Archive for the ‘New Canaan’ Category

2 lb. closed-cell spray-foam insulation installation

I am willing to wager the carpenters who mortised these chestnut beams in 1834 never imagined a part soy expanding foam insulation being sprayed on their work 175 years later.


My beautiful hometown, New Canaan, CT.

I stopped in town for a Chai Latte on the way home from work Friday and snapped this picture of Elm street looking pretty as snow fell in the early evening.


Porch restoration – summer 2007

Here’s a quick gallery of a porch restoration project in Fairfield County. This is a turn of the century farmhouse and I rebuilt the deck using the same products used 100 years ago; 5/4 douglas fir T&G.


Philip Johnson Guest House door restoration

Following my simple repair to an interior door at Philip Johnson’s Glass House Compound I returned to restore the original Guest House exterior door. Also known as the Brick House this landmark was built oblique to the Glass House. Ground was broken for the two structures at the same time in March of 1948 and [...]


A small job at the Glass House Compound

As a resident of New Canaan, Connecticut I had the opportunity of meeting Philip Johnson in person on more than one occasion. It wasn’t until his Glass House Compound home was in the care of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that I was given the opportunity to work there. I was called to the [...]


My first kitchen remodel in New Canaan

Here are some before and after photographs of my first kitchen remodel in New Canaan, CT. With the help of a cabinet maker in Pennsylvania and fine stone counters, this kitchen turned out beautifully. Check out these gorgeous cherry wood cabinets!