Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Design Process: Step 3.





Step 3:  Search our Flickr  Feed

See that cute little baby in the corner of our photostream?  That's Sam Garman.  Jim is confident that someday Sam will thank him for stealing his identity for our Flickr feed because of the primo yahoo address registered well before Sam could talk let alone type.  Or search Flickr.  

Flickr is how we catalog our houses.  It's our portfolio (we know, fancy word for 'database' but we had to veto that word on account of it being just too boring and not worthy of describing our awesome collection of house pictures.)

Your time on Flickr will be well spent...we recommend the following searches so you're well prepared for your upcoming design appointments.   Think of it as fun house homework.  We promise, this is fun homework.

Search #1:   Exterior colors

We've labeled each picture with the paint colors, roof shingles and trim colors so you'll know the exact colors you like (and in some cases, don't like).  This will help tremendously when you're faced with the task of picking colors you like from a collection of samples that are way smaller than the size of a house.

Search #2:  Kitchens, Master Baths  & any other spaces you have a vision for...

We love the search feature in Flickr.  Type in kitchen and you'll get transported into every kitchen we've ever built!  Type in Master Bath and it's instant access!  You can even type in your neighborhood name and see what all of your neighbors houses look like.  It's so fun.

Enjoy!  See...we told you homework could be fun.