Last weekend, our Pierce/Lee clients and patrons threw the annual holiday party for all those associated with the project's design and c...

Attended mini-concert by  Markéta Irglová from the   film 'Once' earlier this month. The  Czech songwriter, musician, actress, and ...

Last Tuesday Stephen Mouzon arrived in Atlanta to give two lectures describing his philosophies, and how they might help Decatur accomplish ...

Completed stone and brick masonry fireplace.  Three sizes of Tennessee Field Stone were used during construction.  We were trying to emul...

Classic Southern plantation house under restoration in one of the nearby towns. Stone work continues with Betts Project — no images to show...

Pic sent to the Fam from iPhone during morning walk. Stone work continues — no images to show for this day of production.

All masonry requires extensive preparation.  Here we've laid the three different sizes of stone within specific rows so that each may b...

Fitting the final pieces of a difficult puzzle.  A dry stack arch requires a great deal of patience and focus.  When building one of this si...

Stone work progressing. Interesting brick deterioration phenomena I came across in local town.  The mortars manufactured 100 years or so a...

Image of the Betts Hunting Lodge under construction. Begin fireplace stone work — no images to show for this day of production.

Hearth floor is laid with solid clay brick — no images to show for this day of production.

Here I am, with the legendary guitarist of the Allman Brother Band, Dickey Betts.  Dickey pioneered the Southern Rock genre, and paved the w...

Installation of 7th and 8th flue liners.  This will top the chimney out at about 3' or so above the ridge of the dwelling.  Mason Aleja...

Deer during my morning coffee walk. Roof scaffolding constructed in order to finish chimney.  This is the sort of added effort involved wi...

 Installation of 3rd and 4th flue liners. This is an interesting shot demonstrating the skill of a good laborer.  Without assistance, Pas...

General progress — no images to show for this day of production.

View of smoke chamber closing to throat from inside the firebox.  This is prior to parging which will smooth out and eliminate the rough sur...

Raising the outer masonry in conjunction with the smoke chamber.  This void will be filled with concrete and steel. Filling the cavity bet...

Infilling clay brick to transition curvature of firebox to the smoke chamber above. Parging (plastering with fireclay) the rough edges of ...

Clay firebrick liner completed and firebrick corbeled out to face of clay brick (not visible within this shot).  Chimney base underway oppos...

Second and third courses over arch — cut brick develop the airfoil shape along the inside surface of the fireplace opening. Wood vaults a...