Archives: January 2004
From Sawmill to Victorian Showplace
Water is a compelling element — first, when our country was young as the source of power and transportation, and now, after technology has taken a different twist, for its sheer beauty. A sawmill built by a river dam in Windham has weathered that transformation. The mill is referred to in accounts as early as 1750. Over the next 100…
Vicarious Remodeling
You’ve Probably heard of people who buy countless cookbooks every year, but who have absolutely no intention of ever cracking one open to prepare a dish from its pages. Instead, they use them for leisure reading: They prop themselves up in bed at night to read the thing, start to finish, the same way you or I would read a…
A House for Today, a Home for a Lifetime
To raise money, some groups offer raffles, hold bake sales and dances. That wouldn’t do for the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of New Hampshire, a non-profit organization for building professionals. The HBRANH needed a fundraiser, and Dick Benson, the group’s president, was doing some thinking. He says he spoke to fellow member Jerry Rouleau and decided, “We build houses….
Architecture that speaks for itself
The highway turns into a circular driveway. The driveway turns to a path. The path leads to and then through this home on Granite Lake. Upon approach, the home appears first as a blue wideboard wall, obscuring the water, and then becomes a gateway inviting visitors out onto a long deck that leads to a short pier. The effect is…
Vicarious Remodeling
You’ve Probably heard of people who buy countless cookbooks every year, but who have absolutely no intention of ever cracking one open to prepare a dish from its pages. Instead, they use them for leisure reading: They prop themselves up in bed at night to read the thing, start to finish, the same way you or I would read a…
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