“It make look precarious, but believe it or not, the building is now more stable, sitting on those cribbing pillars, than it was before.
-- Redeveloper Paul Joffe, of GB Historic Renovations
My contention has long been that everything we create is a lens through which we can understand the entire culture of the time; we really are what we build ... the end product represents a consensus of the values, aspirations, myths and fears of the cultures at that time and place.
My clients planned to offer the house for summer rentals. Their objective in calling me in was to redo the 1960’s, distinctly “country” kitchen on a tight budget, using as much of the existing cabinetry as possible.
