photos: Anthony Tieuli

One of the central areas of our home will be the family room, which was the dining room in the original configuration of the home. Technically, that room will be accessible from five locations, so flow is urgent.

Equally crucial is how we furnish the room so that it wor…

photo by Anthony Tieuli

Now that the walls have fallen and construction is starting in earnest, we are beginning to feel the pressure to produce some smaller, but key decisions.

In the billiard room we need to figure out where a flat screen TV might go so we can nail down where our lights go….

I’ve been lucky to be able to drop in most mornings to check in with Tommy, talk about the plan for the day, and review upcoming decisions. It’s been a great way to keep in the loop, but has given me the side benefit of getting to know Tom, his crew, and the other subcontractors on our project…

Seems like we were in a sleepy lull by the July 4th break. But when we got back, the stack of lumber delivered from Weyerhaeuser started dwindling in a rush, with two filming days to boot!

Tommy was busy putting the wood to good use. We are using a variety of engineered lumber from Weyerhaeuserâ…

Even though we have not seen much change externally, for the past two weeks we have been extremely busy.

To the discerning eye, one would have noticed that the foundation was poured and forms removed for the back corner of the home. Tom additionally had all the nails removed from the floorboards…

One of the great things about being involved with TOH is their reach to a large network of experts. We have seen many.

For an analysis of our “leather”-covered room, TOH brought in our first expert, Richard Nylander, Senior Curator of Historic New England and historic-wall-coverings expert. We ha…

photo by Russell Kaye

It seemed like demo was by in a flash. By my count, three 30-yard dumpsters filled up by two weeks, accounting for kitchen, library, laundry/bath room, bedroom, porch, and basement demo. Next up was a filming day on a Monday.

First, we had three trees taken out for vario…