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Interactive Design Meetings: Process and Tradeoffs
Our Interactive Home Design Approach The favorite part of our job (other than seeing the final product) is getting to run our interactive home design meetings. It is one of the hardest things to describe because everyone has a different expectation of what an interactive design meeting should be. Some…
Chief Architect Kitchen Design Study
Kitchen Design Goals A few weeks ago I saw a blog post on the Chief Architect website for one of their monthly design contests, this one being for KITCHEN/BATH & INTERIOR DESIGN. Since I first started in the industry solely working on Kitchen and bath designs I decided to go back to…
Custom Bed Design: From Requirements to a Concept Plan
See how a list of storage, stability, finish, and pet-access requirements became a custom-bed concept plan—and which details still needed development before fabrication.
Modern Bathroom Design Challenge Concept Plan
Design Guides / Bathroom / Modern Bath Design Challenge Shoppable concept plan from the design challenge archive Modern Bathroom Design Challenge Concept Plan A refreshed version of the original 2017 design challenge post, reframed as a shoppable concept plan. Start with the finished bathroom concept, download the plan set, review…