Lessons Learned: Make Nice With Your Building Inspector
02.25.2011
As I’ve posted before, when we started building homes we knew a lot less than we know today. Each day brought with it new lessons. I can remember the first day I met the building inspector from the Town of Breckenridge. His name was C and he was in a foul mood the moment he […]
Spotlight: Colorado Custom Wood Floors
02.24.2011
Today we would like to spotlight one of our favorite subcontractors on our blog. Trilogy Partners has had the pleasure of working with Colorado Custom Wood Floors in many of our homebuilding projects for more than 10 years, and today we would like to share a little bit about this company with you. Colorado Custom […]
The Story of Design – Caleb’s Journey
02.24.2011
As previously posted, I often work with clients to develop a “fictional story” that will aid in the design of a home. This story is the lynchpin for a thematic approach for design. In the case of the house on lot 231, AKA Caleb’s Journey, we wanted a home that looked like it simply […]
The Castle Kitchen
02.23.2011
Kitchens are just so much fun to design… especially if you enjoy food and entertaining as much as we do. The kitchen at the Timber Trail residence is different than any we at Trilogy have ever done if for no other reason than the kitchen space is an octagonally shaped room. With eight walls to […]
Design Idea: Salvaged Doors
02.23.2011
We talk about the use of reclaimed building materials on our blog a lot, and while this may seem like a new concept, making use of salvaged materials is nothing new. Since humans began living in built structures, using and re-using various building materials has been a pretty common practice. According to the design blog […]
Coming Soon – Our Newest Design Book!
02.22.2011
I’m very pleased to announce that we at Trilogy will be collaborating with noted architectural photographer, Roger Wade on a design book tentatively titled “Old Into New – The Use of Reclaimed and Recycled Materials in Modern Architecture.” I have had the pleasure of designing quite a few homes now where we used reclaimed and […]
The Benefits of Building With SIP Panels
02.21.2011
Introduction to SIPs Buyer Benefits: Two years ago, Norm Abrams of This Old House stated on TV and wrote in articles that he wouldn’t build his own house any other way than with SIPs. See the reasons below Builder Benefits: SIPs can be a little intimidating to builders who haven’t used them. But experienced SIP contractors […]
Why Stick Framing is Obsolete
02.19.2011
For most people, the construction method is never questioned. Stick Frame and truss roof are assumed. Why is this? – because that’s what builders offer. There really is no other reason. The building method is so ingrained in our sensibilities that even when we design and build our own homes, we still build with sticks. […]
A Few Benefits of Reclaimed Building Materials
02.18.2011
We’ve mentioned plenty of times on the Trilogy Partners blog how useful and wonderful reclaimed building materials are. Reclaimed building materials provide unique and interesting alternatives to the traditional building materials that are available today. Take a look at a few of the benefits reclaimed building materials can offer you: Financial Benefits – While reclaimed […]
