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Home Restoration and Woodworking

Design-build, Residential, lakefront, and coastal properties, Ongoing

ProblemOld houses and salt air do not follow the drawing. Conditions are imperfect and the fix has to hold.
My roleHands-on across diagnosis, planning, and execution.
ResultA beach house redone top to bottom, structural and electrical repairs on lake and residential houses, and a run of custom builds.
LinksNone public yet
Osprey nesting platform on a lake
RoleDesign-build
ContextResidential, lakefront, and coastal properties
DatesOngoing
FieldDesign-Build
SkillsStructural Repair, Custom Fabrication, Electrical Work, Woodworking, Carpentry, Project Planning

What this is

Hands-on work across woodworking, renovation, and restoration on residential, lakefront, and beach properties. Diagnosing existing conditions, planning the repair or upgrade, and executing inside the constraints of a real environment. The work has included electrical tasks, structural improvements, and custom fabrication. The biggest single job was a beach house we redid from end to end.

What is pictured here is a small sample. The running list is in the hundreds of projects, most of them never photographed.

Builds

  • A beach house redone end to end: framing, finish work, electrical, and the porch
  • A functional osprey nesting platform, still in use
  • Handcrafted Duke-style benches for residential spaces
  • Decorative installations for campus events
  • General renovation on lake and residential houses: framing, finish work, and electrical