What we have learned building and furnishing houses in central Iowa, written down before you need it. Most of these start as a question a client asked us in the showroom.
The gap between the estimate and the house you have been picturing is usually a description problem, not a builder problem. What belongs in the drawings before pricing, and what to do when the...
Furnishing the whole houseCustomer's Own Material opens the whole fabric market to a single piece of furniture. It also adds yardage, inspections and weeks to the date...
Designing for how you liveYou do not need a name for your style before you hire a designer. The pattern can already be there in what you have...
Choosing materials in personUnlacquered brass patinas as it ages, and sealed brass is coated to hold its finish more consistently. Both are right answers, and the one...
Building new with a designerMinimum clearances tell you a room fits. They do not tell you how it will read once the ceiling height, the real furniture and...
Building new with a designerTwo builders priced the same drawings and came back tens of thousands apart. The gap sits in what the plans never specified.
Designing for how you liveTen ways clients describe the house they want. We hear them a lot, and none of them means only one thing.
What it actually costsA house has hundreds of line items and almost none of them tell you which ones matter. Two questions sort them.
