Yestermorrow – Page 2 – Little Green Airstream

Impracticum and a New Beginning

December 5, 2015November 15, 2016Leave a comment

It’s been a long time since I’ve updated the blog on this project, but there’s plenty more coming soon! Here’s the scoop: Originally, this renovation was intended as a final project, or “practicum” towards achieving my Sustainable Building & Design Certificate at Yestermorrow Design / Build School in Waitsfield, VT. Aside from the valuable learning process involved, the other personal goal of mine has been to renovate a...

What Color is your Practicum?

December 30, 2013November 15, 20161 Comment

I sent an e-mail out to a potential advisor for my project, a gentleman I respect who taught one of the classes I took at Yestermorrow. I attached to the e-mail a copy of my proposal, and then within 24 hours we spoke on the phone about his expectations and he gave me some initial feedback. At the end of the call, I asked him if he had...

The Proposal

December 2, 2013November 15, 2016Leave a comment

Down upon one knee, my laptop was poised for this special moment. Sure, I’d thought it through several times, and let the engagement go on far too long. But I’d saved a percentage of my salary for months for this very day, because deep down I knew what had to happen. In a make-or-break moment, I made a firm decision. I wrote out my vows and hit “send.”...

Less Is More (Part 3 of 3)

March 7, 2013November 15, 2016Leave a comment

November, 2011. The Less is More class at Yestermorrow ended with a nearly all-night studio session that left me pretty exhausted. But when the time came to present our final projects, I couldn’t help but be fascinated by the imaginative solutions that my classmates had come up with for their small house projects. My own presentation looked like this: If you zoom into the pictures a little bit,...