Straight From The Movies
Koontz - We're just about done with a remodel job that has been quite a joy. We've worked with this client before, so that makes things comfortable, and they have a lovely, old, (built in 1901), house that they cherish and use well. Along with the parents', there are two teenagers, three dogs, one cat, one turtle, several fish in a pond along with bullfrogs and tadpoles and who knows what else. Quite the active abode.
We moved the wash area from the corner of the kitchen to the upstairs, renovated the downstairs bath, and are now finishing up the wifes' dream kitchen; which came right out of a movie set. My client has spent 20 years or so compiling a folder with pictures and notes regarding her dream kitchen and after several meetings, we put together a plan. A couple weeks into the job the client came across a magazine that featured a kitchen based on a design of a kitchen in a popular movie. My client saw that, and our plans took an unexpected segue...
Interestingly, the segue wasn't too far off the original plan compiled from the client's notebook. The new design incorporated all the elements she wanted, but she was able to see the cohesive whole, and she loved it. So back to the drawing board for a bit, and we've been using the movie and the magazine as our blueprint ever since. It's been a fun, if complicated job---but all our answers seem to be in the tiny little pictures of the magazine! We're close to finished-waiting on our granite guy, who was loathe to install what we requested, and seems to be trying to give us as much time to renege as he can!!! But the client is determined, it has to be like the movie! I think she'll love the space and I am anxious to sit down with my feet perched over the fish pond, petting the dogs and viewing our handi-work. If I'm really lucky, perhaps someone will be cooking dinner too!
P.S.-This was the job with the botched windows by the way. Windows still aren't right-they look lovely now that we've got them trimmed out, but operate poorly. A top brand, (that begins with a large "P"), that I don't ever want to be involved with again! The client, and we, think it will be the one disappointment on the job and we're all ready discussing how we can rebuild them!
We moved the wash area from the corner of the kitchen to the upstairs, renovated the downstairs bath, and are now finishing up the wifes' dream kitchen; which came right out of a movie set. My client has spent 20 years or so compiling a folder with pictures and notes regarding her dream kitchen and after several meetings, we put together a plan. A couple weeks into the job the client came across a magazine that featured a kitchen based on a design of a kitchen in a popular movie. My client saw that, and our plans took an unexpected segue...
Interestingly, the segue wasn't too far off the original plan compiled from the client's notebook. The new design incorporated all the elements she wanted, but she was able to see the cohesive whole, and she loved it. So back to the drawing board for a bit, and we've been using the movie and the magazine as our blueprint ever since. It's been a fun, if complicated job---but all our answers seem to be in the tiny little pictures of the magazine! We're close to finished-waiting on our granite guy, who was loathe to install what we requested, and seems to be trying to give us as much time to renege as he can!!! But the client is determined, it has to be like the movie! I think she'll love the space and I am anxious to sit down with my feet perched over the fish pond, petting the dogs and viewing our handi-work. If I'm really lucky, perhaps someone will be cooking dinner too!
P.S.-This was the job with the botched windows by the way. Windows still aren't right-they look lovely now that we've got them trimmed out, but operate poorly. A top brand, (that begins with a large "P"), that I don't ever want to be involved with again! The client, and we, think it will be the one disappointment on the job and we're all ready discussing how we can rebuild them!
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