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Preparing The Shoe – Part 3

While Project: Red Carr prepares their building drawings, we’ll be uploading footage taken from 2021 from when we all worked together to help the Red Carr family move into The Shoe!

In Part 3, work continues. And we introduce a very, VERY important part of the process we had to look after.

Preparing The Shoe – Part 2

While we’re organizing plans for content to create, here’s some archival footage from July 2021 when we were all working together in Preparing The Shoe.

In Part 2, we do some painting, start setting up the new HVAC system, and show Project: Yellow Submarine’s accommodation for a few weeks.

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Preparing The Shoe – Part 1

While we’re organizing plans for content to create, here’s some archival footage from July 2021 when we were all working together in Preparing The Shoe.

In Part 1, we unload our skid-steer loader, prime one of the kids’ bedrooms, and prepare the utility room.

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Red Carr Moves To The Shoe

Moving day for Red Carr!

The property we secured in Northern Ontario has an existing dwelling on it, which we lovingly call “The Shoe“.

In July of 2021, Alain and Bernice from Project: Red Carr moved into The Shoe, as the first part of the plan to eventually create new dwellings on the property — a process that we expect will take a few years. Project: Red Carr hopes to have approved plans and to start building their new dwelling in Spring 2022.

Papineau Homes – Red Carr Moves To The Shoe

We appreciate the help we received during the move, and we hope you all enjoy following our progress.

Our journey starts here!

Introduction Video Theme Music

A lot of thought went into the Introduction video that we recently published.

It was an opportunity to not only share background information: Who we are, our reasons for persuing this project, etc, but it was also an opportunity to define segments in our story. Breaking up the work ahead into distinct projects will allow for a sort of “choose your own adventure” of whose project you want to follow, each one clearly identified by colour scheme and music theme.

The music themes were an opportunity for all of us to further share things about ourselves. In this case, the kind of music we enjoy. The Papineau Homes music themes were created by Kevin Montgomery using BandLab. All project themes are based on the main Papineau Homes opening theme and follow a similar note pattern:

Papineau Homes Theme

Bernice and Alain of Project Red Carr wanted to explore a sound with “more bass”. Alain in particular is partial to the sound of early Beastie Boys. The Red Carr theme song is heavily influenced by the distinctly bass and rhythm parts of their sounds from that era.

Project Red Carr Theme

Wendy and John from Project Blue Kingship wanted a more 80’s feel, with the sounds of Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Bronski Beat. The final result is a mix of those two influences.

Project Blue Kingship Theme

Finally, for Project Yellow Submarine — well, Kevin and Emily hope that the influence behind this theme song is self-explanatory. 🙂

Project Yellow Submarine Theme

We hope you enjoy them!

Introduction

3 families, starting a new chapter — together. These are our Papineau Homes.

This video introduces the 3 main projects/dwellings of Papineau Homes, the people behind them, and their reasons for pursuing this project.

  • Project: Red Carr: Alain and Bernice
  • Project Blue Kingship: John and Wendy
  • Project Yellow Submarine: Kevin and Emily

While it’s still very early in our journey, we welcome any questions you might have about the kinds of things we’re considering in our dwellings.

Teaser

3 families, starting a new chapter — together. These are our Papineau Homes.