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Finding Home Design Inspiration During Your Quarantine
We all need to be taking excellent care of our mental health right now, and one of the best ways we’ve found to unwind while stuck at home is to give our creativity some time to play throughout each day. Try letting yourself have a little white space on your daily schedule to explore new and fresh ideas that you may not have had time for otherwise and to get to know yourself a little better. In this post are two of our favorite methods that we use regularly to brainstorm custom home designs and that we invite you to try during this time of self-quarantining and social distancing!
What To Expect When Working With A Building Designer - Phase 5: Construction Documents
Our five-part blog series concludes today with this post about the construction document phase. This includes the blueprints and drawings that are created by your building designer for actual construction and permits, and can include more detailed computer generated models of your future home as well.
What To Expect When Working With A Building Designer - Phase 4: Design Development
Ready for a virtual walkthrough of your home? Or do you just want to see a clearer breakdown what all this is going to cost you to build? All of the nitty gritty details will start to come together in this phase.
Once you’ve reviewed your initial home concept, you’ll meet with your designer to discuss any changes you’d like to see. You may go through several rounds of adjustments, and as the design and the project evolve, these initial concepts/schematic designs are what will turn into your design development drawings.
What to Expect When Working With a Building Designer - Phase 3: Conceptual Drawings
Here’s where things get exciting! From the information you provided in the initial consultation, you’ll now start to see the first visual representation of what will be your home. After meeting with you to understand what you’re looking for, many designers will start by creating a bubble or block diagram of the potential home. Your designer will get to flex their training and creativity here, establishing spatial relationships, living zones, and considering site topography to take advantage of any views, slopes, or driveway preferences. This will also allow the designer to roughly formulate the square footage.
What to Expect When Working With A Building Designer - Phase 2: Initial Consultation
You’ve gathered your ideas, maybe you’ve purchased a site. Now it’s time to start turning that dream home of yours into a reality. Phase 2 is all about finding a building designer you can communicate with, one who understands your vision.
What to Expect When Working With A Building Designer - Phase 1: Gathering Ideas
The new year is a great time to set big goals and resolutions—like finding the right building designer to help you create your custom dream home. But this process can too often seem overwhelming when you don’t know what to expect. This week, we’re breaking down the five phases of taking a home from the spark of an idea in your head to a fully developed set of construction documents.
LGA Studios Interview with Springs Magazine
LGA Studios was proud to be featured in the Spring issue of SPRINGS Magazine in an article by Cameron Moix all about current home style trends and how to make your space more inspired. We were also excited that the magazine chose to photograph a fabulous custom home LGA Studios designed in the Broadmoor Bluffs area to feature in the pages of the article, a stunning contemporary home that was a joy to design.