Rustic Furniture and Architecture
Older and Ongoing
On my property in Warwick, I'm always working on a 200 foot "debris fence"-- clearing a small piece of woods of fallen branches and stacking them, with yard trimmings, into a 3'-5' high border. I like the mix of order and casual, using gravity as the way to hold it all together... knowing that the inevitable forces of decay are at work every second. 
It is meant as a deer fence. It is along a sharp drop-off and the "fence" looks threatening, I hope, to deer -- with all those branches sticking up and out. I'm hoping that the Deer Brain is alarmed and will look for an easier place to browse.
Most days, a few deer come by to see how I am doing...
30 Log Column covers for the student center, Quinnipiac University for Centerbrook Architects and Planners. 2010
Lobby renovation of The Bear Mt. Inn, 2008+
Lakewood House, Centerbrook, 2006-2009
Quaker Hill, Shope,Reno,Wharton, 2001-2004
Mohegan Sun Expansion, 50 major logs, 2009
Rustic Work on modern loggish house
Marsh Estates, Centerbrook, 1996-1998
Mack works in both new construction and the remodeling and refining of existing, finished homes. He can help identify key areas--often the Entry Way or Staircase -- which might deserve special rustic elaboration. He can offer alternatives at various budget levels
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"RUSTIC"
- ranges from one well-placed rustic chair or table in a contemporary setting to
wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling natural materials. There's a place for each approach and it's testimony to the versatile quality of what's been called rustic. Really, it's the accenting with natural materials. The pleasant challenge is to discover just what natural materials are appropriate in what settings. It can be Great Camp or Zen Garden. Just how much of what material is needed to "say" something?
