Have you ever noticed how particular spaces within a home tend to attract people? How people seem to be immediately drawn to certain areas, as if some mysterious magnetic force was pulling people into this space? (more…)
Archive for the ‘Renovation Advice’ Category
Creating Magnetic Entertaining Spaces
Saturday, November 21st, 2009Designing Your Home Office
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
In today’s world home offices are very commonplace. Even for those who have an external office still like to have a space to work from at home.
But what few people realise is the importance of good design when it comes to building a home office.
Whilst running a business from home makes good economic sense as it dramatically lowers overheads, your home office also needs to be functional and comfortable, otherwise productivity, and therefore profits, will be adversely affected. (more…)
Planning your kitchen, the hub of your home
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Without a doubt the main hub of any home is the kitchen. Somewhat surprisingly this is even the case in homes where the occupants tend to eat out, rarely cooking meals themselves.
This is possibly a throwback to previous generations where home cooked meals were the norm, and often family meals were consumed in the kitchen. Go back quite a few years and commonly the kitchen was the main entertaining room for close friends, where many a cup of tea and biscuits were consumed over the course of a friendly conversation. (more…)
RENOVATING: The marriage tester
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
If I were to ask you to list the events that put the biggest strain on a marriage, I am sure you could rattle off quite a few.
But would renovating the family home appear on your list? If it doesn’t, then it should.
To understand this better, consider this scenario: (more…)
Your architect is your guardian angel: Part 3
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Following on from my earlier articles on understanding the value of working with an architect, I will now focus on protecting your interests during the actual building phase of your project.
Please note that the comments that I am about to make a true for any building work, be it a renovation or the building of a brand new home. (more…)
Your architect is your guardian angel: Part 2
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
In my previous article I spoke about how working with an architect can save you from making poor design decisions which can adversely affect the liveability of your home.
But this is not the only area of home design where an architect such as myself can save your home from becoming a disaster. (more…)
Your architect is your guardian angel: Part 1
Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Occasionally people will ask me why they need an architect. They will explain that they already know the design they are after, so why should they invest more in having me create the design for them.
Well there are many, many reasons why they should invest in having me create their design drawings for them, and even more reasons why they should consider having me manage their entire building process on their behalf. So many in fact, that I will need to write more than one article to cover them all. (more…)
