Shingle Style Lake Home

Over at ron brenner architects we have been working on a new shingle style lake home for a client of ours. You can see the you tube animation below.

The home features an L-shaped plan configuration with the 3 car garage on the front leg of the L.  This allows all the public living spaces and the 3 second floor bedrooms above to be arranged across the rear of the home; taking advantage of the beautiful lake views.

Stillwater Craftsman - Ridiculously Good!

We have had a flurry of interest and activity for our Stillwater Craftsman recently.  Seems to me it might be appropriate timing to discuss what makes this home design so darn good.  Here are a few highlights:

• It's smart and efficient.  A really great new floor plan at just under 2100 square feet.
• It's darn cute
• It's adaptable
• Great mudroom
• Open but intimate living spaces
• It's 3d

The proof is in the pudding.  Take a look below.

An open and efficient main level floor plan with well organized circulation patterns.   Great connection with the outdoors, both front and rear. If desired the plan could also be adapted to incorporate a main floor owners suite.

Three right sized bedrooms including Owners Suite.

You can't say this is not cute!  Just the right amount of ornament - not too spare and not over the top decorative.

Open floor plan while remaining intimate.  Ingenious!

If you want to see more of this home design just go ahead and visit the following link at Simply Elegant Home Designs:   Stillwater Craftsman

Houzz on Fire!

I was recently at the "Capture, Communicate, Create" event at the W Hotel in Minneapolis where Liza Hausman from Houzz was the featured guest.  If you have never heard of Houzz you should probably check it out.

Houzz is quickly becoming a leading destination site for home design enthusiasts.  It features over 200,000 high quality interior and exterior photos that have been uploaded by the original designers.  This makes Houzz the Internet's largest database of design and decorating ideas.

Houzz has a number of features for homeowners, but I think the coolest is that you can create your own ideabooks.  It's the modern day version of the old "cut and paste scrapbook" from magazines. Preparing to build a new home or take on a major remodeling?  Create an ideabook and share it with your Architect. In my own practice I love ideabooks because it helps me to understand my clients tastes and preferences. With this information I can design something new and fresh, but in a vein I know my client will love.

So do check it out.  You can view the Ron Brenner Architects Houzz page at http://www.houzz.com/ron-brenner-architects.  

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