Custom Residential

Home is where you come to relax after a long day. It also might be where you do your best work, or where you play like there’s no tomorrow. It may include outdoor spaces. It’s where you’re raising your kids — or plan to. Maybe it’s your perfect, kid-free oasis.

Your current house might be just a stop along the way, an investment, until you head off on your next adventure. Or maybe it’s your “Forever Home” and you need a plan to age in place. Whether you want to remodel a house to suit your changing lifestyle, to optimize and personalize your home in a way you never had the chance to before, or you simply want to make a few tactical updates — we get it.

More than anything, what we love to do is bring a project to life that you really, really love.

Building or remodeling a single-family residence is a complex undertaking. As you embark on your project, you want a team with both design cred and deep technical knowledge. In fact, you need the right balance of both to create a home that functions and feels just right, and that stands the test of time.

A well-designed and constructed project should be sustainable in many ways. It needs to be a design you love, while remaining adaptable as the need for change arises. It should hold up to everyday use, and should take advantage of sustainability concepts and technologies appropriate for the environment and context of your home. A baseline sustainable practice is ensuring what you build is not unnecessarily harmful to the natural world, and can sustain under the pressures of time, adapting to a shifting environment.

Homes are composed of complex systems — it’s no joke when we talk about how a building lives and breathes. But so much of what makes a home livable, what helps it endure, and what makes it safe, is hidden from view. What’s inside your walls should be carefully considered to provide a safe, sustainable, and comfortable living environment, protecting both you and your investment in your home.

The complementary pairing of our knowledge of sustainable practices and building systems, with our deep passion for designing spaces that delight, feel natural, and unique to you, is what sets Board & Vellum projects apart. We love creating spaces you not only feel good about calling your own, but that simply feel good to live in.

As your project evolves, we meet you exactly how and where you need us, whether this whole thing is new to you and a little overwhelming, or if it’s not your first rodeo and you’re at ease with the process.

Designing a truly great home requires a comprehensive creative process, and an iterative one at its most effective. There are always unknowns at the beginning, and we know that can be a bit nerve-wracking. Our team is experienced and thoughtful, always keeping in mind that even though we do this every day, we know you will have all kinds of questions.

Our process is inclusive, informative, and designed to get you up to speed and equipped to make meaningful, confident decisions. We roll deep with an awesome, interdisciplinary team, so as the inevitable questions arise, we’ve got the answers you need.

It’s important to our entire team to develop options that feel right to you, and we’re passionate about working with people who love design as much as we do.

No matter what type of project plan you’re hatching, our interdisciplinary team of architects, interior designers, and landscape architects is an invaluable asset to address any and all needs that may arise.

Every Board & Vellum project team knows they have enthusiastic, passionate colleagues ready to jump in when a new idea emerges or something unexpected pops up. We’re a curious bunch surrounded by inspired design every single day; we can’t help but share knowledge among us. So, you’ll work with an unusually well-informed team with a deep understanding of how all the pieces can and should fit together, even outside your project scope.

We get answers and find creative solutions to complex problems — keeping your project moving forward so you can start enjoying your new space as soon as possible.