Pete Lawson completed a carpentry apprenticeship at nineteen and spent six years on job sites across the Pacific Northwest before moving into broader construction. Twenty years in the trade since then have taken him from ground-up residential builds to full structural renovations. He writes about architecture and house styles because most online content stops at the aesthetic without explaining what actually defines those forms structurally. Roof types, dormers, load-bearing walls, the details that explain why a building looks and behaves the way it does.
