There’s a little old house on Willis Street in Prescott that has become a labor of love for its owner – a major fixer-upper. Anastasis was asked to come in and do several custom elements to add to the charm and “upcycled” nature of the entire property.
One such unique place for creative improvement was the front porch ceiling – not a space that usually gets special treatment. However, front porches in newly-constructed houses, in newly-constructed neighborhoods, for decades, have been little more than a formality, not a place of life, family, and friendship among neighbors. But this is an old house in a neighborhood with a lot of history. It needed something special.
As I installed the ceiling, many passing neighbors craned their necks to check out just what was going on. The chevron pattern was assembled from fence boards in an array of colors, collected from the demolition of various fences from the local area.
The arch was created from 2×2 deck balusters from two different sources, redwood and cedar. These were ripped lengthwise to produce slender sticks, which were attached together piece by piece with pneumatic finish nails. This created a surprisingly strong yet flexible and relatively lightweight and wind-resistant structure. 
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