The Techbuilt House

We went with Bulthaup to design and manufacture our kitchen and we are thrilled with the results. We wanted a clean, modern kitchen with European design and sleek fittings. We visited the showrooms in and around Boston for not only Bulthaup, but also Pedini, Poggenpohl, and SieMatic. Each had good points but we felt the […]

I used the renovation and addition project as an ideal opportunity to build a showcase for my collection of Apollo lunar mission artifacts. It was important to plan for where things would go from the start of the project more than two years ago. We set aside the original entrance hall as the gallery space and

The main stairs go from the new entrance hall up to the second floor of the original Techbuilt part of the house. At the top of the stairs we have a balcony that overlooks the living room and gallery. The balcony leads to our new master bedroom suite. We chose to go with a custom-built

Our Techbuilt house sported some awesome redwood shingles that were used as siding in the entrance hall and one wall of the living room. When we gutted the house, we asked the builder to keep the usable shingles. As the house was being rebuilt, we looked for places that we could re-use the material and

The main room is getting close to completion and it looks great. This room is the entire ground floor of the original Techbuilt house plus half of the second floor (which we opened up by removing two bedrooms). We particularly love the 8″ wide plank “character grade” oak floors in the main room. We went

In ten degree  late December  we journeyed to New Hampshire to choose our soapstone slabs. Mike Myers, an owner of Jewett Farms took us out to look at the slabs. Each has different qualities of color and veining. We chose Santa Rita Venata from Brazil. It was the most “alive” of the choices. Since our

The exterior of the entire house is nearly complete. The new roof of the original house was installed last week and the painters need just two more days to finish a second coat of trim. The paint on the shingles and around windows is Sherwin Williams Colonial Revival Gray (ironic given it is a modern house!).

We’ve always loved Japanese rock gardens. When we lived in Tokyo, every day I walked past the Nezu Museum and admire see their rock entrance. Frequently I’d go into the museum and spend time in the wonderful garden. We worked with Chris Bailey at CS Bailey Landscape on landscape work. We did a few plants but the

The old garage was added to the original Techbuilt house in the 1970’s. Because it is not original from the 1950’s we are repurposing the old garage into a storage room. In the next several weeks, the old garage doors will be removed and several windows installed. This week, the old driveway was ripped up.

Our original Techbuilt house was set up when built in 1958 with six rooms. We had four bedrooms upstairs. On the ground floor there were two rooms – we enjoyed a large living room with dining area and a kitchen, which was separated by a wall. The design for the renovation of the existing house