Great Lake Story: Final Chapter

Here is the final chapter of Michigan Blue Magazine's Great Lake Story in their winter issue, on newsstands now. Blue Magazine is chronicling Jim & Susan Buda's experience with Visbeen Associates and Bos Homes and their journey designing and building in South Haven's Boardwalk. In order to easily read the article, click here.

Great Lake Story: Chapter Five

Here's the fifth installment of Michigan Blue Magazine's Great Lake Story which is on newsstands right now. Blue Magazine is chronicling Jim & Susan Buda's experience with Visbeen Associates and Bos Homes and their journey designing and building in South Haven's Boardwalk. In order to easily read the article, click here.

Great Lake Story: Chapter Three

Here's the third installment of Michigan Blue Magazine's Great Lake Story which is on newsstands right now. Blue Magazine is chronicling Jim & Susan Buda's experience with Visbeen Associates and Bos Homes and their journey designing and building in South Haven's Boardwalk. In order to easier read the article, please click here.

South Haven Residence for the Holidays

This Boardwalk home was designed by Visbeen Associates and built by Bos Homes.

Great Lake Story

I hope you're following Great Lake Story in Michigan Blue magazine and enjoying Jim & Susan Buda's captivating journal entries. In Blue's Winter publication the journal entry refers to the sketches Wayne Visbeen drew in the first five hours of their initial meeting. They are attached below:

Initial Concept Front Sketch

Initial Concept Rear Sketch

Initial Concept Side Sketch

Initial Concept Driveway Sketch

Initial Main Level Sketch

Initial Upper Level Sketch

Initial Concept Lower Level Sketch

Initial Concept Family Room

Initial Concept Kitchen Sketch

Initial Concept Lower Level

Initial Concept Billiards Room

Final Concept Front Sketch

Final Concept Rear Sketch

Final Living Room Sketch

Tutorial Thursday: What is a corbel?

Welcome to Tutorial Thursday! Today we're learning about corbels. What is a corbel, you might ask? Well, I'm sure you've seen them before. Possibly your home even has corbels, but you may not know what they are called. Here are some Visbeen Associates homes which feature corbels and a definition:

"A projecting block, sometimes carved or molded, that acts as a means of support for floor and roof beams as well as other structural members." Phillips, Steven J. Old-House Dictionary. Lakewood, Colorado: American Source Books, 1989.