March 2007

It's been an exciting week for Crestview Doors. First we were blogged by houseblogs.net. They have kindly lent us their support and helped with a call for photos of unique mid-century doors. We've already got several new designs in the flickr pool. I had not seen the sunshine design before. Then Modern Austin gave us a shout-out. And...

A year ago, I was busily cataloging information about landscaping and green building. I was hoping we would have the opportunity to do a bit more green building than we did. I can count an incredible increase in energy efficiency among our successes, but we're still in the process of making room for basics like solar...

Lincoln Properties and Walmart hosted an open house last night. It was creepy. Even 7yo picked up on the creepy vibe and clung to me the whole time we were there. The first thing that struck me was all the high-res renderings, maps and aerial photos of the design. I had to drive to a conference center on a Monday night...

I spent some time over the weekend photographing, and measuring some of the more unusual vintage 50s entrance doors in my neighborhood. I'll be adding these to the list of reproductions available at Crestview Doors when the site is updated. The vintage of the doors below are: 1957, 1952, 1950 1952, 1954, 1957 Check...