Design Week: The Exterior – It’s reveal day!
Today is the final day in our Design Week series! We've taken you behind the scenes on the exterior, from inspiration, material choices, and the many, MANY decisions on colour. Now it's finally time to see how it's all coming together. So without further ado...here it is!!
Design Week: The Exterior – Colour choice craziness!
The amount of colour choices that go into the exterior of a house is ASTONISHING! I always anticipated that the interior design decisions would be hard but it never crossed my mind that choosing colours for the exterior materials would make me want to tear my hair out. Grab a cup of coffee cause this might take a while...
Design Week: The Exterior – Mixing Materials
After narrowing in on the look we were going for, we set out to finding the right materials to accomplish it. As it turns out - we simply live on the wrong coast. Who knew?? Apparently the exact type of house we love is so popular on the other side of the continent that it's coined it's own style. A quick google search of 'West Coast Modern" and you'll know what I'm talking about. We found a ton of information on expressed joint panel systems, & cedar cladding materials in the Pacific North West, but were hard pressed to find building practices & materials for that style of home locally.
Design Week: The Exterior – Achieving the look
Today kicks off our second Design Week and this time it's all about the exterior of the Dreamhouse. When we left off last time, we revealed the conceptual elevation drawings & first colour renderings of the exterior. Of course drawings are easy. The hard part is bringing the drawings to life to achieve the look we want within budget.
Back at it! Plus an exterior sneak peek…
Happy Thursday folks - and Happy Thanksgiving to all our Ameri-friends! First of all, I feel like I should apologize for the radio silence over the last couple of weeks. Between broken laptops, business trips, a sick pre-schooler & some much needed family time, there hasn't been a whole lot of room left in my schedule for the blog. I know...BAD blogger!! Not to worry though cause I promise to make up for it.
We Made the Cut!!
We've got some big news to share today. Remember that video we shot a few weeks ago for PARA Paints?? Well last week PARA announced the names of the 5 lucky winners that were chosen to be a part of the 2014 PARA Blog Crew...and guess who made the cut!?!
A Halloween Reveal: Kash’s DIY Angry Birds costume
Last week we gave you a little peek into our Halloween costume making obsession. I have to admit that even I think we go overboard sometimes - and this year was no exception. But honestly, when you ask your 4 year old what he wants to be for Halloween & his response is: "Da bwack Jedi Angwy Bird fwom Angwy Birds STAR WARS!!" you simply CANNOT disappoint. I mean...ok yes - he's obsessed with Angry Birds. But he's 4 and knows the words 'Jedi' and 'Star Wars.' I must be doing something right...
MacBook or no MacBook, the blog must go on…
If you remember last week was all about the window install (I know, how could you forget right?!). Well this week we were all geared up to kick off another Design Week & talk about all our plans for the exterior of the house... And then I spilled coffee on my MacBook.
Ready or not. Halloween is coming!
Halloween is in exactly one week. And we haven't started working on our costumes. Aaaaaand cue panic! Anyone who knows us well, knows this is the time of year where we go all out. There's just a certain satisfaction that comes from taking a cool idea, applying some brainpower & a few crafting skills and executing an EPIC costume. The fact that I was blessed with a partner that feels the same is nothing more than kismet.
The window install: Going up in a ‘glaze’ of glory
Remember how excited we were when our windows finally arrived?? Well now we're even more excited (if that's even possible) because the windows are being installed and they're even sexier than we imagined they would be! That's right I said sexy...and I'm talking about windows. Have a look at the pics below and try to argue with me...