by Linda Todsen | Mar 9, 2012 | Point Mercer, Renovations
We have been working with a couple since last fall to design and build out the renovation on their beach cottage. We had worked with them on a small renovation on the same house a couple of years ago and now they were ready to really get serious! You can see the first...
by Linda Todsen | Oct 3, 2011 | Our House
Exterior trim does need re staining from time to time and our trims time had come for a freshening up – it was a year or two overdue as a matter a fact. We had chosen quite a dark trim colour when we built the house and the darker colours do tend to fade quicker...
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 | Oct 4, 2010 | After work activities, Covered outdoor areas, Islands in Thyme
Although I have already done a blog on the outdoor cooking station at our cabin, when I took the photos we didn’t have fireplace doors at that point. They are now installed and have increased the temperature of the oven as we had hoped. If you are building a...
by Linda Todsen | May 27, 2010 | Completed Custom homes, Personal joys
The native wild roses have just started blooming here on the coast and this mass of blooming loveliness caught my eye this morning on my way to a job site just down the hill from us. The full vision was so beautiful and serene that I had to run home for my camera! The...
