CUSTOM FLOOR PLANS - HOW TO DESIGN HALLWAYS WITH MULTI-PURPOSE

When 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.

CREATING INTENTIONAL SPACE THROUGH WELL DESIGNED FLOOR PLANS

How do I go about designing intentional spaces from project to project, room to room, and from space to space? For this week’s post, I’m sharing the top three things that guide and inform my designs, specifically when it comes to capturing and designing unusual spaces that would otherwise have gone underutilized.

Design Tips, Floor Plans, Inspiration, New Build, Projectstami faulknerSeptember 4, 2022reading nook, hallway design, hallway, hand renderingComment

FIVE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE ADDING ARCHES TO YOUR DESIGN PROJECT

Let’s talk about arches! If you haven’t noticed, architectural arches are currently in the forefront of design. And though they have always been an important part of architecture, even dating back to ancient times, the inclusion of them abs and flows with current trends. When we look back in history of the period we’re living in now, we’ll see a marked resurgence of the incorporation of arches. However as beautiful as arches are, they don’t belong architecturally in every project.

TIPS FOR DESIGNING HALLWAYS - PROJECT FRESH HOUSE

What a week it has been! Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined how quickly our lives would be turned upside down and how far reaching all the changes would be. The phrase, “There’s no place like home” has taken on a far deeper meaning.

PERFECTING A FLOOR PLAN - STUDY HALL - LEVEE RULES PROJECT

If you’ve been following along for awhile with my design journal and social media pages, you know that at TF Design we specialize in spatial problem solving in regards to interior architecture. What does that mean exactly? No matter if we are starting from a blank page or from a previously designed floor plan for new builds, additions or remodels, it’s all about solving spatial puzzles for clients

5 TIPS FOR DESIGNING HALLWAYS - WEST ISLANDS EAST PROJECT

If possible, I like to avoid long hallways when designing floor plans, mostly so as not to dedicate so much space to circulation but sometimes it can’t be helped. That was the situation with the West Islands East Project, a new home that will be built in Saint Simons Island, Georgia.