so…everyone keeps asking us what we have been up to. the website hasn’t been updated for years and we have been keeping a rather low profile.

good time to blog…seems to be de rigueur these days.
we have been doing a lot of consultation, sometimes called “drive by’s” even though that isn’t the greatest name. eric has been consulting on construction and fran on design. seems to be working well.
we had great intentions of designing only green houses when we first left on our travels. we had just finished a hybrid pise and sips house in napa that had many green elements. unfortunately the economy took a turn for the worse and by the time we returned there weren’t too many calls for new houses…in fact there were none.
not to say we aren’t incorporating  green elements into our design.
attached are some photos of our “hybrid” house in napa.
the house has a pise core, sips panel pods, hydronic radiant concrete floors made with fly ash concrete, solar p.v. panels, tankless water heater, bamboo cabinets, natural cross ventilation and cooling capacity, recycled tile, recycled exterior barn wood siding and a standing seam metal roof.
interior finishes and design by sharon low at creative rooster, concrete counters by bohemian stoneworks, barn siding by black’s farmwood, pise by david easton, windows and exterior doors by sierra pacific and blomberg.