A perfect building site is worthy of the perfect home. I think that’s what architect Hank Louis (Gigaplex, Park City) accomplished with this house. It’s set in Wisconsin’s northwoods. With the design, Louis acknowledges the forest with the front cabin-like elevation. It looks out to a pristine lake, and he references it with the shingling…
I can’t think of a better way to spend an early autumn day than being in Wisconsin’s northwoods, but it was even better to be next to a lake, on a golf course, photographing the thoughtful, innovative architecture of Hank Louis, head of Gigaplex in Park City and formerly a member of the U of…
There must be something about before-and-after pictures that allows us to see possibilities. Last week I spoke of kitchen envy and featured a kitchen transformation by Design Plus, Inc., of Salt Lake City (Kaye Christiansen Englert, FASID, NCIDQ, CAPS), and due to the enthusiastic response I am featuring another one of Kaye’s impressive kitchen remodels…
I live in an old home. In fact, in 2020 it will turn a respectable 140 years old. So, I am one of the first to find older homes interesting and livable. But I also suffer a certain degree of kitchen envy when I photograph homes, which is something I do multiple times per week….
Things are quieter in the Wasatch Back this weekend compared to last. Labor Day weekend marked Swiss Days, the Sheep Dog Trials at Soldier Hollow and the closing weekend of the Park City Showcase of Homes. Busy times. Park City Area Homebuilders Association sponsors the annual Showcase, and each year the build quality goes up…
A home in the Wasatch foothills looking down to the lights of the Salt Lake Valley and up to the mountains has been the dream lifestyle for generations. Fortunately, there are still lots available for new construction to fulfill this dream. Tri City Construction recently finished such a home near the mouth of Little…
There was a time when a Utah basement consisted of a rumpus room and a couple of kids’ rooms, and the upper level starred as the entertainment space and hosted guests. As a Draper home I photographed this week demonstrates, there can be high style in the low level of today’s homes, and this basement…
There is something to be said about returning to time-honed classics like rereading the great literature of the past. The same is true about design that returns to classic styles that have evolved with a timeless aesthetic expressed in artistry of craftsmanship and fine materials. Lane Myers Construction (Lane and Tyler Myers) recently completed…
Everyone seems just too busy these days and looking for ways to have the additional time: more time to be on demanding jobs and additional time to spend with family and those close. One solution is living upstairs from the office, a concept common in the early decades of the twentieth century that allows people…
There aren’t too many conversations these days that don’t eventually turn to the problems of affordable housing and the growing number of people without homes and on the streets. Shortly, a new center opens in Salt Lake to offer more than just safe emergency housing for 200 women. The Geraldine E. King Women’s Resource Center,…
