by Earl | Jan 5, 2022 | Client Projects, Navajo Off-Grid
A few weeks ago I shared a pic of this project on Instagram with the caption, “I’ve been doing a lot of client work that I haven’t been sharing — call it overwhelm, call it residual pandemic burnout, I’m calling it DONE! Starting today...
by Earl | Dec 24, 2021 | Quonset Life, Tutorials
Every year I have wanted to do this since I first started to become obsessed with Quonset huts circa 2014. In 2017 I attempted it but the arch collapsed on me. Then for three years, the Christmas season came and went and I never made time to try, try again. Well it...
by Earl | Nov 10, 2021 | Building the Quompound, Loft House
Over the summer we managed to start getting some drywall on the Loft House interior! The sitting area behind the loft space is now enclosed! Mostly enclosed, anyway. We also got a start on the loft area itself. The bed will be in the center of the main loft area. We...
by Earl | Oct 13, 2021 | Building the Quompound, Nature
Learning about the land It’s interesting to me to look back over the process we’ve gone through over the past five years or so. We fell in love with this raw 10-acre parcel and bought it. That was the beginning of a process of discovery – of...
by Earl | Jul 30, 2021 | Building the Quompound, Loft House
It’s been a long time coming: we are finally underway with exterior cladding over the ICF walls of the Loft House at the Quompound! After what seemed like an endless debate of stucco vs Hardie Panel vs other types of cement board siding, vs many different types...
