An Update on the Last Few Months Things have gone rather quiet for a while on our house build project. The last time we updated this blog, we were beginning to involve builders in the discussion; setting about getting rough estimates from a few different carpenters. Up until that point, we had been relying on […]
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House Design – Part Three
Our updated floor plan arrived from the architect! This is the second draft of the layout. We actually really loved the very first rendition she ever showed us, but the house was just too big. We need to be able to afford to actually build this thing. So we asked her to attempt to scale […]
House Design – Part Two
Hello, and happy summer! Our family has been busy with fun summer stuff…gardening, beach days, some travel, horse shows for me, home improvement projects for Mike, etc. There is also exciting progress happening with the new house design… We’ve now met with our architect a few times, and can finally see what the house is […]
House Design – Part One
Last week and this week were exciting for us. We met with our architect, Cheryl, twice and received the first set of rough drawings from her at the second meeting. There was a lot of anticipation for these meetings and a lot of pressure to clearly communicate what our vision is, our budget, etc. The […]
Designing the House: Bedrooms & Bathrooms
I don’t know about you, but we spend very little time in our bedroom(s). To some people, their bedroom is a peaceful oasis where they love to be, but for us it’s just a place where we keep our clothes and go to sleep. We’re cool with giving the bedrooms the least square footage, and […]
Designing the House: Living Room & Study
Hi there! We’re working our way through the “dream house” wish-list that we recently sent to a local architect, and today’s post is about the living/family room and the main-floor study. Mike and I have somewhat differing wishes for the living room, and were having trouble figuring out how to accommodate both of our wants […]
Designing the House: Kitchen
We cook a lot, and we like to hang out in the kitchen as a family. We want our new kitchen to be functional, set up for heavy, frequent use and to have eat-in options (bar stools at the island, possibly a breakfast nook). Here’s the full wish-list we gave to the architect… Kitchen wish-list: […]
Designing the House: Mudroom
Come on in! This is the first look at what we want the inside of our house to be like. As far as we’re concerned, the mudroom is the most important room in the house, and we have given a lot of thought and consideration to this part of our house design. We’ve learned–from living […]
Designing the House: Form
I mentioned in my previous post that we created a “dream home” PDF and passed it to a local architect. She is currently working on a floorpan for us and we are very excited to see what she comes up with. I am sharing the contents of that document here over a series of posts. […]
Designing the House: Sense of Place
Hi there! It has been quiet on this blog lately, but that doesn’t mean we’re not busy working away on the future Trillium Hill Farm. The land is sleeping under a thick blanket of snow currently, and Mike and I have spent the winter dreaming, Pinning, planning, designing, re-designing, and thoroughly over-thinking our future house. […]