BIGGER DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN BETTER
To illustrate that bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better, for this post I’m sharing the isolated floor plans of both the initial and current design for the great room, kitchen and dining room for comparison purposes. In reviewing the floor plans side by side, here’s a list of the differences between them.
For this week’s post, I’m sharing an isolated kitchen floor plan from a Floor Plan Review. I’ll start by pointing out what’s not working, and then show a sketch to illustrate how the kitchen design can be improved with minor modifications. Let’s get started!
Read MoreCrafting well designed floor plans is not unlike the editing process a written document goes through. As the design of custom floor plans move along the continuum from schematic design all the way through to the completion of the construction documents, the plans get edited and revised until they reach a stage of refinement.
Read MoreEven though there’s not a one-size-fits-all for the many decisions involved with designing and building a custom home, there are some tried and true, rules-of-thumb that can provide good jumping off points while making selections.
Read MoreIn vetting prospective clients I often get ask, who goes first with the floor plan design, the architect, or me, as the spatial designer? This is an important question, but it doesn’t have a cut-and-dried answer, nor is there a wrong or right way to approach it. It all depends on the preferences of the clients and their design team
Read MoreIf you love design transformation stories, then I’m certain that you will enjoy this post of the before and after floor plan of the kitchen, nook and butler’s pantry design at the Water Vista Project and the final reveal photos. It’s an amazing metamorphosis!
Read MoreIn this post, I’m sharing the as-built floor plan for a kitchen, nook, laundry room and powder bath for a project located in a beautiful, gated development in Northern California, along with the design plans for the same spaces. You’ll see how taking space from one place and giving it to another solves the design challenges.
Read MoreDefining and shaping space is at the heart of everything I do, which is why I make sure my architecture-first approach to each project is thoughtful and practical, yet creative and unexpected. The goal of every project is to explore the space thoroughly, and while doing that discover viable, unexpected solutions for the client’s spatial challenges.
Read MoreMeet the Tri House Mountain Project, a retreat home for a long time client. It’s located in one of the beautiful mountain communities that border Lake Tahoe. It was originally built in the late 1960’s and not much has been done to it since then, except the kitchen got a facelift sometime in the 1990’s. For this journal post, I’m sharing the design plans for the kitchen remodel.
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