The design process—the process of bringing your hopes and wishes into physical reality—is built around a few commonsense principles that have had a proven record of success. Those principles are:

1:     Homeowner involvement and input: The development of the design itself must in large part be informed by the homeowner’s thoughts, wishes, and practical needs. A designer working simply with their own ideas, with little input from the outside, may be hard pressed to bring a profound uniqueness to each project; but a designer who can take the raw data that a homeowner provides, and truly hear what those needs and wishes are—verbal and nonverbal--will have endless opportunities to transform and deepen his/her aesthetic, and bring that expansiveness to bear on the project at hand.

2:     An affordable home: There is little purpose in creating a beautifully drawn set of plans if those plans cannot then be implemented--used to build your new or remodeled home. At every stage of the design process, from the first sketch onward, the homeowner is encouraged to share the plans with a qualified builder to get real costs. The builder’s input will help define the project’s scope, and should help guide the development of the design from start to finish; by taking this approach, the finished set of plans should be in full compliance with the homeowner’s budget.

3.    Design philosophy goals: Incorporated with these above requirements, and informing the whole, the final design should include those goals of the designer. A careful, multi-phased design process allows for the integration of the homeowner’s, designer’s, and builder’s contributions in the final product: a buildable set of plans for a beautiful and unique home.