The informal entry More often then not, most people and their families approach their home by car and (if the garage is clean enough to park inside) enter the house through the mud room. Once inside, a shedding process takes place; people drop their backpacks and sports equipment...take off … [Read more...]
007 – ’Public Spaces’ in the Home
September 1, 2011 By 1 Comment
Public or Private? A house can be divided into at least three different zones; the 'public' spaces (such as the foyer, dining and living room), the 'semi-private' (or 'semi-public') spaces (such as the kitchen and family room) and the 'private' spaces (such as the bedooms and bathrooms). In … [Read more...]
006 – ‘The Front Entrance’ or ‘Welcome to Our Home’
September 1, 2011 By 4 Comments
'...Knock...knock..." [display_podcast] Now that we have blocked out the general area of the house on the lot and the location of the garage, let’s determine where we want the front entrance. This term is a bit of a contradiction because your family will probably not enter the house … [Read more...]
005-’Where Do You Want Me To Put This Garage?’
August 3, 2011 By 2 Comments
There are probably a million different methods and paths that you can take to design a custom home and over the last thirty five years, I have tried most of them. Through trial and error, I have boiled the confusion down into a stream-lined, step-by-step process and I am basing this series of … [Read more...]
004-How to Keep your Custom Home Within Budget!
July 23, 2011 By 2 Comments
Okay...we've figured out which family members are going to be included in our portrait and we've determined the size of the canvas. Now, let's figure out if we can afford to use expensive oil paints for our painting or if we need to go with watercolors. [display_podcast] Not staying within … [Read more...]
