Outdoors

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  Tigerwood Deck ‘09

  This tigerwood deck was built summer 2009 for some wonderful clients in Sellwood that needed to reclaim their backyard from overgrown landscaping and an old hot tub to a place for their two kids to play, and for themselves to relax and entertain.  The deck is built of chain of custody green certified 5/4 x [...]

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  Richmond School Project

  This is a redwood pergola built for the entrance of the vegetable garden at the Richmond Japanese immersion school in SE Portland.  It was a voulenteer project in collabaration with Fiddlehead Landscapes and Treecycle NW.   Jeff with Treecycle NW provided the redwood from a tree that had fallen near 117th and Halsey, and Dave with [...]

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  Azumaya

  This project was built in summer 2008 in NE Portland. The client was looking for an asian styled outdoor covered structure, and this is what was built. It is a type of dojo called an azumaya and is made of locally sourced fsc certified western red cedar. There are future plans for [...]

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  Tigerwood Deck

  This tigerwood deck was built with hidden fasteners, a big sweeping curve, multiple levels, and built in benches and planters in NE Portland.

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  Mortise and Tenon Pergola

  This Pergola is built with mortise and tenon joinery, thus requiring no fasteners of any sort.  The custom milled cedar was sourced from Kaster’s Kustom Cutting who specialize in local FSC certified woods.

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  Cedar Deck and Tub Surround

  This Deck was built off the kitchen of the clients house, and has built in planters, bench, and a built in hot tub.

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  Cedar fence #1

  This fence was made out of locally sourced FSC certified western red cedar. It is built with 6 x 6 posts with post caps, and clear cedar rails.

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  Cedar Fence #2

  This is a post and rail fence that evolves into a 7′ fence in the backyard. 4×4 posts and all FSC certified western red cedar from treecycle northwest.

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  Irvington Cedar Fence

  The previous fence was poorly designed and was in very bad condition.  The clients liked a similar fence in a near-by neighborhood and based this design in part on that fence.  It is built of all fsc cedar with two gates, a lattice on the top 1/4, and copper post caps.  It is finished with [...]

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  Log Covered Wagon

  I was hired by the Portland Office of Sustainability to build this childrens play structure at the Cooper Mountain Natural Area in Beaverton.  It is part of a larger park/play area built with sustainability and education in mind.  There are miles of hiking trails, walks, green buildings, bioswales, native plantings, and more- Check it out!  [...]

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