Journal

Notes from the job site.

Process, materials, and the little decisions that add up to a home that lasts. Written by the people doing the work.

Why we still spec solid wood doors

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Why we still spec solid wood doors

Hollow-core saves a little money on day one and costs you every day after. Here's how we think about door selection on a custom home.

Logan Palmer · May 2026

Designing an outdoor room that actually gets used

Designing an outdoor room that actually gets used

The covered patio your family will live in vs the one that becomes a photo on the listing. Three things we get right early.

Lance Palmer · April 2026

A walkthrough of the Oak Lane addition

A walkthrough of the Oak Lane addition

How we tucked 800 square feet onto a 1962 ranch in a way that reads as if it was always there.

Logan Palmer · March 2026