by Julian2 | Aug 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
A cabin at Bear Lake is a different animal from a house in Logan, and the differences are not cosmetic. You are sitting close to 6,000 feet, the snow arrives heavier and stays longer, the building season is short, and for months at a time nobody may be there to notice...
by Julian2 | Aug 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Almost everyone arrives with a number, and almost every number is a memory. Our last house was 2,400 and it felt tight. My sister built 3,200 and it feels about right. The trouble is that two homes with identical square footage can live completely differently...
by Julian2 | Aug 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
Nearly every client arrives with a folder of bedroom photos. Soft morning light, a bench at the foot of the bed, a freestanding tub under a tall window. What almost nobody arrives with is the thing that decides whether any of it is possible: dimensions, door swings,...
by Julian2 | Aug 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most people who ask us about accessible design are not thinking about themselves. They are thinking about a parent, or about a specific event that made stairs feel different than they used to. What almost nobody realizes is how little it costs to build these features...
by Julian2 | Jul 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
After nearly three decades of drafting custom homes across Cache Valley and spending years before that as general contractors, Mont and Mary-Ellen Poulsen have seen most of what can go wrong on a residential build. Some mistakes are dramatic: structural changes...
by Julian2 | Jul 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Utah’s residential building code is not a single document. It is a stack of them: the 2021 International Residential Code as the foundation, modified by statewide Utah amendments, and then further adjusted by the specific city or county where you are building....
