Thurn Construction

08/31/2023

Cabana we finished up a few years back.

08/29/2023

This carport will help keep the homeowner's cars out of the inclement weather this week. Everybody be safe, let us know if you need anything.

08/24/2023

This heat will have you wishing it was a crisp November day, football is on every channel, and you are making s'mores in your fire pit.

08/22/2023

Been scorching the last few weeks, get out there and chill by the pool

06/23/2023

Who doesn't love water and fire in their outdoor space? I want to focus on this mostly outdoor remodel we did a few years back, I will be featuring the various amenities in my posts the next few days, but here are some forced perspective shots of various details. We completely redid the pool and deck, built a cabana across from the back porch that completely encloses the pool, built a new detached carport, new paver driveway that goes completely through the property, and updated the front porch with real stone on the walls.

06/23/2023

We are excited to share the video of the residence we recently completed. In the next few days, I will share some remodel photos as well as total builds we completed in the past.

10 Brook Lane - Lakeland, FL

06/22/2023

This cantilevered porch connects both guest bedrooms. The bench is called a "joggling board", it is popular in Charleston. It rocks side to side and bounces easily when sitting on it.

06/20/2023

The "grandkid suite"

06/20/2023

This brick detail is called "dovecote". In Europe, dovecote (also called pigeonniers, doocots, or colombiers) was a status symbol in the 17th century. "Dovecotes were used primarily to keep pigeons for their meat. (The birds’ guano was also collected and used for fertilizer, gunpowder, and tanning hides.) At the time, root vegetables had not yet arrived in Britain, meaning that in winter, farmers could not rely on their usual crops to feed livestock such as pigs and cows. They were therefore bereft of beef and bacon, and turned to alternative sources of meat. Pigeons were easy to maintain: As natural foragers, they spent their days seeking food, then came home to roost at night. A farmer needed only to have a tower lined with nest-friendly alcoves in order to keep hundreds of squabs at the ready""During the reign of Elizabeth I, a pigeon tower was a privilege reserved only for feudal lords. And this law was enforced: Cooke wrote of a case in England in 1577 in which a “tenant who had erected a dovecote on a royal manor was ordered by the Court of Exchequer to demolish it.”

Our brick masons actually left these holes in the brick facade just like they did in Europe, we had our metal fabricator make a copper pan to collect any water that blows in and there are several weep holes a few rows below to weep out any water that gets in, keeping it from accumulating between the walls and causing problems.

source: https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/09/the-history-of-the-dovecote-is-all-about-birds-and-status.html

06/18/2023

Upstairs guest bedroom

06/17/2023

Cozy master bedroom and bath