Restoration Builders of VA Project Recieves AIA Award of Merit

Our Castlewood Project has won the AIA DC Chapter Award of Merit. For the past year we have taken the early 1817 Neo-Palladian style Castlewood plantation house in Chesterfield, Virginia from this:

Before

to this:

After

 

We are glad to partner with Davis Buckley Architects to accomplish the restoration of this beautiful piece of property.

Thank you, AIA for the honor.

Various in the busy life of Our Beaver

RBVa got a new van!

When the bricks are this wonky, you have to cope the wood to the brick to avoid an extra-large caulk joint to fill the gap between the two elements: wood and brick.  

The bead on this trim was custom milled on site out of clear Western Cedar, using a table saw and a moulding plane found at a flea market.  Then the contours of the brick were traced with a compass and cut out using a jig saw.

Castlewood

Castlewood before and after

At the top of the image, you can see the condition this 1817 building was in when we started. Below, the happy new yellow paint, and one restored window.

Castlewood restoration project