The Story of a House

We developed this informal website for our friends and family who wanted to follow our progress building our home near Wimberley, in the Texas Hill Country. Our aim was to build a house that is comfortable, architecturally interesting and friendly to the environment ("green"). We hope you find it inviting enough to want to visit us one day.

Herb and Susie




Herb and Susie 1/1/04
January 1, 2004
photo by Stu Derby


About Green Building...
Technologies
Credits


Step-by-step: (in chronological order)
Photo - 12/14/03
From the edge of the Blanco river

Beginnings
Flood
Foundation pour
Blocks & tanks
Cistern
Stacking
Prep for wall pour
Wall pour
Floor beams
Floor pan
Floor pour
Stacking II
Interior walls
Moving up
Decks
Upstairs
Roof
Roof II
Dogrun
Roof III
Sticks 'n stones
Decks II
Floors & windows
Sheetrock & stairs
Railing & siding
Texture & metal
Exterior
Cabinets & floors
Counters & such
Rainwater system
Dogrun II
Final stuff



Scroll down to compare the drawings below by designer Matt Bachardy
with photographs of the finished product from similar angles. Better yet, visit his website and look at the Riverside House.

Drawing - from Southwest
View from Southwest (river)
Drawing - from Northeast
View from Northeast (driveway)
Photo - 3/13/04
I'd have to levitate to get
precisely the same view as the drawings...


Photo - 1/10/04
...but hopefully these shots give you an idea
of how the house actually looks.




Home | Beginnings | Flood | Foundation pour | Blocks & tanks | Cistern
Stacking| Prep for wall pour | Wall pour | Floor beams | Floor pan | Floor pour
Stacking II | Interior walls | Moving up | Decks | Upstairs | Roof | Roof II
Dogrun | Roof III | Sticks 'n stones | Decks II | Floors & windows | Sheetrock & stairs
Railing & siding | Texture & metal | Exterior | Cabinets & floors | Counters & such
Rainwater system | Dogrun II | Final stuff

Green Building | Technologies | Credits




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