A Metal Roof to Meet the Sky

A Metal Roof to Meet the Sky

A big shout out to Metal Sales, one of our great corporate sponsors, who worked with me to debut the new Standing Seam Metal Roof with the new Valspar Fluropon Pure Coating that is free of PFOA, hexavalent chromium, lead phthalates and bisphenol-A – a DECLARE...
Let There Be Heat!

Let There Be Heat!

Last week was another cool milestone for the project – Michael installed our new Daikan Altherma – a highly efficient air to water heat pump that provides all of our domestic hot water needs as well as the heating for our hydronic – radiant heating...
Flying High!

Flying High!

Heron Hall’s progress continues which our drone shows off nicely!  Fall is in full force on Bainbridge Island and the rains are starting to arrive. Outside our siding crew is down to their last two weeks as they put up the burnt wood siding on the second floor.  Our...
Inside + Out!

Inside + Out!

Lots of work going on at Heron Hall both inside and out these days.  Cedar Siding is being installed and progress is being made rapidly out the outside of the home.  The crew has even started burning some of the siding for the black burnt wood finish! On the inside...
Porches and Shed Update

Porches and Shed Update

Heron Hall’s South facing porches were built last week by my good friend Clemente Ramirez and his team at Green Bridge. Eventually the porches will have sustainably harvested juniper boards as the surface, but for now its good to have the structure built.  Even more...
Finish Work Begins!

Finish Work Begins!

The last week of August marks another important milestone in the project.  Last week the Smallwood crew finished all of the interior plywood and began work on interior wood siding – finish work is now beginning!   The first room to get finished is the guest...