draft plans

Cuban Tropical Tile

Niccccce! I just found a web site with these tiles and I think they would be waaaay more affordable than the ones from Morrocco(duh).

Check out their web site and see what you think.

*the web site it's self is a little ghetto, but the tile is cool.

http://www.cubantropicaltile.com/index.html

Exterior

Here is what I have been thinking about for exteriors. The one on the left is the little studio, and the one on the right is the main house. So it's like they're each half of the other kind of. I don't know where i came up with that, but it's just been in my head. They don't have to be that close - it would just be like the studio would be a mini me.
Then the second drawing is with proches on the back sides and with Adam's crows nest. Obviously these are very preliminary, but I wanted you to see things I was thinking about.
When I look at them now these drawings look very contemporary, but that's more because they're such simple little drawings. I was actually thinking they would be more old wood looking - and the windows wouldn't be that contemporary looking. More like these:

Main Area Developing Plans

Like I mentioned before, I see the main living area, kitchen, and the master bedroom all up against the rear of the house for the view.

Then towards the back you could have the bedrooms tucked away and the t.v. room away from the big windows, or as I mentioned before they could start creeping downwards (down stairs).

Studio Developing Plans

I'm liking the idea of the painting area and the living room area being seperated by move able wall or doors. It seems like it would be nice if you weren't actually painting that you could have all of that open. I don't know, what do you think? Then the guest bedroom could actually end up going above the painting area and then be open to below like a little loft. Hmmm
I have the kitchen and bathroom close because the more plumbing walls you can share the better (cheaper, more efficient)
As you can see I have the studio as, well a studio - meaning one giant room kind of. I know the painting area can't have windows though, hence the closing doors.

Bubble Diagrams

So here are some sketches of shaping up the floor plan. These are "bubble" diagrams of the different areas and their proximity to one another.
Studio - I have the painting area away from the kitchen because the smells coming from painting wouldn't be that nice to have in the kitchen. Yet the storage wants to be close to the painting area since you will be storing art - and so on and so on.



In the main cabin/house I saw it as the main living area be central, kitchen off of that - master bedroom is also off of main living area since when you guys are there alone it seems like it would be nice to have all of that open to one another since they will be the spaces you use most. Then having another tv area away from all of that with the other bedrooms off of it - so if you have guests and they are all up watching tv you guys can escape to your little master bedroom haven. Also, if the main living area is going to be in a place where there is a lot of sun light it would be nice to have a tv area that is away from that, better for watching movies and such. Who knows, but the 2nd t.v. area and bedrooms could be on a lower level too.

So I have drawings that actually look like floor plans, I just wanted to show you this as some of the ways I have been thinking about it. I will post the others soon.

Morrocan Tiles

While looking for an antique store the other day I walked past this place and it sucked me in. It made me think of you and your house. These were so beautiful, but oh so pricey, so maybe either we will be able to find a cool laminate tile like them, or we could use just a row of them for your back splash or on the floor some where. I'm taking you here if you guys come back out here some time!