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.
The question is: How to make a top load washer and dryer look good while getting the most functionality from a laundry room?
Read MoreWhen it comes to designing floor plans, even though dedicating space for hallways and circulation is essential, it can often times feel a bit problematic, especially when available square footage is limited. However, with thoughtful planning and honed-in spatial design skills, circulation spaces can be designed so hallways add value beyond just providing space to get from one point to the next.
Read MoreFor this week, I’m passing on more spatial-problem solving tricks that can make all the difference in concealing less than ideal situations. To illustrate we’ll review the design plans for the foyer at the Citrus Point Project.
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.
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 MoreIf you’ve been following along with my design journal for a while, you’ll know that I often talk about redlining plans, which refers to the process of going through floor plans, for the purpose of improving them. The process is similar to what a proofreader does with a written document, but in this case it’s about how the two-dimensionality of a floor plan will translate to actual built, three-dimensional space.
There’s a lot riding on the process. It takes someone who is experienced and skilled to be able to catch things that would otherwise be overlooked. The goal of the redlining process is to perfect the design plans while they are still on paper.
Read MoreFor the Bay Haven Project we’re taking the awkward, 1990’s existing floor plan of the owner’s bedroom and bath, and then transforming them into well designed, practical spaces with improved function, while better meeting the needs of the clients.
Read MorePowder bathrooms, if planned well, can be beautiful little jewel boxes in our homes. The small size alone makes them the perfect space to include finishes and selections that are bold and visually impactful, no matter the architecture and design style of the home. For this journal entry I’m sharing powder bathroom design tips and will illustrate with design plans for Project Twelve Peaks remodel project.
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