Resources

Useful questions.
Real project decisions.

Learn what happens before you build, what to ask about cost and how other people changed their homes.

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How the work proceeds

See what you decide, what the team does and what to agree before building.

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Planning your budget

Learn what changes the cost and what to check in a written price.

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Organize your ideas

Use the planner to save ideas and questions. You do not need to give your name or email.

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From the project archive

See how choices
became finished work.

These older articles open on Silent Rivers’ website. Each date shows when the story was first shared.

October 31, 2016 · Kitchen remodeling

Cathy’s kitchen remodel: her experience

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October 12, 2015 · Design decisions

Why the sunroom went at the back

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December 13, 2016 · Custom homes

A family’s love of barns becomes a home

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June 26, 2017 · Outdoor spaces

A backyard with room for a bar and spa

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April 18, 2016 · Design process

Planning the St. Charles home

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June 28, 2016 · Construction process

Starting work on the St. Charles home

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December 7, 2015 · Craftsmanship

Making a cherry table for twelve

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September 8, 2014 · Historic preservation

Moving and saving a Sherman Hill home

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