ORCAS HOUSE UPDATE

I took a Google Map view of the site and placed the model on it, for a more realistic sense of the site that is right on the water facing South. A spectacular view of the channel and passing boats!

The red under the house is from the Google pointer to mark the spot- I supposed I could have removed it…..

This is the back of the house that is facing the water.

This is the front of the house, the side that you see when you drive up.

The whole second floor is new, as we are building on top of the original footprint. The side addition is the entry to the mudroom and laundry that go into the kitchen.

The Pergola is off the kitchen and will be screened in for wasp protection during dining.

MODERN STEEL HOUSE TRANSFORMS

Because of the steepness of the site, the house has changed to more of a “V” shape with a connecting Atrium. This is the side that one would see when driving up.

This is the back of the house, the view side with plenty of glass windows. Public side on the left, Private side on the right.

We will need a large retaining wall to hold in the dirt for the guest parking area, with a lower garage that has a huge outdoor kitchen above it.

Really loving the way that it is turning out!

STUDIES FOR A LONG MODERN STEEL HOUSE

View side of the house has lots of glass!

The sloping site is a challenge…one side of the house is on grade, while the rest rises above the grade.

This is the view side of the house

A stepping water feature would greet visitors arriving from the guest parking, with a lower garage for the home owner.

ANOTHER A FRAME ADDITION-GUEMES ISLAND. WA

A Guemes Island 1960’ A frame needs a regular staircase up to the 2nd floor. A ladder is hard to get up and down in the middle of the night. A new entry has slanted columns to support the deck extension above.

From the other side, a living room is added with a wood stove with wood storage just outside for easy access.

There are a couple a huge Fir trees that the owners want to keep, so the trick is working around them and the setbacks required for the site.

The tress actually have less limbs on the lower parts, so it will not be as tight as it looks from this model.

EXISTING A FRAME

I wanted to save the look of the existing building.

You can see the size of the existing Fir trees better in this photo. The location is fabulous, right on the West side of the island, right on the water!

MISTAKES IN CABINET HARDWARE PLACEMENT

The client was so excited to get their Master Bathroom done. Apparently, the cabinet installer did not look at my drawings.

I am submitting this, so that clients can see the problem in advance and make sure that the cabinet installer does not go rouge on them. This mistake can be corrected, but the holes will have to be patched with a matching wood putty….

PINK BATHROOM TRANSFORMATION

After Powder Room sports a wonderful wood base with a fish bowl and wall mounted faucet.

Vintage 1950’s Pink Bathroom BEFORE. The end of this bathroom was sliced off to create a powder room with the rest of the bathroom turning into a Laundry Room.

BEFORE & AFTER INTERIOR REMODEL ANACORTES

Laundry Room After- got turned into a serving pantry.

Laundry Room Before- the washer /dryer got moved to another area, so that this area could be used as more of a side entry into the house. I think that the darker flooring would have looked better with the dark cabinets, instead of the lighter patched pine look…..

MY STORE DESIGN : "ZORGANICS"

I designed this store in 2018, got built in 2019. The panels next to the back-lite name of the store, are real seaweeds laminated between 2 sheets of plexiglass 3 FORM- Seaweed = Long, intersecting, blades form this playfully unpredictable pattern that lets you enter the life aquatic.). They were also supposed to be back-lighted, but the budget did not allow.

You can see a blue patch on the angled back wall. That is glass mosaic tiles with a waterfall. That was my idea to create a “Spa” like atmosphere. The owner came up with a line of cosmetics that were all organic, and made in the USA. It was her dream to have a store in the Cascade Mall.

Because the client ran out of money, I suggested using “IKEA” storage units, instead of custom cabinetry. It worked!

You can see from my drawings, that the design was not fully implemented.

I did a 3D model of the store, and interior elevations of the new features.

New lighting was added, and a treatment room was carved out of the back storage area.

3D Helps San Juan Island Couple envision their design

I did not design this house- a couple came to me to help them with the windows, and I wound up helping with refining the layout of all the rooms, doing the electrical plans, door & window schedules. The husband is an engineer and had already submitted the drawings for permit. We also wound up moving the building on the site, as a huge tree was where they wanted the entry. I cautioned them about building too close to a large tree- they consulted an arborist, and moved the building away. My 3D program took his 2 D drawings into 3D with not much work, and they could see the siding and roof color and trim - all as they wanted it. Lastly, I did interior elevations of the main spaces, to help them envision the cabinetry. They wanted to see how the Timber Trusses would align with the windows from the inside. The last photo shows a peak inside the house to show how the Timber Trusses work with the windows. They started out with curved trusses, but getting the curved windows was a custom order and much more expensive. I helped them refine their design for the better, and define the look of the entire house by the window design and adding the chunky double columns to the entry.

SAN JUAN ISLAND CONTEMPORARY TAKES SHAPE with GreenWall & POOL

Waterside View is actually the rear of the house, but illustrates the window wall for the views.

Side view of the covered deck with outdoor fireplace and slanted walls of the entry.

Front entry has a view right out to the other side to see the view when you walk in.

Side view shows the large deck.

My favorite part of the project is the indoor pool with green wall!

I think that swimming with this Green Wall backrgound will make the whole pool experience-no?