We now provide an energy assessment with every Remodel project we do that is over $10,000. Doing this is such a no-brainer that we are making it an automatic part of our process. With relatively little effort, we can provide information on how to cost effectively reduce utility bills. Reducing monthly utility bills can be
My wife and I had been married for 9 days on December 24th, 1979. We were a young couple in love and starting our journey of bringing together the cultures and traditions of our very different backgrounds. We had spent Christmas Eve at my father’s house enjoying a loud, boisterous and joyful dinner; until we
If you were to ask me who my favorite Architect is, I would not hesitate to say that it is Greene and Greene. While in fact this was two architects, they were brothers who worked together around the turn of the last century. Their work largely defined the Arts and Crafts movement in America. Their
When someone says quality, what do you think about it? For some it is a finely crafted pair of shoes; for others, it is a well-engineered car; still, others will think of an Ivey League education and good manners. This is a word that can go a lot of places. How do you make
A number of years ago we gathered to determine what our values as a team are at Stearns Design Build. It is advised that companies identify those things that are central to who they are, that are most important. So we set about doing that. We created a list of many possible values. We discarded
Stearns Design Build has a big vision. As our tag line says, “we design and build happiness.” Specifically we do this within the context of the home. The home is the space that each person identifies as her/his own. It is not public. Home is where we go to find solace, familiarity, safety and hopefully
There are many options when considering an ADA size specific, roll-in shower remodel. Although the primary need may be for wheelchair accessibility, a roll-in shower can also provide style and beauty to any bathroom. As you can see, the aesthetic flow of the bathroom was not interrupted by converting the existing shower into one that is
College Station, February 9, 2015- When Amy Rensvold, with the local Women, Infants and Children’s (WIC) office called Stearns Design Build she was hoping to get a bid to have some laminate countertops replaced. Instead Stearns Design Build president, Hugh Stearns offered to do the work for free. Thanks to the generosity of Lowe’s in Bryan, who contributed materials at half price, the project could be done with no cost to the WIC office.
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Naomi Sacks, who runs the Therapeutic Landscape Network. She is currently working on a PhD in Architecture here at TAMU. But her accomplishments exceed that of many who have long had such academic di...stinction. Her book, Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-Based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces, is available on Amazon. Though Naomi's focus is on landscape design in institutional settings, I look forward to learning as much as I can about her approach and applying it to the residential setting.
To the extent that we seek “green” or sustainable solutions, it is not enough to consider the resources that we use in building, we must consider our relationship to all resources. We must design homes that put us into relationship with life’s resources so that we can become aware of our part of a process of dynamic balance.
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