Historic Secrets that will make your houses better.
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2023
- If you look at historic pattern books, you can learn a great deal about how we used to build. The proportions and details were very clearly laid out in the past and if we want to build well today we need to study these better. Come hear Brent explain what builders of the past knew and why their work is so inspirational.
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Scale and proportion RULE. Can’t wait to see Brent’s new book. I have so much to learn about this topic.
Agreed! Thanks.
As a computer programmer, I think of the classical system as a "framework." In computer programming, there are frameworks that you can use that already have a lot of the work done for you. I think that's what the classical system is, it's a framework where the aesthetic guesswork has been worked out over the course of 2,500 years. It's a reliable way to produce great results with minimal effort, and that's exactly what frameworks in computer science also do.
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
I just wanted to say that I think that that's a really useful way to think about it
Once you know about scale and proportion, you can never unsee it!
SO true. Thx.
Asher Benjamin then, Brent Hull now... someone has to do it for each generation.
Ha, high praise. Thanks.
Thank you for the consistent quality videos. Great info that more should know
I appreciate that!
excellent! it does come down to proportion! our eyes know when something is graceful!
So true!
I'm not even an architect but this fascinates me so much. I'm definitely going to buy the book when it comes out!
Please do! Thanks
So looking forward to your book
Nice! Thanks, me too.
I've been thinking about renovating the trim in my home, but I am going to wait until your book comes out!
Ok. Thx.
Thank you! As a homeowner with 8ft ceilings, scale for moulding should be 6.4".
Noted. Thanks.
Looking forward for your book, all the best Brent !
Much appreciated!
Where I’m from if someone wants a classic column, a contracter will replace there wood post with a hollow concrete column where the base and entablature are foam pieces that are slid on each end as column is put into place and installed. Now that’s craftsmanship 😅
Haha, I hate that.
Brent, when do you expect your book to come out? We need it sooner rather than later!
I have no control over the publisher. We think Spring of 2024. Thanks.
Wow.. this is overwhelming. Where does one even begin to start to understand this? I love these videos but each one cracks the door open a little further to reveal all I don't know.
haha, all WE don't know. The lost art of building. Trying to relearn. It is a journey. Thx.
Can’t wait for the book!
Thanks. Coming next year.
Please talk about bathrooms if you haven’t already
Older houses seem to have smaller bathrooms and not has it been challenging
Bathrooms, because they are a functional space, don't follow the same rules. Wainscot can be higher here.
Hi Brent, great video! I would like you to do a video on the proper proportions for mouldings and trim-work used in a modern Scandinavian style room. There is so much great information on the Greek and Roman Classical orders (which were used by everyone throughout most of Europe and North America during the last 5 centuries) but hardly anyone today discusses the trim work used in northern Scandinavian countries. This seems odd considering that one of the most popular styles of interiors right now is “Scandi” which features light blonde woods combined with simple furniture forms and detailing.
How should we proportion and detail the simpler styles of millwork needed for a modern, Scandi room?
Great question. The size and placement moldings won't change. Only the execution and shape of moldings will be given a Scandi bent. Good luck.
@@BrentHull So why aren't people demonstrating the shapes and execution of these moldings? Greek and Roman moldings were adapted and changed throughout the centuries, evolving through the Georgian, Federal, Greek revival eras (as your videos demonstrate) but when it comes to the simpler Scandinavian styles a lot of people think that just means " square, flat boards".
How can a modern, "Scandi" room be enlivened with beautiful, Scandinavian moldings?
at 5:30 minutes in video ... what is the book title ... for what you mentioned... "To proportion a cornice to a room of any height" 1740 Batty Langley plate 76
Builder's Jewel.
@@BrentHull Thank you very much
I am very interested in medieval looking houses (Tudor, gothic, Romanesque). I know these are all very different, but do you have any resources/book recommendations for digging more into these styles?
Good luck. your going to have to build a library.
what does Brent think of our modern European windows?
Great function, but often ugly when compared to historical window shapes.
How far does the proportionality go? Do the room sizes of say a 1700s colonial relate directly to moldings?
In its purist form it is the complete building. In reality rooms and moldings were very connected.
Hey, everybody. Frank Lloyd Wright appreciated it when his clients gave his homes a name, i.e., "Fallingwater". Boat owners always put a name on the stern of a boat. How come it is so rare for people to give their home a name in America ? Is it because they are so poorly built?
Good question. I think we don't name things that are disposable. haha.
@@BrentHulln the US, that custom of naming your home came from Britain, and it was only rarely done in cities save for very grand houses. It was a British rural way of giving your home an address. The same type of pattern came about here but lost it's usefulness and meaning when address numbers became universal. There are quite a number of early victorian rural houses (most of which are unprepossessing) which had names but have now mostly been forgotten because there's no need or use for them any longer.
Nobody wants to take the time to do it right anymore!!!
I think there’s plenty of carpenters that would love to have a client with the financial means to afford this. It was a small % of society that could afford it back then just as it is now. It’s not a problem of laziness or work ethic, it’s a financially motivated decision 🫡
Feels that way but I see a growing interest
@@BrentHull It is. I have an 1870s era solid masonry home that I am restoring-with 9 feet 8 inch ceilings. Bringing proper baseboards, crowns, paneled rooms, coffered ceilings is a challenging enterprise. and it will be VERY expensive once completed. the carpentry work will come close to the entire expense of everything else!
@@chrisk7821 It is also up to the builders to educate homeowners and be craftsmen.