My first architecture adventures were in designing and building Solar Greenhouses and Passive Solar Homes. Three decades later, my enthusiasm for eco-friendly design continues. Now, I’m also designing renovations for “aging in place”. At this time in my clients’ lives, …
It has been a little over a year since my mother, Evelyn Healy, passed away after a brief illness. I’d like to share again my reflections from one of her last nights of clarity where we sat together as the …
This small bedroom in an antique post and beam house presented lots of design and construction challenges. Beyond the uneven floors, sagging roof and low ceilings that you would expect in a house that had weathered more than a century …
Seattle City Council Member Mike O’Brien tours a backyard cottage in 2016. I am currently running into a problem with a project in Connecticut that imposes a “high bar” to be able to create a legal accessory apartment. Accessory apartments …
I was published in Architect News recently! An excerpt is below, click the read more link at the end to read the full article. Colin Healy believes that our homes reflect our values, and that living our values later in …
My Mom could not visit my 1920’s home for the last 3 years of her life because of too many stairs and no first floor accessible bath. Don’t let this happen to you!  Here is a shot of the …
Colin Healy of Colin Healy Design and Betsy Wacker of Coastal Town Moves gave a presentation to the Charley’s Angels Retiree Group at Union Carbide in Danbury. The focus was on the major life transitions we all face as we …
For years I used a construction site sign that described the kinds of projects that I liked to design. Every word was true, but I was often mistaken as a builder and it limited the types of projects I got. …
This project reclaimed underused Attic space for a Sleeping Loft for the daughter and a Home Office for Dad. Safety concerns required two means of egress (stairs) and a door between the two spaces but restricted headroom limited where it …
I have a pre-design service I provide called the Next Step Discovery Review. For a modest fee that we determine once we identify the scope of the work, I prepare a report that identifies the hidden barriers and opportunities in …
