Joe's Place at SGS

Home projects:

2nd and 3rd homes; gardenhouse

More? 2005-08 I restored a duplexed American Craftman style bungalow, also referred to as "arts and crafts". This style originated with Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) and plans were published in his magazine The Craftsman. My brother lives upstairs and until I rescued the hosue from foreclosure he owned it for 30 years! The features of this style include low rooflines with over-hanging eaves; exposed structural elements as brackets and rafters; enclosed porch beneath an extended roof; interior spaces featuring built-ins as benches, cabinetry, fireplaces; beamed ceilings and extensive simplicity of woodwork. The house was duplexed sometime during the late 1940's, and now I have completed restoration of both up and down units.

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Here is the latest in 2010: My neighbor of 30 years passed in August 2009 and I promised her I would place her ashes, and those of her several cats, near her favorite shrub rose. So I bought her house, cut down trees in the lot, brought in boulders, and created her new resting space. Hope you like it Lorraine!

La Maison Jaune (the Yellow House) now is getting new refinished floors and coats of paint. But first a new landscaping job in its south lot. What fun!

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greenhouse8-3.jpg (33308 bytes) In the summer of 1999, I decided to reside and reroof the garage to "mimic" the house. I decided it would also be a good time to buld a small garden house out from its south side.

I scavenged around and found all the windows including the bay, used up some spare timber, and insulated everything. It was fun to take the project from start to finish with my own crude skills.

I think you will agree that the finished project turned out quite well though here again there is more work to be done: gardening in winter!