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.
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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 [...]
