tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post1551123287167369292..comments2024-03-15T07:27:24.345-04:00Comments on Kitchen and Residential Design: A US builder builds and renovates homes in The BahamasPaul Anaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-89994980685847052072010-06-25T17:37:07.294-04:002010-06-25T17:37:07.294-04:00Diane,
Todd Vendituoli is on twitter as @TALV58 a...Diane,<br /><br />Todd Vendituoli is on twitter as @TALV58 and you can reach him there. In the interest of brevity, I keep my interviews to 10 questions and they don't cover everything. He'll be back for another round though.<br /><br />He's a builder in Eleuthera primarily, this historic renovation was the first thing he did there. I found out after this went live that the closest he can come to dating the original structure comes from a photograph of the building taken in 1905. From the photo, the building's already looking pretty threadbare so the answer is that no one knows for sure. Accurate records are hard to come by in the developing world, there are completely different priorities at play.<br /><br />I can imagine that hammering a nail into a stud is the same where ever you go, but the similarities end pretty quickly after that. Materials are crazy expensive and people make their budgets by getting really creative in their re-uses of found flotsam and jetsam. I've spent a fair amount of time in the Out Islands and I'm forever amazed at the level of ingenuity required to make it in a part of the world that's so cut off.<br /><br />It's an amazing experience to see first hand that so much of what we think are necessities in the US are really luxuries when you get down to it. One of my favorite buildings over there is a masonry house made not with cinder blocks but with conch shells that were collected off the beach and from garbage piles around the island.<br /><br />Oh, and if you want to experience Todd's place first hand, he rents it out throughout the year. Eleuthera and the Out Islands bite deep so be careful!Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-506414561133670232010-06-25T17:23:42.392-04:002010-06-25T17:23:42.392-04:00I didn't see any mention that the vintage of t...I didn't see any mention that the vintage of the buildings he is interested in - the methods of construction are the same in Vt and Bahamas. <br /><br />Additionally the Yankee custom of saving, reuse, and waste not want not seem also to be shared. <br /><br />Lovely. Now I wanna visit. <br /><br />Diane Menke<br />Myers Constructs Inc.<br />www.myersconstructs.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-66117640377298259602010-06-25T13:34:51.656-04:002010-06-25T13:34:51.656-04:00I feel the same way. I have a photo of my beach on...I feel the same way. I have a photo of <i>my</i> beach on Cat Island on my phone so I see it every time my phone rings. Ahhhh.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-60368841187033400102010-06-25T13:13:35.521-04:002010-06-25T13:13:35.521-04:00It is amazing to have a stretch of beach all to yo...It is amazing to have a stretch of beach all to yourself with a loved one. It fulfills that fantasy of being lost on an island and never wanting to be found. Like the idyllic life in the Blue Lagoon. Nothing soothes my soul like the blue waters of the Caribbean. Day dreaming a few more minutes.....Okay, now back to the rat race of Southern California.Sue Murphyhttp://www.suemurphydesigns.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-27623812688007222292010-06-25T12:41:52.659-04:002010-06-25T12:41:52.659-04:00San Salvador, cool! If it was good enough for Chri...San Salvador, cool! If it was good enough for Christopher Columbus... Although the good people of Cat Island claim her landed there. I'm glad there are other Our Island fans out there. I always get so misty-eyed and reverential when I write about them and I worry that my awe isn't coming across. There's nothing quite like a secluded beach like that, is there Sue?Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-11039614300926956222010-06-25T12:32:34.772-04:002010-06-25T12:32:34.772-04:00Sign me up! Our first experience with the Bahamas...Sign me up! Our first experience with the Bahamas was this year in January. Being West coast residence we usually head to Hawaii. But this year we were looking for something more laid back and less commercial. And looking for a beach that we could have all to ourselves. We headed to San Salvador only because another friend had been there and it looked amazing. It did not disappoint. We are hooked. With so many islands to explore we can't wait to go back. (plus I am a sea shell nut and enjoyed the shelling.)Sue Murphyhttp://www.suemurphydesigns.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-74204323537328232772010-06-25T12:21:16.829-04:002010-06-25T12:21:16.829-04:00I swear the placed is sacred. You know it's fu...I swear the placed is sacred. You know it's funny, when you look at a map it looks like The Bahamas are just off the coast of the US and they are pretty much. But those couple of hundred miles across the Atlantic may as well be measured in light years. It's impossible to exaggerate the difficulty of building something on Eleuthera. Impossible.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-71717031599052588212010-06-25T10:37:57.207-04:002010-06-25T10:37:57.207-04:00Fascinating article!
I can see why these island...Fascinating article! <br /><br />I can see why these islands keep pulling you back.Raina Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01095323923070587294noreply@blogger.com