When planning your dream home, one of the first major decisions you’ll face is whether to go with custom home plans or purchase stock blueprints. Both have their place in the residential design world, but they serve very different types of needs. Understanding the advantages and limitations of each can help you make a more… Read More »
When designing a new home, it’s always a good idea to spend some time carefully considering the kitchen and it’s layout. After all, this is where the family meal is usually prepared, and there is nothing more important than the family meal to keep the family as a unit.The most popular kitchen layout today includes… Read More »
In architectural drafting, the working drawings are all plans, elevations, and details needed by the contractor along with the specifications, so that an estimate can be obtained and then the building can be constructed. These need to show all dimensions and be properly scaled. Any oddities of construction must be made clear on these drawings… Read More »
What are the important things to consider in designing a plan drawn for your new home? Well, there’s the location of your building site, what conveniences are nearby, the number of people in your family, the climate conditions of the area, the availability of suitable and appropriate materials that will fit into the limits of… Read More »
Many house plans, including remodeling drawings, are prepared where the drafter or designer is a long distance away. Most often it’s because the process is being handled over the internet. If this be the case and you are having your house remodeled long distance, here are a few things that’ll get the ball rolling for… Read More »
It’s finally the time you’ve been looking forward to. You’ve given it quite a bit of thought and planning, made all the sketches, and gathered photos, and now ready to create the drawings for your new home. The problem is that most builders will not work from sketches and photos. And to aggravate the matter,… Read More »