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SITING A HOUSE

By |2013-04-09T20:20:47-07:00April 9th, 2013|CTA Consultation|

It is easy to get caught up in all of the new building materials and technologies that are available and lose sight of the important fundamentals such as properly siting a house.  There are few things that will make more difference in terms of energy use than this.  The predominant paradigm in what some refer

Profile of Stearns Design Build

By |2013-03-29T21:54:08-07:00March 29th, 2013|Community, CTA Consultation|

Stearns Design Build We would like to post a profile of a different local business every Friday.  I post this by way of providing an example of the sort of thing that we hope to include. The more that we know about our local businesses and the people who run them the more

Our Local Businesses and Nonprofits

By |2013-03-28T17:28:12-07:00March 28th, 2013|Community, CTA Consultation|

Stearns Design Build As our underwriting on NPR says, at Stearns Design Build "we are committed to the goals of environmental and community stewardship."  One way that we want to work toward the goal of providing community stewardship is by offering a blog post every Friday on a different locally owned and independent

IN SEARCH OF SMARTER HOME VENTILATION

By |2012-12-13T16:10:20-08:00December 13th, 2012|CTA Consultation|

Home ventilation is a fairly new concept.  Sure we have been putting vent hoods over stove and fans in bathrooms for a long time, but this was only to control source issues and not whole house ventilation.Central heating and air conditioning significantly changed the dynamics of our homes.  But it was not until we became

Tankless Water Heaters No Longer our Recommendation

By |2012-11-29T16:50:39-08:00November 29th, 2012|CTA Consultation|

water heaters For years we confidently recommended tankless water heaters.  This recommendation was backed up by quite a bit of well documented research that was easily understood from a theoretic perspective.  Conventional water systems keep all of that water hot all of the time.  New research shows that the truth is somewhat counterintuitive.

Cabinets 101

By |2026-07-10T08:28:56-07:00September 11th, 2012|CTA Consultation|

  Kitchen Remodel College Station General Contractor Three types of Cabinets Manufactured Cabinets In many parts of the country, this is the most common type of cabinet.  It provides the widest spectrum of quality (from cheap cabinets that can be purchased at any home supply big box store to very high end cabinets with piano

The Supersized House

By |2012-08-28T15:57:15-07:00August 28th, 2012|CTA Consultation|

Do you have a parent or grandparent that grew up during the Depression?  I love the resourcefulness and frugality of so many who grew up in those tough times. While later generations, including my own, loudly encourage us to reduce, reuse and recycle, the Greatest Generation quietly set the example of self reliance and intentionality.Our

Current Projects: Bathroom Vanity

By |2023-01-30T08:48:10-08:00May 24th, 2012|CTA Consultation|

We are in the beginning stages of three bathroom remodels at the Lewis home. Joe has been hard at work building new vanities for the hall bath and the master bath, and they look great! The picture below shows the master bath vanity. Due to the space constraints in this bathroom, a majority of the

To Build or Not to Build

By |2023-04-03T07:11:49-07:00May 17th, 2012|CTA Consultation|

That is an important question. For many years we at Stearns Design Build (Stearns Construction at the time) insisted on only remodeling, or, as we like to put it, recycling homes. We have since justified designing and building new homes. The justification is that new building stock is necessary. The fact is that we love

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