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Some progress pictures of a project we started in the late summer of the past year, (2015, seems like only yesterday…). It is a partial tear down of an existing structure and then a rebuild.Here are a couple pictures of the garage and part of the house as it looked before we started: …and then: … Read more
I found myself alone at the fire tonight. It’s the yearly New years bonfire. It is warm for a December 31st night, a balmy 15 degrees above zero, (F). A blanket of clouds kept the stars from sight but offered in exchange, some very light flakes floating down around me. The wind picked up for … Read more
Seems like it is often hard to find good solid heavy wood screen doors that are just right for the project and so, when the need comes up for one, I usually just build it myself. Over the past year I built four screen doors. I’m sure that is a record number for me by … Read more
A new gallery on my website:This is an old sauna building that we re-sided with log siding to make it look like a real log building,. We also refurbished the deck and the interior. The project was completed in 2004 near Ely Minnesota. The exterior is Western Red Cedar logs and the interior is cedar … Read more
I was stumbling around the railroad tracks in Minneapolis one evening this past summer… …perhaps I should rephrase that… I had the opportunity this past summer on a couple of occasions, to spend a little time around the railroad tracks in the U of M area watching some baseball games at Siebert Field.Having a little … Read more
The other day I was driving through Embarrass and I decided to stop in at the Fair grounds. I have been meaning to stop here for some time and this day was such a great day for pictures. This is a building I built many many years ago. It has to be over 25 years … Read more
This summer we got sidetracked for a little while on this screen house that ended up being a pretty cool project. The log home was already there and the desire was to build either a screen porch addition or some sort of external shelter. Designing something that would be attached was difficult without risking giving … Read more
I just posted a new album in the Custom Homes gallery of my website.It is a small one room design on a lake near Ely Minnesota. http://huismanconcepts.com/
Remembering a time not so long ago when things seemed just a bit simpler… “A Peace of Shade”, pen and ink drawing by John Huisman Gallery of renderings by John Huisman
Recently my wife and I had the privilege of being invited to dinner at an old friends house on Burntside Lake. This was a project I had a small hand in building many years ago. It must be 15 years ago now, the homeowner, Virgil, initially contacted me about building the home but then decided … Read more