I think there is something about firetrucks that brings out the little kid in us. Some time back I was given a short tour of the Ely Fire Station at city hall.I just happened to be there to take some pictures and ran into the fire chief who, when I started asking about the trucks, … Read more

I posted a new gallery of pictures on the website galleries yesterday.It is a home recently completed near Ely Minnesota using large Douglas Fir timber framing for parts of the roof support and entry.  Here are a couple pictures and more can be seen at the website gallery here or on the facebook gallery here. … Read more

These are some pictures of a custom door I recently completed: The door is made of rustic, distressed Alder with a light stain. The carved images are mirrored on the interior so they can be seen on both sides of the glass. A Close up shot of the carving of the tall pine tree and … Read more

This is a pretty cool way to get a walk through tour of a home that I built a few years back. The home has been on the market for a couple years waiting for the right person to come along.It is being listed by Lisa Janisch Realty and she has put forth the effort … Read more

Not much to take pictures of construction-wise these days…I was out and about yesterday and saw some tracks down on the lake-shore on Burntside Lake.I decided to take a walk. It was a warm day and we hadn’t seen the sun in a while.I’m not good at track identification. I am guessing Fox.I found the … Read more

As a younger family, we occasionally enjoyed a trip to the North Shore of Lake Superior.There is no better place than the shore of the Big Lake to look for interesting stones… “Mother and Daughter, Searching For Stones on Lake Superior”, 14″x22″ pencil drawing on Bristol Board by John Huisman http://huismanconcepts.com/artwork-gallery/

Some more pictures of the island project we have been working on through the summer.These, of course, were taken a few weeks ago during that nice stretch of Autumn we had this year.I have since taken the boat out of the water and parked it for the winter. Rock floor in the bathroom area. Rock … Read more

Trying to get concrete work done to get a new cabin construction project started before the snow comes. Another week of beautiful weather. Conditions could certainly be a lot worse this time of year for this type of work: Here we have the footings poured and ready for the ICF wall. It is a very … Read more

Some late season work on an island project. The weather has been beautiful the last couple weeks and a ride across Burntside Lake is particularly enjoyable. Traveling alone, it is nice to have a little extra weight in the front. Here I am taking a mini refrigerator that will go under the kitchen counter-top in … Read more

…interesting project this summer in Whiteside Park in Ely. We bid to do the re-roofing and refinishing of the buildings in the park as well as doing something with the lower logs on the bandshell that had not weathered so well over the 20 years or so since this had been built. In the course … Read more