It’s been a while since we wrote up a Design Inspiration blog post. We typically like to keep our design inspiration posts coordinated with the season that we post them. Since it’s summertime we wanted to think of a detail that we’ve designed for our projects that really shines during the summer months. In prior

Gardiner Art Studio is a new art studio addition for a talented painter who lives in the Hudson Valley. With this project, we chose to introduce a modern and minimal design while nodding to the architecture of our clients’ existing home. The simple rectangular plan is divided into two wings by a central hallway. One wing

Welcome to the latest post in our revamped series “What to Expect from Your Architect”! We’re using IRIE House as an example of our design process and walking through each of the phases. ICYMI we kicked off the series with “What to Expect from Your Architect: Land and Pre-Design“. Check it out to catch up

Want to renovate your home but don’t know where to start? Looking for scaled options of what you can do to renovate your home? Perhaps you have a lot to renovate but don’t know if you have the budget to do it all? All of these are questions that our Renovation Feasibility Study service can

This month’s construction update is of Saugerties Lake House! Saugerties Lake House is a cozy home for a couple overlooking a gorgeous lake and the Catskills. To learn more about the home and its design, check out the project’s updated description in our portfolio. Last month we visited Saugerties Lake House during our Team Offsite. At

If you read our recap from our team offsite, Behind the Scenes: May Team Offsite, you got a little intro to how we best work with our contractors. While we are architects for all of our projects, we are also Construction Managers for several of them. For more information about our Construction Management process please

To get the summer energy and excitement going, this week we are sharing some inspiration featuring pool-focused courtyards. We have two projects under construction, Wass House and 8 Oaks that have pool courtyards. They both use U-shaped designs that create ideal semi-private courtyards for a central pool. Design Inspiration: Pool Courtyard Courtyard House by Christian

We had our annual offsite at the beginning of this month! It was a 3-day long fully packed itinerary focused on team building, site visits, and fun. To keep the tradition of Kerhonkson offsites going, we all met Wednesday afternoon at the Starlite Motel! Day 1 Once we all arrived at Starlite, we celebrated Alexa’s

AA House is a home for a hardworking couple and their adventurous cat. This modern barn-style home on a sloped site includes an artist studio, deck with a screened-in-porch, gym, and office spaces for our active clients. The site includes a gorgeous view of a flower-filled meadow and a creek at the end of the

Construction at SkyHaus is well underway and it is finally time for us to share here on The Architect’s Notebook what has been happening onsite. SkyHaus is not only one of our design services projects, but one of our construction management projects as well! What does our construction management process look like? Head over to