Design stage... so far

In our most recent design meeting with Jeff, he showed Lisa and I the latest floor-plan and facade renderings.

We really like the shape of the structure. It was important to us create dimensionality on the facade. The left third of the house protrudes roughly four feet toward the front. The cantilevered front porch is tucked into the facade and is 8 feet deep. The single-pitch roof overhangs six feet from the front door to provide cover. We're excited about hanging long-stemmed lights from the overhang.

Our favorite cladding options are hardiepanel siding (www.jameshardie.com) and corrugated metal (www.unioncorrugating.com). Both of these sites display the color options. So, in order to more easily customize the color and cladding of the facade, I re-rendered Jeff's design in InDesign – my native tongue (see image). We want to distinctly clad the left third of the house, both in color and texture to reinforce the facade's dimensionality.

There is a lot to say about the floor-plan of the house. The short story is that we've planned for: 1800+ sq. ft. plus a basement, four modestly-sized bedrooms and two full bathrooms upstairs and an extremely open downstairs with a front and back porch.