Author: Maxine Bell

As we were going through our blog post archive we realized that we’ve never written a construction update blog on Wass House before! This renovation and addition has been under construction since June 2021. With a little over a year into construction, there’s so much we can talk about! If you follow us on any

We’re so excited to introduce and share more about our new series of Team Days! Inspired by spending time together in-person as a team away from our computers and encouraging relaxation and team building, Team Days were born. Once every two months someone in the studio will be assigned to plan a Team Day for

If you’ve been following along with our new projects on the boards, you’d know that we have a list of projects we are working on that include a guest house or are a guest house. In our most recent New Projects on the Boards we introduced IRIE House which has a guest room separated from

We only have one or two more Meet the Team posts after this one! We’ve already met Ben S, Marisa, and Colbi in our first post, Gina and Erin in the second, and most recently Amlin, Ben F, and Holdt. In this fourth part of our series, we’ll learn more about Alexa, Ilsa, and Maxine.

A lot of progress has been taking place at Cluster One. During our last update in December, we were finishing up interior framing, the exterior stairs were just beginning to take shape, and stucco work had started. Since then, interior framing has been completed and we’ve moved on to installing the drywall. The exterior stairs

We were so excited to get started on Tranquil Guest House with our clients from Tranquil Abiding. This project is currently in the bidding phase, and we are looking forward to construction! In our Behind the Design posts we like to look back at where we started with our projects and how our design process

Since our last Projects on the Boards post in January, we have a few new projects to share! In the past few months, we’ve taken on new homes and renovations. The new homes are all in the Hudson Valley with all of their own little niches like a space for cleaning muddy paws, an area

As we continue designing and have projects under construction, many of our clients want lively outdoor spaces. Whether to host guests, family, or to capitalize being in the outdoors, outdoor kitchens are often part of the scope of our designs. Some outdoor kitchens are protected by a roof while others are not; either way they

Continuing our Meet the Team series, today’s post highlights Amlin Iqbal Eshita, Ben Feiger, and Holdt Jones. If you missed our last two be sure to check them out! We’ve already met Marisa, Colbi, Ben S, Gina, Cliff, and Erin a bit more intimately. We love sharing more about our team, our different backgrounds, and

Today, we’re taking a peek behind the scenes into the design process for Art Fort. We always want to make our process transparent and accessible. By sharing the design process behind our homes, we hope to assure potential new clients that our process isn’t intimidating and that we value dreaming, communication, and honesty with our