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 MoreWhile thinking about my annual forecast for custom home design trends, the word consistency kept coming to my mind. In the last couple of years, and I suspect the same will be true for 2023, the way space is being utilized in custom home design seems to be holding true. No matter the location and region of the projects I’m working on, full service or virtual consultations, today the spaces, amenities and symmetrical layouts clients want in their custom homes are relatively consistent from project to project.
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 MoreI love how butler’s pantries, rooms that originated in homes from years gone by, are now being reimagined, reinterpreted and included in new homes but in a modern, relevant way for how we live today.
For this week’s post I’m doing a Q&A about butler’s pantries. sharing a design guide, the design drawings for the butler’s pantry design at the Melodic Landing Project, (a 1930’s whole-house remodel and addition, located in Norther California), as well as some favorite butler’s pantry inspiration photos.
Read MoreEven though it was a short work week in the design studio because of the Labor Day holiday, it was a productive one! This week, I’m sharing a sampling of the projects that were front and center in the design studio this past week.
Butler’s Pantry + Home office Design - New Build
TV Room Design - 1990’s Remodel
Staircase Design - New Build
Kitchen Elevations - 1980’s Remodel + Addition
Floor Plan Review + Consultation - Mid-Century Modern
Do you need a secondary office in the design of the floor plan for your new home but are running low on square footage? That’s exactly what happened at the Timbre Heights Project, a new custom home located in Austin, Texas. To keep square footage down for an already large home, it became important to find a place for a small, secondary home office within the footprint of the floor plan that was being developed.
Read MoreBuilding a dream home isn’t only a huge financial investment, but an emotional one as well. I’m a big proponent and ardent believer that Involving a skilled interior designer during the early stages of the floor plan design will not only produce a better end result, but will also help to avoid costly mistakes, reduce stress, bring peace of mind, and add value to the financial investment.
Read MoreThe two-wall, island kitchen layout is practical, beautiful, timeless and works in any kitchen design style from rustic to modern, from traditional to farmhouse, and everything in between. It is one of the most requested kitchen layouts from our clients for new custom home designs today. Some of the best things about the layout is:
Stunning feature walls, especially when it comes to the range wall
Showpiece island design
Enhanced visual connection between adjoining spaces
Interesting layering of space
