Project Process: Site Prep for McMinn

When a tree falls and no one is around to hear it… does it make a sound?.. For our project in Washington, the contractors are getting started by doing some site prep. Even though that means some trees had to be cut down (don’t worry it was approved by the City), there are still plenty…

New Year, Same Sh*t, Better us? – Project Goals for 2024

Here are our top 5 Project goals for 2024! Number 1 – Get a Certificate of Occupancy for the Ridge House! This project has traveled a long hard road, and it would be nice to get it across the finish line this year! We started working on this project in 2013… Can you believe it?…

Real versus Relative

We’ve had a few projects recently, that have required us to edit basic information in our Revit models, specifically levels and topography (or now that we are in Revit 2024, Toposolids). This can seem like such a simple task. I mean, we set our levels and all we need to do is update our base…

Day in the Life … Hayne visits Claremont

a day full of meetings… Polli & Blanca road trip! We have quite a few projects currently in Claremont California varying from feasibility studies to ones under construction, so you know what that means… a Field Trip! A couple of weeks ago we decided to stack as many meetings as possible and see what we…

Project Spotlight: De Mille Dr

Hey Friends! We recently got some photos from the Contractor at our De Mille Dr project and thought we would share them with you! The floor refinishing process is about to start, so we won’t be able to check in for a bit, so it’s nice to see the progress pics!! Check them out!!! Getting…

Project Spotlight: Ridgehouse nears completion!

Oh my!  Could it be??  The Ridgehouse project is almost complete…   Yes!  We are so close to the finish line with this project that has been on our boards, off our boards, and back on our boards since 2013!  Yes, you read that correctly!  This 10-year project is almost done! Who knows… now that this…

Project Spotlight: DeMille Drive and the battle of the Whites

So many whites, so little time. Our DeMille Drive project with Eric Hughes Design is under construction and ready to pick exterior paint colors! Yay! And so, the battle of the white paints begins… Which will win?

Project Spotlight: Claremont House Color Story

A traditional house gets a traditional color scheme with Farrow & Ball paint, Morris & Co., and the Mural Source wallpaper. GROUND-LEVEL PROPOSED COLOR STORY SECOND-LEVEL PROPOSED COLOR STORY LINK TO COLORS & WALLPAPERS SPECIFIED: I cannot wait to see these rooms completed!!! Check back soon!

PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: OLD CLUBHOUSE LIGHTING STORY

Our Old Clubhouse project is nearing the finish line and we are finalizing all the decorative lighting specifications to really make these updated interior spaces pop! Our interior designer HJH refers to lighting as jewelry and we couldn’t agree more! These office specification meetings involve our Ipads hooked up to our build.com accounts (see our…

Project Update: Plant the Trees!

Welcome back Friends! We are making great progress on our Calabasas ridgetop project and have come to the stage where the exterior finishes are being completed and the landscape trees are starting to be set in the ground. This is exciting to see and helps the project come to life! Landscape around a property is…

Product Spotlight: Grohe_Eurocube Line

Hello lovelies! If you saw our last post, we shared the Water Works Bond collection Revit components we made and we thought, why don’t we keep the sharing going!? So this week we will be sharing the Revit components we made from Grohe: Eurocube collection. We are using them for a residential project in Washington!…