"Currently Under Construction"

After over a year of design development, we are looking at the finish line with our first project

"currently under construction". For architects and designers, those three words are the equivalent to finding the Holy Grail. So many of us work on projects that we poured our blood, sweat and tears into and never see the darn thing built. Needless to say, on our last visit we were extremely happy to see that not only is our project under construction, it is almost complete!

A quick recap will remind you that this started out as a one room addition. Our clients came to us asking for a "Great Room" which they needed for large family gatherings and entertaining. Twelve months down the road, we are standing in front of a serious construction site, multiple workers carrying huge pieces of plywood, scaffolding, the works. A complete re-model/addition is what came out of this partnership. A full second story, complete with a prayer room and a loft that overlooks the nearby mountains. We nearly doubled the square footage of the home, giving this family a functional and beautiful space that they can grow into as their needs develop and change over the years.

As rewarding as it was to see our project under construction, we really worked our tails off for our clients. We both work full time at local architecture firms, after commuting and making dinner, we were often working on this project into the wee hours of the night, emailing documents for comments, preparing for the city submittal and tweaking the designs here and there to ensure our client's satisfaction. Oh and did I mention we also had a baby?! We welcomed our daughter Charlotte into the world right in the thick of submittal time which was interesting to say the least.

(Knock on wood) So far, everything has gone remarkably smooth, the build out has been quick and quiet with only some minor inquiries from the contractor. We gave our clients some helpful freebies too, like assistance with landscape and interior design both of which were outside of our contract. The date of completion is mid-July so we will hold our breath until then.