There is a distinct difference between the energy of growth… and the energy of change. Growth includes change, but the reverse is not always true. Sometimes I hear people talking about their problems… or things going not going right in their lives and they talk about wanting a fresh start… maybe they should just move to a new city… start over. And I always think of this quote: “No matter where you go, there you are.” You can move to a new neighborhood or a whole new city, buy a new place and move your stuff in – over, and…
Month: January 2014
someone has a ceiling!
So what ever happened with Kim and Scott’s ceiling? Check out the progress – you might not even recognize the place, they’ve been up to SO much since we last checked in on them! the drywall went up here and more ceiling progress here Couldn’t be happier/more excited for them. I think everything is looking spectacular and I love the arched doorway in the entry! They have also started on lots of other awesome creative endeavors, like tiling the entry and transforming their hall closet … it’s making me want my own fixer upper!
The Home Stretch
I swear there is a quote out there about the last certain amount of yards before the end being the hardest – I wish I could remember the exact saying but whatever it is – it’s true. We are so close to wrapping up Lindsey and Doug’s renovation… if we could just get the bathroom vanity taken care of and a few other odds and ends we’d be done. And we are all ready for that. I kind of love and hate the last few weeks of a project. Things happen really quickly and you see a lot of change…
the before and after… plans
At my day job I am sometimes reminded that many people who I work with can’t read floor plans, which I honestly don’t understand – they are just so clear to me, just imagine looking down like the space is a dollhouse, it’s not rocket science… but then again, I can’t read Chinese but it makes perfect sense to lots of other people… But, I do think it’s hard to really understand what a space is by just looking at photos – I am an architect and I hate not having my bearings on the big picture. Like when I…
Happy New Year!
And we begin again. At least that’s what the calendar says. I kind of love and hate the New Year. I mean, hate is pretty strong but… of course it’s great because it’s a new beginning for everyone, a chance to ‘start over’ with a ‘clean slate’, do things this year differently than last year. But somehow it ends up getting built up so much, and we try to do everything differently all at once, that we set ourselves up for failure… we forget that habits are hard to create, and when we are anything but perfect we stop, and…
Haven by Design 