What's a custom builder to do when a client has larger-than-life dreams for a second home? Everything possible, especially when the clients are truly engaged in the design and construction process. The two homes featured here exemplify the extra mile builders and design professionals are willing to go for such customers. Take, for example, builder Grady Bumette and architect Gary Cunningham, who had to figure out how to get heavy machinery up a steep hill with minimal site disturbance to build the Wimberley residence (page 14). Bumette also rented a warehouse where 600 fiber-cement panels were hand-stained to match, as closely as possible, the bark on the trees around the house.
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