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Old School Real estate blog in the Catskills. Journeys, trial, tribulations, observations and projects of Catskill Farms Founder Chuck Petersheim. Since 2002, Catskill Farms has designed, built, and sold over 250 homes in the Hills, investing over $100m and introducing thousands to the areas we serve. Farms, Barns, Moderns, Cottages and Minis - a design portfolio which has something for everyone.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Like Father Like Son

Lucas got a little muddy while washing the car.





Then I got a golf cart stuck at a high falutin' charity even my Bank invited me too.  Sure, the wetland drainage area looked soggy, but my normally staid accountant who was sitting next me stepped out of character and shouted 'No guts No glory'.  Didn't take long to get stuck, and splash ourselves with mud while trying to quickly extricate ourselves from 5" of mud.




The golf carts had some cool gps tracking and tv screen on board, so my Banker Hosts hardly had time to act like they didn't know us before 5 guys, including the course pro, came flying down the hill in 2 carts to 'give us a hand'.  Impressively, while they didn't have many courtesies to extend to us, not one said an impolite word.



Luckily, it was a charity event, so all was forgiven quickly, though I did make the Accountant do the 'drive of shame' and take the cart back at the end of the round.


Sunday, August 10, 2014

Cottage 46 Nearly Complete

1250 sq ft of really great layout.




On 6+ acres of pretty awesome land.



Built in a little over 7 months, with full collaboration with the homeowners.


Turnkey, fully stylized, with bumper to bumper warranty.





Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Bronson Bigelow Furniture


With the Country Living magazine coming out and the increased web traffic that is sure to follow, I thought I'd give a shout out to a furniture maker whose creations decorate many a Catskill Farms home - you might live too far away for us to build you a home, but you can always furnish yours with something a little easier to ship than one of our homes.

He's got a good story of dropping out of the corporate law partner track, selling his Tribeca loft, convincing his wife he should buy an old church and become an inn keeper (positioning that agreeably attests to the his lawyer talents he left behind).  We built their house back a few years ago and then helped out with the lovingly restored Schoolhouse project.

Their home.



Bronson Bigelow's furniture: http://hillsideschoolhouse.com/shop/

Handsome guy, though I think he needs some tattoo ink on his forearms or something.


His furniture centers around creative reuses and repurposing of familiar pieces.


Factory cart coffee table above -

Repurposed metal ice box below -



Display case.


Red Stripe Side table.


Schoolhouse Beam Coffee Table.



Charles Petersheim, Catskill Farms (Catskill Home Builder)
At Farmhouse 35
A Tour of 28 Dawson Lane
Location
Rock & Roll
The Transaction
The Process
Under the Hood
Big Barn
Columbia County Home
Catskill Farms History
New Homes in the Olivebridge Area
Mid Century Ranch Series
Chuck waxes poetic...
Catskill Farms Barn Series
Catskill Farms Cottage Series
Catskill Farms Farmhouse Series
Interviews at the Farm ft. Gary
Interviews at the Farm ft. Amanda
Biceps & Building
Catskill Farms Greatest Hits
Construction Photos
Planned It
Black 'n White
Home Accents at Catskill Farms, Part 2
Home Accents at Catskill Farms, Part 1