April 2007

Well, just when you thought there weren't enough residents at the Erwin House... along comes Frodo. Welcome to our new neighbor, a juvenile Eastern Screech Owl, Frodo (who we named this evening while drinking hot cocoa on the deck) arrived this morning, much to my imminent surprise. I had just returned from dropping...

Two small boys. One baby. One puppy. One kitty. Soccer. Piano. Two jobs. Freelance architectural renderings. One start-up door company. And... This is the 5th year of the Violet Crown Festival. We went to the 3rd as a date. We went to the 4th as husband and wife (9 months pregnant). This year we go as Co-chairs. To be fair,...

This is the glass that goes in the first Crestview Door. It's really cool to start having the physical reality of the company. But, boy is it a lot more work than I thought. I ordered the glass about a month ago. In the first week, they made 3 not 5 pieces. In the next week they made two more, but broke one. The next week...

I've wondered where the Grover design came from. No design happens without history. Either it is a reference to an older design or a rejection of it. I think the Grover is a reference, but I'm not sure what to. On a recent trip to see family in Fort Worth, I spotted this door on a 1925 house. This was a nice neighborhood...

We welcome Piper to the Erwin House. We got her about 2 weeks ago, and she has doubled in size going from fluff ball kitten with a hobby-horse run to fearless jumping adolescent cat with hints of the graceful adult to come. She plays gently with the baby, reserving her claws for me and the dog. She follows the boys around...