One of the fastest growing trends in today’s lifestyle is the need for home office space. Our changing work force of telecommuters and home-based businesses has created demand for work spaces that are attached or detached from the home. We often build home offices with built-in cabinetry and upgraded phone/ computer wiring inside of the homes we remodel. One of the most interesting detached buildings I have built is the Schoolhouse project on Willow Valley Road for Phil & Laurie DesJardins.
Little Red School House
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Master Bath Planning
Knock Down the Walls to Create a Bank Canvas
As the saying goes, “You can’t see the forest for the trees.” I see this dynamic when remodeling homes where existing walls and other assumptions limit the vision of what can be done. It’s not just that most people can’t visualize or haven’t the experience of reconfiguring rooms, sometimes it is simply too hard to grasp a three dimensional space and the potential for change.
The solution is to draw up plans and get an overview of the floor plan. The next step is to eliminate all but the exterior walls to create a blank canvas. It is amazing what new possibilities present themselves when preconceived notions are set aside. This could be considered an analogy for life in general, I think.
