The question is: How to make a top load washer and dryer look good while getting the most functionality from a laundry room?
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While 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.
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Defining 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.
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We’ve been working away at the floor plan designs for Project Saint Waterways, a new build that will be located in beautiful Kingston, Ontario, Canada. And let me tell you, it has been a complete delight working with the clients and designing a gorgeous custom home in their behalf. It’s’s going to be a showstopper!
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When it comes to remodels, the Water Vista Project is probably the most unique project I’ve every worked on. The setting of the home is stunning and has amazing views but the as-built floor plans left me wondering about what they were thinking when it was originally designed and built. My guess is that the original floor plan was a DIY sort of thing, with maybe the help of a contractor. I can say for certain that we’ve never worked on a project that had so many turrets, so many decks, so many angles and arches, and the ground floor felt like a complete maze.
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No matter where you begin with the initial design of a new custom home project, there will be a lot of going back and forth between the exterior and interior to make sure everything is just right. That’s exactly how it was with the Timbre Heights Project, a new build in Austin, Texas.
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In last week’s post I answered the question, Do interior designers design and draw floor plans? To illustrate, I gave an overview of the types of projects we do and what our scope of work includes within those projects.
For this week I’m giving a process overview for projects that start with us designing and drawing the floor plans. To illustrate, I’m sharing about the Falken Views Project, a new build that is currently in Step .03 of the design process.
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It wouldn’t be a new year without the experts weighing in on the projected trends for the coming year, especially when it comes to forecasting shifts with colors, textiles, and furnishings. Those leading the charge have their ears to the ground and their sights on the horizon, constantly taking note of global events, social changes, political influences, as well as what prominent players in the design industry are doing.
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It’s hard for me to pick favorite projects and even harder to choose favorite rooms within a project, but I have a hunch that the laundry room at the West Islands East Project, a beautiful new build in Saint Simons Island, Georgia, is surely going to test that.
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