004-How to Keep your Custom Home Within Budget!

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...]

003-Six Easy Steps To Help You Fit Your House To Your Property

Let's use the analogy of painting your family's portrait to describe how to design your own custom home.  On the last blog, we figured out which family members we were going to include in the painting.  Now, let's define the size of your canvas. [display_podcast] Here are six easy steps to … [Read more...]

002-The Design Process…Step One, Define Your ‘Program’

There are three topics that need to be juggled at the same time to come up with a good custom home design: The Design Program...or the general space and lifestyle requirements that you and your family require. The Physical Restraints...your lot and the specific qualities of the property that … [Read more...]

001-Have You Ever Wanted To Design Your Own Custom Home?

Designing your own home...the place where you and your family will spend the majority of your lives...is possibly the most personal thing that you can do in your entire life. Besides that...it's really a lot of fun!  [display_podcast] Over the next several blogposts, you will learn … [Read more...]