As our project for Campion Farms moves forward, we thought we’d share some of the design inspiration behind one of its top-wish-list features – a modern screened-in porch. Particularly during the summer in the Northeast, screened-in porches can be the most lived in part of the home. As spaces that are neither entirely interior nor

Corten Cladding + Bully Hill Corten steel is on site and being installed at Bully Hill. It is a unique type of steel that naturally rusts very quickly and becomes more rigid as it rusts. This is our first house to be clad in corten, and the deep color as well as durability make it a

Our Design Process We hope you’ve been enjoying a closer look at how we work through these Behind the Design blog posts. We’ve been sharing more about our design process on social media too, in hopes that it will clarify what working with a residential architect entails, and specifically how we work at Studio MM. The

Often the best way for us to communicate, whether it’s with a client or within the office, is through images. Sometimes it’s a quick sketch on the back of a napkin or a simple line drawing to describe a detail – no matter what the medium, when I’m talking about architecture, “A picture is worth a

There has been steady progress on Cat Hill over the last few months, but now things are starting to ramp up as the weather improves. Foundations, including the piers that will support the house’s “floating” fitness studio and gallery space, have been poured, framing has begun, and most of the exterior walls are up. If one wall

Behind Our Design Process If you’ve been following our Behind the Design posts, you know that we’ve been documenting the process of how we work and sharing it on both our social media accounts as well as here on the blog. We hope you’ve been enjoying a peek “behind the scenes” into how we work with

#FromOurDesks: Very excited to share some new projects we have “On the Boards” for 2019. From a custom home in the Berkshires to a modern renovation in the Catskills, we’ve got a fun mix of designs going on in the office. We’re also sharing design process updates on these and other projects on Facebook and LinkedIn, so be sure to find us there! House

FLY Modern 2, Under Construction   Very happy to see all the progress on FLY Modern (2)! The contractors have been hard at work getting this house framed up, dried in, and almost ready for drywall. The electrical, plumbing and mechanical rough-ins are complete, and after the contractors install the insulation they can close up

In honor of Valentine’s Day, today we are going to continue our annual Love Home post tradition and talk about all the things we love about home! We’ve asked the question in the past, “What makes a house a home?” – well, I think the vignettes below answer that question pretty well. Happy Valentine’s Day! The

I was in Chattanooga a couple of weeks ago and was super excited to see all of the construction progress on CasaNooga! My trip was scheduled so that I could be on site with my clients for “pre-rough-in” meetings with the electrical, mechanical and plumbing subcontractors. As you may remember from a previous What To