| january 22 updated photo |  1-22-05 toward kitchen Originally uploaded by architect. |
Sunday, January 23, 2005
1-22-05 toward kitchen
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Scarf if down
My cousin is starting up a small home business. Check out her latest creations at:
www.tsaiware.blogspot.com
www.tsaiware.blogspot.com
from kitchen
| view from kitchen towards dining and living area |  from kitchen Originally uploaded by architect. |
from laundry
| walking in from garage, this is a view out the kitchen window |  from laundry Originally uploaded by architect. |
from garage
| view from garage towards entry of house (entry is obscured from this view) |  from garage Originally uploaded by architect. |
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
schematic
| Our friends Christina and John have been painstakingly building their own house (literally) in North Vancouver. After basically bringing the existing house down to its foundations, getting married in its rough frame and salvaging pieces from places all around town, they've now almost completed a beautiful, modern craftsman-style house. Now they're looking to retrofit their staircase- here's a schematic image under progress. |  schematic Originally uploaded by architect. |
chris and john's place
| exterior shots of Chris and John's place, all built and landscaped by themselves! |  chris and john's place Originally uploaded by architect. |
Fujino Lapointe update
The Fujino/Lapointe house is under construction in Boucherville- after some cost-cutting measures. I will be going out to get some pictures of the foundation work this weekend. Unfortunately- our car is still undriveable, as the signal and brake lights have stopped working (until our body shop appointment next week!) I will post some pictures soon. (see July archives)
wood stove
A friend from University, who does his own renovations, is going to be taking our wood stove off of our hands. Thank you for your interest.
Saturday, January 01, 2005
New Year
Happy New Year everyone-
We got back home last night- after a long crowded plane ride. Thankfully it was +3C when we got back and we've had the windows open all day enjoying the fresh air breeze through our place.
Today we wandered around looking for something to eat as the cupboards are bare.
Luckily Ann's mom loaded us up with turkey. Looking forward to seeing everyone and swapping holiday stories- especially everyone overseas. Yi Lu Ping An.
We got back home last night- after a long crowded plane ride. Thankfully it was +3C when we got back and we've had the windows open all day enjoying the fresh air breeze through our place.
Today we wandered around looking for something to eat as the cupboards are bare.
Luckily Ann's mom loaded us up with turkey. Looking forward to seeing everyone and swapping holiday stories- especially everyone overseas. Yi Lu Ping An.
Saturday, December 25, 2004
story time
| a little quiet reading time with cousin Jacob |  story time Originally uploaded by architect. |
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Blogorama
For the latest, greatest designs in ceramic "pots" see
http://alispotspot.blogspot.com/
check for daily updates ;)
http://alispotspot.blogspot.com/
check for daily updates ;)
Monday, December 13, 2004
Monday, December 06, 2004
Bathroom reno
Ok- so it only took about 4 months- but the bathroom is pretty much done- the contractor has finished his share of the work, and i just have a couple of finishing details to take care of. Here are some photos!
original sketch model
| schematic design model |  original sketch model Originally uploaded by architect. |
Sunday, December 05, 2004
Saturday, November 27, 2004
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
My rant for the day
If I haven't said it before, let me make this perfectly clear-
Home (*&^% Depot sucks. Let me be more specific. Home Depot is good if all you need to do is go in and buy a light bulb or a garbage pail. BUT if you need any assistance at all or want to order an item, say for example a countertop, you might as well save yourself 3 or 4 hours of waiting around time and just stab yourself repeatedly with a blunt spoon. It would be more humane and certainly more productive. In case I lose my mind and decide I need to go to Home Depot again, please remind me it's better to fight the traffic and go to Reno Depot instead.
Home (*&^% Depot sucks. Let me be more specific. Home Depot is good if all you need to do is go in and buy a light bulb or a garbage pail. BUT if you need any assistance at all or want to order an item, say for example a countertop, you might as well save yourself 3 or 4 hours of waiting around time and just stab yourself repeatedly with a blunt spoon. It would be more humane and certainly more productive. In case I lose my mind and decide I need to go to Home Depot again, please remind me it's better to fight the traffic and go to Reno Depot instead.
Monday, November 08, 2004
mont-tremblant oct 2004 045
| courtesy of Stephane |  mont-tremblant oct 2004 045 Originally uploaded by architect. |
Saturday, November 06, 2004
tremblantstew
| Mark made this delicious stew on Friday night. Yum. |  tremblantstew Originally uploaded by architect. |
tremblantvillage
| Last weekend a bunch of us went to Mont. Tremblant for a few days R+R. Here we are on a stroll through the village. |  tremblantvillage Originally uploaded by architect. |
Monday, October 18, 2004
Sunday, October 17, 2004
Breather
Well, the drawings for the Fujino/Lapointe residence are practically done. I issued them on Tuesday and am just waiting to see how the pricing is for the house. Hopefully there won't be too many changes required for the contruction drawings set. The grand total of hours spent is 398 so far, so now i get to take a breather and figure out what the next project might be. Ann's parents are coming in a couple of days and Grace, Kenn, Ashley and Abby just left here a couple of days ago. Then renos are in a bit of limbo as we wait for our vanity to be completed by the millworkers. Looking forward to having a sink again. I also wanted to include a couple of links that may be of interest to you:
http://home.primus.ca/~tsaiken/
http://members.shaw.ca/dstsai/
One of these days i hope to figure out how to do a nice webpage, but for now this will have to do!
k
http://home.primus.ca/~tsaiken/
http://members.shaw.ca/dstsai/
One of these days i hope to figure out how to do a nice webpage, but for now this will have to do!
k
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
fall afternoon 1
| Days like this, I love being at home! |  fall afternoon 1 Originally uploaded by architect. |
Thursday, October 07, 2004
New sheriff in town.JPG
| Sebastien on his hog (Kanata, ON) |  IMG_3370.JPG Originally uploaded by architect. |
IMG_3335.JPG
| By popular demand/badgering, here are photos of the current state of bathroom |  IMG_3335.JPG Originally uploaded by architect. |
IMG_3364.JPG
| Still looking for someone to build the vanity counter |  IMG_3364.JPG Originally uploaded by architect. |
Friday, September 10, 2004
Thursday, September 09, 2004
towards hallway wall
| the toilet was not yet installed so sewer smells were coming up into the bathroom. Yum. |  towards hallway wall Originally uploaded by architect. |
towards exterior wall
| windows were covered up so it was very dark in there...sorry it's blurry. |  towards exterior wall Originally uploaded by architect. |
towards kitchen wall
| wednesday night- got back from Alberta, this was the state of our bathroom renos. |  towards kitchen wall Originally uploaded by architect. |
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Saturday, August 07, 2004
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