6th Street SW - LATITUDE 38

You’re putting rusty siding on your new house?

Yup. For the most part, our house is a very traditional form (long gable roof with hip front porch roof), so we wanted some elements…

We have received our triple pane windows from Serious and have been busy working our way around the house. Today was spent installing the ten…

When looking at our annual utility bills I have trouble visualizing how much electricity we are using. In 2010 we used 12,275 kWh of power…

I’ve wanted to incorporate salvaged and reclaimed material into our houses for a while now, as I think it adds so much intrigue and texture….

Sometimes it’s nice to have a little closure. I don’t know what I was really thinking, but a few years ago I bought an upright…

Now that we are under roof, we’ve been concentrating on our interior framing. First up was building the interior half of the double stud wall…

We are trying a new attic insulation and air sealing detail on this house. We have been a big believer in conditioning the attic space…

Far too hot out there today. Need to catch my breath before heading down to Arcade Fire tonight, so no time for blog posts. Joey…

It’s been blistering hot this week, but we were finally able to create a little shade for ourselves by putting a roof on. It’s a…

Anytime we put a foundation in, we end up with a giant moat around the house as we dig out the earth slightly larger than…