...Designing My Own Path...

Welcome! Every week for the next year, I will be posting an original floor plan and designs that reflect my belief in simple living.   I've been toying with the idea of buying land and building a small cottage, or starter home, that I can use one day as a studio or guest house.  I've found a few inspirational images from Houzz and Pinterest that really fuel the designs, and I hope you enjoy!   Week 4! As my obsession with cottage designs continues, this week I'm inspired more by the beach and water, and thought of a plan that reflected this new inspiration.   Saturday I spent the morning kayaking on a lake with a college friend, and I would love to have a small dwelling along the water.  Lake Jean I would love to stick with natural earth tones, and add pops of blue, like the image below. Source Awesome side table I saw at TJ Maxx this past weekend!  Would work well with rounded glass top! The breakfast nook could house a simple whit

Welcome! Every week for the next year, I will be posting an original floor plan and designs that reflect my belief in simple living.   I've been toying with the idea of buying land and building a small cottage, or starter home, that I can use one day as a studio or guest house.  I've found a few inspirational images from Houzz and Pinterest that really fuel the designs, and I hope you enjoy!   Week 3! When I was in grad school, I had an assignment where I had to create a 120 sq ft dwelling for a client with " the fear of being inside a house."  Easy right?  The best solution - a glass house.  I used Phillip Johnson's Glass House as inspiration. Source The kitchen had to be super small, yet not cut off the space from light. This limited the ability to place cabinets and appliances against the wall, but this little kitchenette provide the best option for flexibility (and a dishwasher!)   Source And another option! Source

Welcome!   Every week for the next year, I will be posting an original floor plan and designs that reflect my belief in simple living.   I've been toying with the idea of buying land and building a small cottage, or starter home, that I can use one day as a studio or guest house.  I've found a few inspirational images from Houzz and Pinterest that really fuel the designs, and I hope you enjoy!   Week 2! I like the idea of keeping my plans simple, but there will always be consistencies throughout.  I tend to always put the laundry within the walk in closet, or with easy access to one another due to the fact that the most laundry one has, is clothes.  So often you see the laundry off of the kitchen or in a mudroom, yet that creates a constant need to bring clothes back and forth throughout the rest of the house.  I would much rather carry a few hand/dish towels through a bathroom or closet than to carry loads of clothes back and forth.  Also, if you're

Welcome!   Every week for the next year, I will be posting an original floor plan and designs that reflect my belief in simple living.   I've been toying with the idea of buying land and building a small cottage, or starter home, that I can use one day as a studio or guest house.  I've found a few inspirational images from Houzz and Pinterest that really fuel the designs, and I hope you enjoy!   Week 1! Although I've been working on a design for a compact space for a while, the image below truly kick-started my " cottage crush ." Source I love the idea of a small home, on a nice piece of land, and really appreciating the outdoors.  As an avid hiker and kayaker, I've been discovering what nature can provide and with this realization, I find that homes do not need to be enormous, but only well designed.   Below is a simple design that I believe holds true to this idea of simplicity & function.   As one who like