Today at Yestermorrow we graduated 12 Certified Renovators through the Lead Safety for Renovation, Repair and Painting program offered by the EPA. Did you know that if you are a contractor or carpenter in the U.S. working on a house built before 1978 you need to test for lead paint and follow strict guidelines for the containment and disposal of...
The last of the Yestermorrow summer lecture series videos are now up online at: www.yestermorrow.blip.tv Check ‘em out! Thea Alvin and Mac Rood: Masonry Restoration in Italy David Hohenshau: Designing With A Crowd Ace McArleton: Elemental Innovation in Action John Wall: A Reflection on 40 Years of Collaborative Furniture Design Process...
Here are a few great images from the Farm Design course which just finished up last Friday. Their many field trips included trips to Essex Farm, Butterworks Farm, Green Mountain Girls Farm, and Vermont Compost. Each student worked on their own individual farm design project in the studio, culminating in presentations all day Friday.These great...
This video montage follows the one-week Rumford Masonry Fireplace Design/Build course at Yestermorrow in October 2010. The class worked together to build a Rumford style fireplace for a homeowner in Waitsfield, Vermont during this five-day class focused on teaching homeowners with no prior masonry experience how to create their own fireplace.
