Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Info for Future Homeowners

Hey yall!

I totally realize that this is definitely not the most popular blog on the face of the planet. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised at all to find out that nobody besides me has ever even read a single article.

If someone is actually reading this blog, I would say he or she would fall into one of three main categories. He or she is either:

      1) A future homeowner looking for a house plan
      2) A home-design freak like me
      3) An extremely bored blog-aholic

I normally just post random house plans that I happened to stumble upon recently, but I’m going to try something new. I’m going to start a series of blog posts showing how YOU can find your Dream Home.

This will be geared primarily to the people in category 1 (the future homeowners), so please bear with me if you belong to category 2 or 3. I am flattered beyond belief that anyone would actually read my ramblings, and I hope you will continue to share the adventure that is my life.

I don’t know much about how to create and maintain an interesting blog (especially a blog about house plans), but I do have a passion for stylish, yet practical home design -- and I want to share my views.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Country Heaven

Country Heaven House Plans

This must be what heaven is like. There you are in a comfortable rocking chair, surrounded by family and friends. Your grandparents are laughing and joking. You haven't seen them this happy and lively in years. Children are squealing and giggling with delight. Everyone is happy. There isn't a care in the world. The evening sky is deep blue, but the clouds are brilliant fuschia with blazing gold edges. The sun has nearly gone down, but is just peaking through some of the leaves and casting shafts of gentle fire all about. There are two or three hummingbirds buzzing around a feeder.

After the late summer sun has set, everyone migrates inside from the porch into the family room. Now, as the party goes on, everone is enjoying some finger foods. After a good visit the guests leave, the children are put to bed, and you go off to a relaxing and dream-filled sleep in the secluded master bedroom. This is what life is like in the Country Heaven House Plan.

This is luxury at its simplest. Luxury at its most poignant. Country Heaven; you really need to Check it Out!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Small Shelter Competition!


I have some big news today!

The Guggenheim Museum and Google SketchUp are teaming up to hold a special design competition. They are inviting amateur and professional designers from all around the world to enter their Design It: Shelter Competition.

The competition is an extension of the Learning By Doing exhibition currently on display at the Guggenheim Museum Sackler Center for Arts Education. The exhibition features models, plans, and photographs of shelters designed by students from the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. According to the Guggenheim's article:

For the past seven decades, students at this school have taken on the challenge of designing, building, and living in small shelters nestled in the landscapes of the school’s Arizona and Wisconsin campuses. In working on these shelters, students consider human needs for safety and comfort, as well as the relationship between architecture and place.

The Design It: Shelter Competition opens this project to the public. Amateur and professional designers from all over the world are entering to show off their creativity. In fact, Dan Tyree -- one of my favorite home designers -- has two entries: The Sooner and The Coconut.


These are some great designs; and they're available at The Plan Collection! Check 'em out!