Of Wood and Glass

Picture this:  You’re sitting in your newly remodeled lakeside cabin.  Your architect talked a lot about being inspired by the surrounding nature and wanted to pay tribute to the land by showcasing wood inside as a central design element. But you can’t see out of the cabin because the architect didn’t also bring the outside […]

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