We should take some time to talk about the design of the house. As an architect, trying to design your own home as compared to one for a client always has its extra stress. You inevitably want to try exploring some different ideas and materials and of course you want it to be a bit of a show piece for future clients. And while you want to make sure you take time to explore these different ideas you also want to make sure that like any other project, you keep it rolling along. Inevitably in the end, designing your own home always takes a bit more time.
Our first big design discussions related to location of private versus public spaces (private being the bedroom area, and public being the dining room, living room and kitchen). The house would be a one story with a walkout basement which meant that you would enter the house on the upper floor but would have access to the yard from the lower floor. We wanted to have a close connection to the yard from the public spaces so naturally those went to the lower floor while the bedrooms were located in the upper or main floor.
I have posted the plans to the side of the BLOG so that you can see the layout.
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