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Shope and his wife carefully designed an eco-friendly landscape: For instance, they did not fell any tree with holes that could support an owl’s nest. They also planted flower species that feed hummingbirds and monarch butterflies. Shope laid out the pathway of reclaimed granite slabs that leads toward the Hudson River below.
The floating home, originally constructed in 1968 by Forbes Kiddoo, that Marka Hansen and Joe Brubaker recreated with designer Michelle Chan and builder Steve Crutchfield of True North Construction bobs in a berth at the historical Waldo Point Harbor in Sausalito, California, just north of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge.
New Orleans native Eric Roland revamped a dated duplex just outside one of the city’s historic districts with the help of local architect Nathan Fell. Among the upgrades Eric wanted were a large new balcony to replace the narrow second-floor porch and moving the staircase outside to pick up interior square footage.












