Collecting My Thoughts

The Ross Hips, pt. 1 A hip roof, if the house were square, would look like this. A hip roof is practical and solid, ideal for stormy, windy,...

Side gable houses with shed dormer to the street, pt. 3 I'll wrap up this topic about shed dormers on cottages at Lakeside with a few mo...

Lakeside Cottage architecture, pt. 3 Side gable houses with shed dormer to the street, pt. 2 It's difficult to find a cottage that hasn...

Lakeside Cottage architecture, pt. 2 Side gable with shed dormer to the street houses, pt. 1 Next to the farm house and two story camp cotta...

New colors on our street Not much could be done about the ugly 80s wood panel siding that had enveloped this late 19th century cottage. So t...

Housing for NOLA with good intentions, bad design Tulane architectural students are having a design competition for new housing in New Orlea...

Lakeside 2008, week 5 Last night at the auditorium we enjoyed the wonderful toe tapping performance of Rhythm in Shoes from Dayton. Their p...

A hot job Returning from the coffee shop this morning, I found this couple scraping paint at the Maxwell Bed and Breakfast on Walnut. I th...

The most precious new house in Lakeside Not quite finished, but it is a winner. Across the street from a woods, this house is 23'4...