Category: Design Process
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Wine Storage 101
Cellaring wine can be tricky especially here in Florida. To take care of your wine collection temperature is super important. One recommendation is not to chince out on the refrigerator unit for your wine. If you are storing 100-300 bottles, if it breaks down your pretty much loosing the investment you saved in the cheap…
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Sharing Resources: Stone Showrooms
Let me start with the fact that I’m not trying to sell you stone. I like to sell you on the idea that when you use real stone, the chances of your home design lowering in value, real or perceived as far less over time when you use a natural material, period. Mixing materials is…
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The Buzz About Sconces in a Bathroom: A Better Choice for Better Lighting
I know I sound like a broken record when it comes to having a space function to its highest potential, but for most people our home is our largest investment asset, so why not make sure it gives us back as much as we put in to it. I’m getting older and with that process…
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Sharing Resources: Stone Showrooms
Let me start with the fact that I’m not trying to sell you stone. I like to sell you on the idea that when you use real stone, the chances of your home design lowering in value, real or perceived as far less over time when you use a natural material, period. Mixing materials is…
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Our Design Process and Timeline in a Nut Shell… In a Perfect World (Updated 4/1/25)
One of our most asked questions is “How long will this take?”. There are many moving parts to the design and build process. What we can do is speak to OUR processes and do our best to help others along in their process. If you are a new client or considering working with us, this…
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Accessory Buildings: what’s allowable and what’s not has to do with use and ordinances (the accessory dwelling unit)
Here we are post Covid 2021 in Florida and the housing market is still on fire. Some agents feel that the tide may be turning over the next couple of years to be more of a buyers market. We are blessed to live in an area where people come to vacation in paradise. With all…
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New Codes for Residential Construction in New Smyrna Beach: an Educated Client is a Happy Client
There is a lot to know as a building designer. We do our best to have a general understanding of local codes and ordinances. The tricky part is that municipalities will make changes and not really let anyone know. WE generally find out during the permitting process when the city kicks back our plans with…
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Design Principles of Scale and Proportion: What Deserves Your Focus?
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor Vince Lombardi Design Principle of Scale & Proportion When we speak of scale in design, we speak of the relationship between space and the details within the space that define it as well…
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Not Your Grandmothers Wallpaper: Hand blocked wallpapers by Adelphi Paper Hangings
Yoko Ono clearly didn’t have the experience of this wallpaper. I found video of wall papers being hand block printed and then hand painted as well. Pretty amazing works of art that can be customized for each client. Check out their Instagram, I think its a much better representation of what they do.