...but I did stay at a Red Roof Inn last night. Yeah, whatever.
Updates have been slow to come recently, which reflects the slow progress we've made. It's hard to believe, but people do have lives and important things they must tend do beyond working on my drawings. Additionally, I think we are becoming that nightmare client. Everyone who does custom work for others knows what I'm talking about -- the one where you just can't wait to get the project done because it's never going to be good enough. I don't think that's us, but...if the shoe fits... I do have some specific things in my mind's eye and so does Liane. We are very close.
To try to "help" I dropped a few lines on one of the old sketches, which was pretty much the first serious drawing we had.
As usual my lines gloss over a lot of details about how things will really fit together and work, but I liked how the garage fit in on it, and Liane liked the kitchen layout the best (although I wish we could have a bigger pantry). There have been a couple since then that I could have lived with, and I liked certain things about them better, but when Liane didn't like the kitchens on them it kind of blew them up. And in looking I realized there may be a way to do everything we want with the garage nestled up into the front of the house more. The big problem with that design had been the layout of the bathroom and trying to keep it all around 2400 square feet. Since then we've realized the 2400 number is not going to be attainable, so with that loosened there are other things we can do.
We'll see where it all goes.
It is difficult because not only do Liane and I not agree on everything, but we sometimes change our minds about the relative importance of various factors. So it is a bit of a moving target, and to some extent it changes depending on who you're listening to.
I wonder if anyone finds this humorous? I do. I am perfectly willing to step back and see how nutty we are at times. And that's the idea of the blog.
Dave, I truly admire how much thought and effort you and Liane have put into this. Christy and I have purchased 5 houses (and almost purchased one more) and I don't think the accumulated homework we did adds up to the work you've already done. Does it mean you're overthinking it? Possibly, but I bet you're considering way more angles (no pun intended) than we ever did, and you'll likely end up with something that really covers your wish list quite well.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's humorous, but it's not like we're laughing at you (ok, but we're totally laughing at some of those houses you looked at!). There's a lot here that we can identify with, and a fair amount of living vicariously through your experience too, as we've never custom built a house.
Thanks for sharing. This is awesome.