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Cylinders, Circles & Silos
January 17, 2023 - First time, something new. Learn a new skill, find a talent you did not know you had, try a new experience. This adds so...
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Smooth Sailing
May 13, 2022 - Attention to detail and planning far in advance for the jobs we are working on is important! This includes ordering item...
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Innovative Architectural Details
February 21, 2022 - We are always striving to come up with new ways to add architectural details to a home that looks beautiful but doesn’t...
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Waterfront Home
October 27, 2021 - Whenever we are looking at a potential project, our customers often ask how long the process will take before their home...
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2021 Chrysalis Awards National Award Winner
August 23, 2021 - Hanson Carlen is happy to announce the achievement of a national design award in the outdoor living category of Chrysali...
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The Driveway to Your New Home
February 26, 2021 - When you have a home built there are three parts to the process. Purchasing the property, the actual construction of the...
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Cheap Cabinets
January 18, 2021 - In case you have not noticed, there is a HUGE cabinet company based out of Liberty Lake that ships cabinets all over the...
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Tips and Tricks to an Air Tight Home
December 04, 2020 - There are a few tricks we learned while installing the Zip System Sheathing. It is critical to make sure it is sealed in...
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Ensuring Your Home is Tightly Air Sealed
November 16, 2020 - In our last vlog, we looked at the benefits of using ZIP System Insulated R- Sheathing on a home.
This type of insulati...
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Smart Lights that are Simple
February 17, 2020 - Do you ever get into bed to read… and when you are done reading you don’t want to get up and turn the lights out? I have...
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Wood Countertops
June 19, 2019 - One of the oldest and most beloved countertop surfaces ever is...wood!
In fact, as I write this I am writing on a woo...
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Hiding The TV
May 07, 2019 - A few months ago I wrote about, “hiding the TV”
This past summer we used a product called Wallpaper TV.
This TV is s...
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We find some strange things in construction!
April 16, 2019 - I remember one day when I was a younger man, my brother, Tom and I climbed through a crawl space in the Corbin Community...
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Magic Drawers!
December 12, 2018 - Hands full? No problem…. These drawers open all by themselves! Just simply push on it with an elbow or a knee and the dr...
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Where to put the TV?
November 21, 2018 - A television set above a fireplace? You see this often, however oftentimes it looks odd. In my mind there is something t...
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Exposed Beams
October 31, 2018 - Exposed beams in the ceiling can often add a nice element to a room. Oftentimes they are structural and sometimes they a...
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Kitchen Appliance Lift
September 12, 2018 - “That Kitchen Aid mixer is sure cool and fun to use, but it is so darn heavy!” If you have one of these, you can probabl...
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Lower Kitchen Corner Cabinets
August 22, 2018 - I hate things that slither! Snakes and worms and creepy used-car salesmen come to mind. That being said, I like this sli...
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Faux Barn Wood
August 01, 2018 - Faux barn wood?
This is a cool product! It is from Coronado Stone and it looks authentic. It is made from the casting...
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Lift and Slide Door
July 11, 2018 - Lift and Slide doors are a way to make large wide portions of a wall open to the outdoors all at once. They bring the ou...
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Heat Loss
May 30, 2018 - When I was a young man I liked the original Star Trek. Do you remember that Mr. Spock had a Tricorder that could detect...
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ModularArts Wall Panels
May 09, 2018 - Instead of hanging art on the wall, how about if the wall becomes the art?
This can work really well for certain situat...
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Spring Garden
April 18, 2018 - I love to garden. Some of my happiest gardening memories are early in the spring when the sun has just risen. The sky is...
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Designing a Kitchen - Types of kitchens
March 15, 2016 - One thing we have noticed over the years is that the kitchen space tends to become the center or the ‘hub’ for the home...
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What's in Your Drawers?
February 24, 2016 - We have found that almost every kitchen has a “junk drawer”. In this drawer you will find some paper clips, a hammer, br...
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Kitchen Cabinet Hinges
September 17, 2015 - Do you remember the accordion style appliance garages doors of the 90’s? The doors never rolled up properly or where alw...
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Kitchen Circulation
August 26, 2015 - Kitchens have become the central gathering place in most homes today. So how do we design a kitchen that allows the cook...
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