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Category Archives: Building
Upstairs Floor Plan Update
Last time we talked about the floor plan, the upstairs looked like the above (notice the giant unfinished spaces on the top left and bottom right of the layout). When we decided to hold off on finishing the upstairs, we … Continue reading
Tagged As architecture, build, floor plan, redesign, upstairs
Foundation: The Pouring and the Prepping
After a whole bunch of dirt moving, we pulled up to our lot after our Alt experience to find some exciting progress peaking over our little uphill lot. See the forms and pipes sticking up! The forms for the foundation … Continue reading
Windows…Who Knew
Before we headed to Alt, we had a meeting about exterior doors and windows. I was thinking oh no biggie I mean our plans are drawn this will take 30 minutes or so. Basically I knew where I wanted windows (thanks … Continue reading
It’s Our Pile of Dirt
Let’s talk about our pile of dirt. After we picked our lot, designed out house (inside and out), met with our builder, realized we were poor and cut stuff, we were finally ready to get the ball rolling. We gave … Continue reading
Tagged As dirt work, lot preparation
Tough Decisions Ahead
So picking back up on our dramatic start to this whole building thing, our bid was very much over our target price. To be fair some of this was because builders bid everything to the max to start off with, … Continue reading
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Building Bid
After the floor plan and the elevation were finished, we took our finalized copies to our builder for a more accurate bid. Yes ballpark figures were discussed at our initial meeting, but now that we had the design finished Daniel … Continue reading
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Design Process: Elevation
via We focused on the floor plan layout first, because we knew we wanted a boxy house like this one above. Of course we sent over this example, so the architect could start thinking about how the layout would work … Continue reading
Tagged As elevation, Mediterranean elevation
Design Process: Floor Plan
After we got our preliminary floor plan, we knew we had to focus on our must haves and specifics. Our architect gives clients 2 drafts for a price per covered square foot, then works hourly after that. We wanted the … Continue reading
Tagged As architecture, building, floor plan
Design Process: Preliminary Floor Plan
When we last left off in our story, Amber was telling you about starting the design phase. Our pillow talks during those weeks basically went like this: Amber: “Did you see the kitchen layout on that floor plan I pinned?” … Continue reading
Tagged As architecture, building, design process, Floor Plans
Design Process: Architecture
via When we first started the design phase, we contacted some modern architects (who shall remain nameless) to see if we could pull off something similar to the modern beauty above. Although they were proud to say they worked with … Continue reading
Tagged As architecture, building, design process
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