Candace Manns
Candace's first build — Dark board-and-batten, cedar timber porch, the one she actually built.
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Dark board-and-batten, cedar timber porch, the one she actually built.

Build type
Build
Town
Missoula, MT
Sqft
2,800
Bd · Ba
4 · 2.5
Lot
0.5 ac
How she built it

Dark board-and-batten, cedar timber porch, the one she actually built.

The first house she designed and built end-to-end. Dark vertical board-and-batten cedar cladding, asphalt shingle gable roof, a long covered front porch on paired reclaimed cedar timber posts under a matte-black metal roof, oversized black-framed windows. Inside: grey-blue Shaker kitchen with black hardware, white quartz countertops, black stainless appliances. This is the reference point — every concept in this library is some variant of what she learned building this one.

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The transformation

Before & after.

Furniture, building into the room.

8 rooms · hover to play
Kitchen — empty room, beforeKitchen — furnished, after
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Kitchen
Living room — Viewpoint 1 — empty room, beforeLiving room — Viewpoint 1 — furnished, after
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Living roomViewpoint 1
Living room — Viewpoint 2 — empty room, beforeLiving room — Viewpoint 2 — furnished, after
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Living roomViewpoint 2
Master bedroom — empty room, beforeMaster bedroom — furnished, after
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Master bedroom
Master bath — empty room, beforeMaster bath — furnished, after
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Master bath
Entry — empty room, beforeEntry — furnished, after
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Entry
Nursery — Crew Jacob — empty room, beforeNursery — Crew Jacob — furnished, after
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NurseryCrew Jacob
Viewpoint 4 — empty room, beforeViewpoint 4 — furnished, after
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Viewpoint 4

Each card starts from the actual empty room photo and animates into the styled vision on hover. Same architecture, same walls, same windows — the build-up shows what the room asks to become.

Candace's voice memo · transcript
First build. I learned the most about cedar from this one — paying for kiln-dried boards once, instead of fighting twisted lumber three times. The porch posts are the thing I'd repeat on every build after.

Candace's first build — floor plan

Rendered · Plan
Clark House floor plan — 1,790 sqft single-story modern farmhouse. Covered front porch, vaulted great room with open kitchen/dining/living, 3 bedrooms along east wing, 2 bathrooms, rear deck.
NSWE
Total 2,800 sqftBeds 4Baths 2.5Scale Drawn 1/8" = 1'
§6 · Materials · Candace's first build
  • ExteriorVertical board-and-batten claddingLocal millCharcoal stain
  • ExteriorReclaimed cedar timber porch postsLocal millNatural oil
  • ExteriorMatte-black standing-seam porch roofAEP SpanMatte black
  • ExteriorAsphalt shingle main roofGAF TimberlineCharcoal
  • KitchenShaker-front cabinetsLocal millworkGrey-blue paint, satin
  • KitchenQuartz countertopTBDWhite, subtle vein
  • KitchenAppliance suiteSamsungBlack stainless
7 of 7 specs · Drawn for record

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