Southeast Living November 2011

NOVEMBER 2011 • Vol. 1 • No. 9

PHOTOS: JUNEAU’S GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

HOME-APPROPRIATE GIFTS AT THE PUBLIC MARKET

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SET YOUR HOME APART WITH CUSTOM TRIM AND MOULDINGS

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spent my childhood years whether it be coordinating meals growing up “out the road” up or shoveling the driveways. For the street from Tee me, Thanksgiving wasn’t Harbor in Juneau. As a about the fancy flatware kid, living out the road or fine holiday attire, it was a little more isolated was about togetherness than your typical suband the excitement of the urban neighborhood. storm of events, whatever A drive into town inthey may be. My brother volved preparation and and I would look out the carpooling especially in window as if it were teleBy Anna Hoke the wintertime. Neighvision, fueled with adrenabors became more comparable to line prompted by the gusts of family rather than acquaintances wind. A guessing game would and neighborhood tasks were ensue predicting how long the heavily reliant on a group ef- power would last. Frequently we’d fort. The last weeks of November find ourselves huddled around are memorable not just because our only battery powered radio of Thanksgiving, but because listening for an outage report in Thanksgiving always the company of a half baked turkey or pie. For me, these times didn’t center on the perception of tradition but were fueled by the excitement of actuality and sharing the experience with loved ones, whether they be family or neighbors-turned-family. Plans, especially during the holidays can go awry but the sky does not have to fall. I’ve learned that flexibility and sharing the excitement or burden with others is key to tolerating or even enjoying the unexpected.

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Inside This Issue FEATURES Letter from the Publisher . . . 2 Photos: Juneau’s Great Pumpkin Festival. . . . . . . . . 3

Home-Appropriate Gifts at the Public Market. . . . . 4-5 Recipe: Cranberry Bread.. . 8

Prudential SEAK Real Estate Amber Starbard . . . . . . 11 Debbie White. . . . . . . . 11 Real Estate Service, Inc. Julie Burns. . . . . . . . . . . 2 RE/MAX of Juneau Julie Moe . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Marty McKeown . . . . . 6-7 Mimi Rothchild. . . . . . . 5 Scott Wagner . . . . . . . . . 8

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JUNEAU’S 1ST ANNUAL GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

Autumn Festivities Photos by Anna Hoke

Juneau’s first annual Great Pumpkin Festival was held at the Juneau Arts and Humanity Council on Saturday October 8, 2011. The Great Pumpkin Festival offered fair foods, how-to-presentations and displays, vegetable entries, pumpkin culinary entries, pumpkin weigh-off, veg-head creature entries, and pie-eating.

Isiah Horvath with Capital City Judo helps out at the festival

Tiana Horvath with People to People Student Ambassadors participates at the Great Pumpkin Festival

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grow up there, and I feel I am a friend to all the people who have bought my pots.”

The Alaska-Juneau Public Market may be the biggest Christmas retail event in Southeast, but the goods offered go well beyond typical Christmas gifts. Many of the vendors are selling one-of-a-kind items that make practical additions to homes, such as wooden bowls and vases; and decorative additions such as stained-glass windows, pottery for kitchens and hallways, and hand-dyed fabrics that can cover large open wall spaces.

The Public Market has been held every Thanksgiving weekend at Centennial Hall since 1983.

Betty Bell, one of the longest participating vendors at the Public Market, remembers her first appearance 27 years ago. Bell’s daughter Katherine lives in Juneau, while Bell lives in the Puyallup Valley of Washington State.

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The unique ceramics by Juneau’s David Riccio are both decorative and practical additions to the household. Les Howard, who shares a Public Market booth with Riccio, will offer “kitchenalia” such as hand-made knives, glasses, and small cereal bowls.

daughter and three of my grandchildren,” Bell says. “It is such a wonderful social event. It seems I get to see the whole population of Juneau.”

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opportunity to see her pottery, some made decades ago, in the homes of Juneau friends. “It is fun to see things that endure. Juneau has been very dear to me. I’ve watched my grandchildren

Les Howard and Dave Riccio, Juneau artists, have shared a space at the Public Market since 2003. Howard produces custom fine woodcraft as well as “kitchenalia” — knives, glasses, small cereal bowls — and many homeappropriate decorations. Riccio is well known for his hand-dyed fabric artwork, fine art prints, and ceramics. “All of our work is custom made, one-of-akind pieces,” Howard says, “everything from what you would find on a kitchen counter, to fine art for decorating living rooms.”

Potters Joyce Payne and Julie Koehler produce high quality handthrown and hand-built pottery. Payne is well known in Juneau for her work as art director of The Canvas, which helps people with disabilities express themselves through art.

print is a unique item.”

27, at the Centennial Hall and in the neighboring Juneau Arts and Culture Center. Approximately 160 vendors are registered, many coming in from all points of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Doors will be open to the public from noon to 8 p.m. on Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The mother and daughter team will also be selling items under the name of Garden City Glass Works. “These are beautiful pieces of blown glass, vases, and goblets,” says Podsiki. “My biggest piece that I will bring to the Public Market will be a 14-inch tall vase.”

One of the many elegantly hand-crafted wood jewelry boxes by Dean Snook of Houston, Alaska, who has presented at the Public Market for at least 15 years.

People looking for unique kitchen pottery and tiles need look no further than Payne and Koehler’s Public Market booth. “The pottery we produce is functional ware for use in the kitchen, dining, and in the home,” says Payne.

“For kitchen use, there is high demand for storage crocks that are used for flour, sugar, and other bulk items, and decorative serving pieces like large salad bowls. We also sell large vases and decorative pieces that could be displayed in rooms and hallways. And we pro-

duce ceramic wall tiles, and decorative plates that can hang on walls.” Payne says that she and Koehler are both open to custom orders. This will be Payne’s sixth appearance at the Public Market.

Two of the many new vendors who will appear at the 2011 Public Market are Teri Bastable-Podsiki and her daughter Melissa Ganey, both of Haines. Podsiki will be offering large format framed totemic prints that she calls art in depth. “I work with Greg Horner and use his designs, so each

Melissa Ganey will offer unique wall decals that are large yet easily applied on walls. “The decals have adhesive on one side. To apply a decal, you just rub it on a wall with a credit card, and it can last for years, yet is easily removed.

It peels off without chipping paint or leaving marks.” The options for these home decals are endless, including images, graphic designs, prose, and poems. Ganey custom designs each decal on a computer and sends it to her customers for final approval before producing it on vinyl. “I’ve done some that are probably five feet long, everything from big signs to small ones, for kids’ bedrooms and family recreation rooms.” Most of her products are purchased on-line. She says she has sold worldwide from Australia to Italy.

Among the Public Market vendors who will be offering stained glass or fused glass items for display or utility are Connie Nesgoda, Nell McConahey, Robyn Marriott, all of Juneau, and Catharine Weaver of Sitka.

Photos and story by Peter Metcalfe who, with his wife Sandy, produces the annual Alaska-Juneau Public Market. He can be reached by email at metcom@gci.net

The 29th Annual Alaska-Juneau Public Market will be held this coming Thanksgiving weekend, November 25-

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In a blender or cuisnart chop 1 cup of cranberries – frozen works well.

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number of colors. Ideas can be visualized and planned out with the sample moulding.

Modern, classical, arts and crafts, craftsman, and other styles can be achieved with the proper use of trim and mouldings.

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lot of detail and attention goes into the flooring we walk on as well as the doors, windows, and cabinets we put in our homes. So why are so many trim details left out of homes? Why not add some style to your home with some custom trim, built-ins, paneled walls, coffered ceiling, and crown moulding? These custom details can really enhance a home and add an element of style and function.

A few tips before starting any of the projects below: • Trim samples are available for you to pick up at local lumber stores • Before you get started on any project below, be sure to pick up the samples and set them up in your home see if they are what you want • To save on cost, you can use Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) in place of hardwood, but it will need to be painted Mouldings can be made of many materials.

MDF is an easy material to work with and is good for paint grade mouldings. Larger crown moulding and other moulding are now often made with a dense foam material, which is easy to work with and easy to paint.

I always try to be aware of manufactured mouldings and the hazards to indoor air quality so try to find manufactured moulding with low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). Most mouldings can be made out of any type of hardwood or softwood material and can be painted or stained any

The base moulding serves the purpose of finishing the floor to wall transition. Most flooring especially wood should have a gap for expansion and contraction of the floor. So the baseboard serves the purpose of covering that gap. Consider your ceiling heights when determining the size of baseboard moulding. An eight-foot wall would look awkward with 12” of base moulding; however, 18-foot walls with 16” baseboards look great. There really isn’t a formula for the ratio of baseboards to wall height, but rather what looks visually pleasing. The contour of the baseboard used also plays a role.

To add more detail to the baseboards a shoe moulding or a base cap can be added. The possibilities are endless. Baseboards can be made up of one to four pieces to draw attention to the room. Simple baseboards can get a lot of attention as well. I have finished many homes with a painted MDF 1” x 6” board as the baseboard and the simplicity of this trim can have quite an impact.

Window and Door Casing Window and door casing can be just as elaborate as baseboards and can remain quite simple. Use straight stock material like a 1” x 3” on the sides of the door or window and a 1” x 4” on the top of the doors to create a simple look. I also like to do jamb extensions out of a hardwood or MDF, while staying away from wrapping windows with sheetrock. The overall cost is almost a wash when the labor for sheetrock installation around the windows is taken into consideration. From simple straight stock trim to using profiled trim, details can be

become more elaborate by adding a fillet on top of the side casing, then installing the top casing and a top casing cap. Fillets and casing caps will give the feeling of a craftsman style trim. Rosettes and plinth blocks can be added to casing to accomplish a more classical look. It is necessary to match the style throughout the home whether going for a classical, craftsman, or a simple trim look.

made out of several pieces of mouldings to make a custom crown moulding or can simply be made of a single 1” x 6” placed at the corner of the wall and ceiling.

Ceilings Ceilings can be treated with trim, mouldings, and beams. Coffered ceilings are created with beams and mouldings in a geometric shape to define an area. Placement of lights in a coffered ceiling is crucial and needs to be planned out ahead of time.

Coffered ceilings can define a room to set it apart from other rooms even if there are no walls to define the area. They can give a room a formal look but can also be used in a family room to break up an expansive ceiling. Coffered ceilings can be made out of beams and mouldings of any material.

Paneled walls and wainscoting An easy way to remodel a room or change the look of a room is to add paneled walls or wainscoting. If you add a four-foot high paneled wall to a small powder room it changes the whole feel of the room. Paneled walls can add a classical or craftsman look to a room that sets it apart from other rooms.

They can be just four-feet high or they can go all the way to the ceiling. Paneled walls give depth by creating shadows with the raised stiles and rails. Paneled walls are often painted a different color than the remainder of the wall, which adds even more visual interest.

Tray ceilings are created during the framing stages of a house but can be added later.

A tray ceiling added to a room with a low ceiling will give a perception of more height or grandness. Most tray ceilings are created with framing and sheetrock but crown moulding and lighting can also be added.

Wainscoting can also set a room apart with a simple bead board capped with chair rail or small crown moulding. Wainscoting gives a similar look to a paneled wall. When planning out wainscoting be aware of the door and window casing and how the panels tie into them. If you do take on one of these projects, be sure to carefully plan out the spacing (especially with paneled walls).

Ceilings can also be enhanced with the addition of beams. Beams can be added during or after the framing stage of the house. They can be thick and massive or thin and petite.

Either way beams can be used to set a room apart from other rooms. The various types of ceilings can be used to hide ducting and other mechanicals of a home.

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Greg Stopher has over 16 years of experience in the construction field and earned a degree in Construction Technologies from the University of Alaska – Southeast.

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People, Events & Business ReMax of Juneau Welcomes New Associate to the Broker ReMax of Juneau welcomes Matt Walsh, who has been hired as a new Associate to the Broker in October. Matt moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Juneau with his wife, who is Alaskan born and raised. Previously he worked in the live family entertainment industry doing event marketing and sales for Disney On Ice, Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus and Monster

Jam. Despite having lived in many cities across the United States and several countries around the world he says he has not found a more beautiful place than Juneau. Matt loves to explore the trails and waterways via hiking and kayaking. He is also excited for winter to cross-country ski and to learn how to downhill ski at Eaglecrest. Matt says he is thrilled to be apart of Re/Max of Juneau and can be contacted by phone 907-209-5471.

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expanding. Juneau’s weather became an influential factor in the decision to graduate from food cart to restaurant. Rebecca Gaguine, owner of B’s says “it became harder and harder for me to stand outside and sell my goods. But I wanted to keep going. So I decided to get a bigger trailer that was enclosed that I could use as either a drivethru or as a kitchen next to an inside dining area.”

Gaguine is currently in the process of renovating an old office space into a dining area. B’s will be open for breakfast and lunch serving baked goods made from scratch and hot food. “We’re planning on opening in a couple weeks, just as soon as we get everything finished, figured out and smoothed over.” Gaguine is working with Johanna Evans and Jessica Reuthinger. “Jessica

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and I went to culinary school together and as soon as I knew I was going to be opening up a bigger thing I knew I had to have her come up here immediately.” Reuthinger has experience working at large scale restaurants and catering companies, most recently she worked on the Nike campus.

Evans has worked in the service industry for over 10 years.

“She’s got an amazing personality and she’s amazing with people.”

Gagine says of Evans.

Along with being partners in business; Gaguine, Reuthinger, and Evans are also roommates.

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