Contemporary Craftsman in Camas
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Collaboration
This was a really fun project. Tim and Amanda came to us by way of an article in Oregon Home magazine that featured a beach house we had built a few years earlier. They were looking for a local Camas builder who understood their vision for their dream home on 6 acres in the Fern Prairie area. They had architectural plans, but there were many details remaining to work out so it was important to them to work with a builder who could see the vision and help them carry it out.
Some of my early suggestions were to use tongue and groove cedar for the eaves the way a craftsman home may have been built in the 1920’s and to forego corner boards at the cedar shake siding. These ideas resonated with them and we were off and running!
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Finishes
The cabinets are CVG fir with shaker style doors (what else would you put in a Craftsman!). Some of the other interesting details are finish in place bamboo floors, a plaster coated chimney, real brick wood burning fireplace and a hand applied drywall texture that simulates the look of old school plaster.
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Master bath
In the master bath we used travertine tile with glass subway tile accents. The vanity has a limestone slab counter with maple edge and splash. The mirror frames are also maple.
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Kitchen
The spacious kitchen has Slatescape (pre-fabricated cement) and maple butcher block counters and commercial style stainless steel appliances.
Although this home was finished in 2002, we think it still holds up well. It has a lot of timeless elements to it, while also taking some risks. It was a joy to build such a one of kind home.
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