July 12th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
We finally have cleared the hurdles surrounding Dwelling 3918. After months of back and forth with the bank D & K finally got the house, we quickly wrapped up drawings met with the city and began work. The building permit was issued last week and our project deadline is December 15 according to the bank. The project is being funded by an FHA sponsored home construction loan known as a 203-k, the program is great and allows people to work on homes that would be tough to get financing for traditionally. Unfortunately you have to play by the banks rules throughout the process and it is becoming clear that the bank does not have much of a clue when it comes to construction. We started working on design drawings for the project in March and had to submit a full construction estimate and drawings in May in order for the loan to process. Here we are a few months later and it looks like we may finally get paid.
Everyone involved is super excited to get the project rolling. The house was built in 1887 and was a very traditional and plain home. Our task is to completely gut the entire house, rip down the rear stone stone wall, and give it a thorough modern kick in the pants. We’ve joked all along that we are probably going to seriously offend some old school Hyde Park fans in the process, and we are okay with that.
If you get a chance please check out the homeowners blog documenting the process from their perspective. Dwelling3918.
July 5th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
We recently were awarded two KC Magazine Design Excellence Awards. We were honored with a bronze award in the Specialty Room Category for the WDB Walnut Slat Bar. Our Custom Office Furniture for SBMAC took home top honors in the Craftsmanship Category. We were featured in KC Magazine’s July issue in a story featuring local craftsman. The July Issue is also the Design Excellence Awards Issue so we have several photographs of our work throughout the magazine ( the issue is available online click here ).
We want to extend thanks to all of our great clients. We would not be able to produce award winning work if it wasn’t for you. Allowing us the freedom to produce our designs and push the envelope on a daily basis is priceless.
June 14th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
Due to large cutting board demand Studiobuild has a newly formed Etsy Shop. Last week we finished up another batch of 30 cutting boards. Demand is high so I imagine these will sell out in a hurry. Most people requested larger cutting boards this time around so we had to bump the pricing up a bit to compensate.
We also had an intern for the week. Logan hails from Florida and is interested in architecture, he visited all week with hopes of learning a thing or two about the profession. A week later he learned that we aren’t really architects, we build more things than we draw, and that cutting boards require a lot more work than you would think.
June 7th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
We finally finished up DA’s bed. It turned out to be one of our favorite pieces so far. The pictures we have do not show the figure and amazing grain as vivid as it is. I’ve been asked a few specifics on the bed. It is a queen size platform bed constructed with curly cherry, black walnut, soft maple, sycamore, and flame maple. We finished the bed with 8 coats of hand applied oil / varnish blend to really bring out the figure.
June 2nd, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
Our cutting board sales have gone berzerk. Our first batch of cutting boards for Mothers day sold quickly to family and friends. Then they got picked up on the kitchen, and now Lifehacker picked it up. Our email has been swamped with request ever since. Unfortunately we are currently sold out, we do have some in process that should be finished up next week. I think we are setting up an etsy store to handle our scrap to cash proceeds and help ease the ordering process.
If you would like to get added to our email list for when the next batch of cutting boards gets finished. Please email me at jerad.studiobld ( at ) gmail.com.
Thanks for your continued support.
