My husband, Chris, and I recently found a love for DIY (okay, mostly, me). We’ve built two “builder-grade, cookie-cutter” homes and are starting the process of building our third, fully custom home on our dream acre of land in the country. I don’t believe it’s about getting "Instagram-worthy” photos. It’s about finding joy in the journey of creating and loving the home you live in, as imperfect as it may be!
This blog is intended to be a place to share the history of our first two homes and the journey to Lewis Loft 3.0.
Fourth Draft of Preliminary Floor Plans
Continuing to make our way to a final set of plans, we’re basically into the final refinements for the actual floor plan, and soon we’ll be seeing 3D renderings!
Third Draft of Preliminary Floor Plan
The third draft of our preliminary floor plan is in… and we are definitely getting closer to the final draft! We’re down to some smaller minor changes!
Second Draft of Preliminary Floor Plans
The second round of preliminary floor plans is in! Our thoughts…
First Draft of Floorplan
Probably one of the most exciting points of building Lewis Loft 3.0 so far was getting our first draft of preliminary floor plans back from the designer. Sharing our thoughts in this post!
Coming Up With Our Initial Floor Plan Wish List
Our floor plan inspiration in phases up to the point of meeting with any architects.
Coming up with our Exterior Look
The entire process of how we got to our design inspiration for the exterior look of our home.
Selecting an Architect/Designer for our custom home design
What we learned through our process of choosing an architect.
Beginning Stages of Home Design
The journey of designing Lewis Loft 1.0, 2.0, and now 3.0 - in stages.
Office Chevron Accent Wall
This was one of those “I’m going to just do this right now without too much of a plan” DIY projects, and I’m still obsessed with it and love that it’s what I get to look at every day while I work.
DIY Shiplap Electric Fireplace
The biggest DIY project to date. But also the one I’m most proud of!