See It Before You Build It.

It is not often that I get to see my design projects when they come to completion. So, it is nice when I get progress pictures sent from the homeowners.

I just received some pictures emailed to me of a house that I worked on sometime throughout 2010.

This house is being built in Wilmington, North Carolina.

They broke ground sometime over the Winter months.

Below are three images.

The foundation under the main house (taken in January 2011).

This is my conceptual computer generated rendering from June 2010.

This is a photo of the front of the house as it is now - from about the same angle as my rendering.

There are more trees in the photo than my rendering, and the bay behind the house isn't as much of an open water-way as I have in the rendering - but the house looks nice. :)

Over all, the process of design can be lengthy. But, if you are able to work out your design "kinks" and issues before the first nail is hammered, before the first block is laid, before the first hole is dug...even before your building permit, you will save yourself time, money, and problems later. Certainly, changes can happen along the way - there are always unexpected things to come up - but the overall process of design will return the favor "in the field".

And, it is always exciting to see the project unfold in reality.

New Home Design

I've been working with a client over the last few months, designing their new home here in Central PA.

This is a computer generated rendering of their home design.

It's close enough to home that I might be able to get pictures in progress.

I'm looking forward to seeing this one when it's done. I don't often get to see my designs after they are built....

Maybe they'll let me stop in sometime. :)

Country Style Home Plan Design

This country style 2 story home features over 3400 square feet of finished interior living space. Within this space we feature a large kitchen with lots of counter space, breakfast nook, formal dining room with a coffered ceiling, a 2 story great room, 5 bedrooms*, 3 1/2 baths, large utility area, and a large side entry 2 car garage.

(click on the images to view in full screen)






First Floor - 2,549 Square Feet of finished living space










Second Floor - 930 Square Feet of finished living space












*First floor option available for 4 bedrooms and a study.

Living Large: New Home Plan Design

Here is a new house design I just worked on.

This house is 3856 square feet of living space. Included in that space are 4 bedrooms (or one guest suite), 3 1/2 baths, a study, formal dining room, living room, family room, kitchen with butlers & walk in pantries and a breakfast area, 2 fireplaces, a large covered lanai, and lots of storage space.





The Floor plan. (click on the thumbnail to view a larger image).







Exterior View.







View in the dining room. Notice the ceiling treatments.






View from the breakfast area into the kitchen and family room.




This plan of course would be fully customizable.

Model Home Plan Design

Here are front renderings for two ranch houses I recently designed.

The first is a small 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath house.

The second is a large 4 bedroom 3 bath 3000+ sq.ft. ranch home.