And so it begins, design to reality. The making of a home.

Jan 5, 2014

There is a lot of emotion wrapped up in the process of design. A client trusts you with their hopes and dreams. You translate those words, pictures, and thoughts into lines on a paper creating intersections and relationships. Proportions, scale, function, and aesthetics are combined to create instructions for construction. And so it begins, trees are cut and dirt is moved. This is the start of another beautiful story:IMG_1911[1]

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