art & architecture: Custom Cabin Design

This client had assembled an extensive and specific list of the characteristics that would comprise her custom cabin design. She needed that list translated into an image she could frame and keep in front of her on her desk as a motivational tool. Following is a summary of those characteristics taken from dialog:

• Single level structure on a gentle slope in the woods near water
• Integration of structure into and minimal disturbance of the existing landscape
• Three bedrooms (one master, two guest)
• Master to have an office incorporated into it
• Porch is to be a focal point
• Open floor plan maximizing use of windows to offer views from every room in the house
• A view from the entry through the house to the porch and beyond
• Kitchen opens into a great room
• Fireplace
• Wood, wood, wood
• Wide plank wood floors
• Board & Batten style exterior siding (horizontal)
• Blur the distinction between interior spaces and outdoor spaces
• Cozy, small
• Sun through the trees
• Earthy green colors on the exterior
• Natural, earthy but not country
• Boulders
• TREE HOUSE!!!

Here are the initial sketches for her dream home (she was ecstatic):
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