You’re eying a Spuds Mackenzie lamp, amid a table of buckles, glassware, a knife collection, and a bronze casting of three horses holding a glass ball…  It’s hot, smelly, and weird, but for some reason you are totally loving it.  One of the biggest shock-thrills of moving from the city to this small town was […]

Street art in Hillsboro by Isaac Reynolds. Photo via Jrandlefoto

I love the idea of a modern functioning farmhouse… The idea that a hard working, practical place, can still be modern, and beautiful.  Here’s a clean sunroom addition that I did with my brother in law Seth Huber for a local 2nd generation farm family. I’d love to do a design/renovation of an orchard with barns […]

Here’s a little peek into the underground creative scene in Hillsboro… Nearing completion, The “Alien” table, a project local Chris Swed designed and collaborated on with metalworker extraordinaire Aaron Ruppert. Any of you guys seen dune? This just reminds me of that scene so hard… Neato… Keep it up dudes.

This is the 1966 Hillsboro, IL Old Settlers, almost exactly 50 years ago! (take a look at the far right storefront of the old Bremer building) -photo from the Hillsboro Historical society Here it is about fifty years (minus a month) later. We’re starting the big job of tearing off all the nasty old tin face, […]

Meeting Hillsboro, IL residents Doug and Teri Sweet for the first time, we were fast friends. A retired train engineer and a daycare owner, they are a cool and calm mannered couple who love coffee and good conversation, food, and family. In short, totally awesome. The Sweet’s brief was simply “open up the cramped kitchen, add […]

The Pickers market is back for the season! In searching through all the cool, collectible, odd, and industrial, the theme of the day for us was the characters and faces of pop, and American culture. So.. Here’s a little fun from the rainy first day of the Litchfield Pickers market. -photo’s by B. Lee and Jrandlephoto- […]