~ so our new property owners change the Nile Landing landscape from vacant treed lots into ones holding new homes and landscaped gardens. It has...
by Linda Todsen | Mar 10, 2011 | Completed Custom homes, Products we like
All of these cedar products lend themselves well together in creating a natural looking and textured West Coast appearance. But there are so many options – Shake or shingle? Left naturally rustic or stained to be more refined? Should the stain be a solid or...
by Linda Todsen | Feb 28, 2011 | Completed Custom homes
One of the custom homes that we have been working is just 5-6 weeks away from being complete – all of the decisions that the homeowners have been busy making over the past months are coming together. The trades are putting these choices into place and if you can...
by Linda Todsen | Feb 22, 2011 | After work activities, Covered outdoor areas, Islands in Thyme
While we were walking about in the rain out in Tofino a couple of weeks ago, we spotted this great outdoor fireplace. Not only was the fireplace wonderfully clad in river rock, it was built in an area obviously meant to accommodate a gathering of people. A locally...