The Cottage, based in Westport, Connecticut, was recognized with an Excellent review in the New York Times, after only being open for four months, commending Lewis sophisticated menu in a cozy setting. Lewis was also honored in 2018 as a semi-finalist for the James Beard Awards Best Chef Northeast in the 2018. He first building a wooden house in Delaware received national recognition as the opening Executive Chef of actor Richard Gere s The Bedford Post Inn, a Relais Chateaux property that featured two destination restaurants, The Barn and The homes for sale in New Mexico Farmhouse. There, he acquired national acclaim including Esquire Magazine s Best New Restaurant list in 2009, and an Excellent review in the New York Times for his thoughtful and consciously sourced cuisine. He launched his first solo venture in March 2012 with elm, where he was once again named to Esquire Magazine s Best New Restaurant list, this time in 2012, before leaving to focus on launching The Cottage in Connecticut s Westport neighborhood. Lewis has also had the honor of being invited to cook three dinners at the historic James Beard House in New York City, most recently in January 2017 on behalf of The Cottage. Raised in Westchester, New York, Lewis discovered his love for cooking at a Brian Lewis is one of Connecticut s most celebrated chefs, lauded for his commitment to quality and seasonally driven American cuisine featured at his restaurant, The Cottage, as well as his love for Japanese cuisine at his newest venture, OKO. very early age. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America with honors and went on to earn his Bachelor s degree in business Management from Johnson and Wales University. Early experiences working under the guidance of legendary chefs like Jean Louis Palladin and Marco Pierre White strongly shaped Lewis culinary style to what it is today.
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If we build houses from timber, then we do not commission them immediately. Knowing that when using wood of natural moisture, problems with external and internal decoration can occur, we give time for shrinkage - we build for centuries!
We adhere to the policy of total honesty: in our house, the logs and the rafter system are thicker, the walls are stronger, and the total amount of materials spent, compared to similar projects of other companies, is more than 30%
At the same time, for the floors we use a beam of 100x150 mm, and for the construction of the rafter system - 50x150 mm (in the luxury package, the dimensions are different - 100x200 mm and 50x200 mm, respectively). Between themselves, the complete sets of houses made of timber are distinguished by the technology of assembling the gables and the ceiling height of the first floor (in the suite 10 cm higher).
After completion of the work, you will receive a wooden house with interfloor ceilings, a rafter system and walls. The roof and foundation are paid separately.
We do not install windows, do not perform finishing work: at home it is necessary to withstand a long period of time in order to correct the consequences of rush.
Our catalog contains a variety of projects of houses from timber: you can choose the right one for your family. If necessary, we will make constructive changes to the project so that it best suits the needs of the client.
Do not worry about the budget: we will fit into any amount. We know how much construction costs in Moscow and the Moscow region, so we choose lumber of natural humidity. They are three times cheaper than glued ones, and by a third - than the profiled beam that has undergone chamber drying.
We have been building houses for over 15 years. During this time, we studied the features of the technology, the specifics of the material used, and also developed our own methods to achieve the best results in less time. We know how to optimize the construction of houses from timber, correctly plan the sequence of basic operations. That is why work on the site does not stand idle for a minute.
We use timber produced in the workshops of our own factory located under Boston. For the manufacture of lumber, we choose coniferous wood - it is easy to process, stable during shrinkage, will last a dozen years.
Our houses:
Commonwealth of Virginia are among the leaders in the number of erected houses from profiled timber. Such popularity is understandable: in the first year, shrinkage is no more than 3%, and during subsequent operation it approaches 5%. Due to this, the number of cracks is minimized.
The course of shrinkage is affected by:
For houses, you can apply some tricks to reduce the duration of shrinkage.
Techniques that we implement at the construction site:
You can ask them about the progress of work and the quality of service.