ideas to build on: blog index
fun reading if you have a little time!
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February 2024
- Feb 27, 2024 The first system-built response to the greatest change in residential lifestyles in nearly 80 years Feb 27, 2024
- December 2023
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August 2022
- Aug 16, 2022 Preferred over a summer resort: This Lindal Modern Barn Aug 16, 2022
- Aug 16, 2022 What makes a barn “modern"? Aug 16, 2022
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March 2022
- Mar 3, 2022 In Praise of a Successful Collaboration: Our Most Efficient House Ever Mar 3, 2022
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January 2022
- Jan 6, 2022 Sunshine and Fresh Air Jan 6, 2022
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May 2021
- May 18, 2021 The New Modern Home: Smart Design Ideas That Will Long Outlive the Pandemic May 18, 2021
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April 2021
- Apr 22, 2021 What is shorter than the lifespan of a gnat? Lindal fights the volatility of lumber prices. Apr 22, 2021
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March 2021
- Mar 9, 2021 Introducing Tanya Nachia and an Expanded Menu of Services Mar 9, 2021
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November 2020
- Nov 24, 2020 The Pencil and the CAD Unite and Clients Benefit Nov 24, 2020
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August 2020
- Aug 12, 2020 Simple and effective home design responses to a devastating pandemic Aug 12, 2020
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July 2020
- Jul 29, 2020 The effect of social distancing on home design Jul 29, 2020
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June 2020
- Jun 17, 2020 Lindal’s 5 P’s: product, personalization, price, process, and predictability Jun 17, 2020
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May 2020
- May 27, 2020 Sheltering in place and other societal changes that affect design: Current Lindal trends… much more meaningful than turquoise refrigerators! May 27, 2020
- May 12, 2020 A Hillside Lindal Shaped by its Site May 12, 2020
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March 2020
- Mar 25, 2020 A House at the End of the World Mar 25, 2020
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December 2019
- Dec 18, 2019 Joyful houses completed in 2019 and a look ahead to 2020 Dec 18, 2019
- Dec 4, 2019 Up on the Roof Dec 4, 2019
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November 2019
- Nov 20, 2019 Why Small Houses Don’t Have Small Price Tags Nov 20, 2019
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October 2019
- Oct 23, 2019 Downsizing that Feels as Large as All Outdoors Oct 23, 2019
- Oct 8, 2019 More Favorite Things: Soothing duotones… open wide! Oct 8, 2019
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September 2019
- Sep 11, 2019 Building a Custom Home Can be Easier Than That! Sep 11, 2019
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July 2019
- Jul 31, 2019 An Update on Regional Building Costs and Comparing the Cost of Lindals and Conventionally Built Custom Homes Jul 31, 2019
- Jul 10, 2019 Some Favorite Building Products, Part 1 Jul 10, 2019
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June 2019
- Jun 19, 2019 A Modern Suburban Treetop Nest Jun 19, 2019
- Jun 4, 2019 A Planning Process as Modern as the Designs it Creates Jun 4, 2019
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May 2019
- May 22, 2019 Eager to Show You This Great Room May 22, 2019
- May 8, 2019 Signs of a Successful Collaboration May 8, 2019
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March 2019
- Mar 13, 2019 Building a joyful home Part 1: Begin with a Joyful Foundation Mar 13, 2019
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February 2019
- Feb 20, 2019 The Soul of a Barn (Part 2)… How it became our most cost-efficient home in years Feb 20, 2019
- Feb 13, 2019 The Soul of a Barn (Part I)… The Synthesis of Efficiency, Excitement, and Tradition Feb 13, 2019
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January 2019
- Jan 30, 2019 A Celebration of Modern Design Jan 30, 2019
- Jan 8, 2019 “Made of Wood but Nothing Like Log Cabins” — Upscale commercial builders discover what Lindal has known for seventy-five years. Jan 8, 2019
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October 2018
- Oct 23, 2018 Smart Solutions for Steep Slope Building Oct 23, 2018
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September 2018
- Sep 26, 2018 Efficiency Can Be Exciting Sep 26, 2018
- Sep 20, 2018 Design Collaborations for Efficiency, Predictability and a Restful Night’s Sleep Sep 20, 2018
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August 2018
- Aug 22, 2018 Planning your ADU or Away Place Part 2: It may be small, but fill it with big ideas Aug 22, 2018
- Aug 15, 2018 Architecturally Adaptive ADUs (or small cottages) Aug 15, 2018
- Aug 8, 2018 Lindal in the raw: Building a better reality Aug 8, 2018
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July 2018
- Jul 11, 2018 Compact but larger than all outdoors: Save the date to tour this fabulous Lindal!! Jul 11, 2018
- Jul 5, 2018 Imagine this: A Lindal exclusive partnership with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation… and Introductory Promotion Jul 5, 2018
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June 2018
- Jun 12, 2018 A Family Retreat at the Water’s Edge; San Juan Island, WA Jun 12, 2018
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May 2018
- May 15, 2018 Designing a Greater Great Room — Part II May 15, 2018
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April 2018
- Apr 11, 2018 Designing a Greater Great Room — Part I Apr 11, 2018
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February 2018
- Feb 22, 2018 New Lindal Modern Designs: Traditional Form, Modern Soul Feb 22, 2018
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April 2017
- Apr 20, 2017 Long Island, NY and Seattle, WA: America's High Cost Building Markets — How the Lindal approach will help control the cost of building your new home. Apr 20, 2017
- Apr 4, 2017 The hottest Warmmodern home feature balances the desire to be together with the need for privacy: Case study 3 Apr 4, 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
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January 2017
- Jan 31, 2017 The hottest Warmmodern home feature: Balancing the desire to be together with the need for privacy Jan 31, 2017
- Jan 18, 2017 The Many Faces of Efficiency Jan 18, 2017
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August 2016
- Aug 8, 2016 A Warm Modern Barn Raising in Southampton Aug 8, 2016
- April 2016
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January 2016
- Jan 5, 2016 Laughing at the Rain in the Denizen of Elves Jan 5, 2016
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December 2015
- Dec 17, 2015 Modern Barn Delivered in the Hamptons...5 months from site visit to delivery! Dec 17, 2015
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October 2015
- Oct 28, 2015 Who is the New Lindal Client? Oct 28, 2015
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September 2015
- Sep 20, 2015 Today’s Home: Too much technology? Sep 20, 2015
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July 2015
- Jul 27, 2015 Beyond Showerheads and Toilets: Designing and Building to Conserve Water Jul 27, 2015
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June 2015
- Jun 6, 2015 The Demise of the Compass, and the Loss of Romance in Home Design Jun 6, 2015
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April 2015
- Apr 16, 2015 New Clients, New Designs, New Ideas Apr 16, 2015
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March 2015
- Mar 24, 2015 Overhangs: Brimming with Purpose Mar 24, 2015
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February 2015
- Feb 25, 2015 Odes to Wood…Poetry and Science Feb 25, 2015
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January 2015
- Jan 16, 2015 Today’s most valued home amenity Jan 16, 2015