12_29_07 work in progress pics

some nice progress on the site walls

The Real Ground Breaking

Today the big guns came in and tore shit up.

Kinda Strange but Cool

Check out this chair!Kinda ugly kinda cool

Water!

Quick Note: Water was installed at the site today by the city. Now we can really begin construction!

Going out to dinner

A cool site and some cool interiors here

STUDIO GLAM

This is pretty much how I want my kitchen area to look like. Lighter color wood floors accented by dark wood cabinets and then topped off with white counter tops. I also like the chairs in this photo a lot. Just the overall feeling of this area feels right in this picture.

More of day 1

Here are some more pics of the clearing of the land. even a before and after shot

DAY 1- It has begun

Today marks the first real day of work on our new house. The lot was cleared (grubbed) which is really cool to see and makes me feel good the process of building has finally begun. 

A very cool house

Check this ... very interesting use of space and lines.

Click here for goodness

Public

You can also check out our house on Public's web site here. We are very happy with the amazing job they did for us. 

PUBLIC

Amazing Designs

This site has got a lot of cool home designs. Real cool.

www.re4a.com

Our Lot

Here is the lot we bought in Del Mar. The clearing of the land will be delayed till this Saturday. But here it is.... void of any construction.

We bought the lot from a man that has held on to it since he purchased it in 1973 for 13k. The area used to be for the professors of SDSU. Now it's called Del Mar terraces.

Some cool stuff

Some more cool ref. Like the book shelves for our kids rooms. 

MoCo Loco

Here is a really cool website that has sparked a lot of ideas for the house. It's all about modern design and has a wonderful amount of product and interior design entries. check it out

MoCo Loco

Here are some more renderings. Just heard that we are going to start to "grub" the land tomorrow. I'll post a pic of the lot in a bit. 

plans

Here are some old floor plans and studies. Although this house is much smaller than our last house, I think it has a better use of space and a more interesting use of that space. All in all it's going to be a 2600 sqf home which is fine for us. 

Some Ref

Here are some pics that we are into for reference for our interior.

Let the fun begin.

Ok. So we about to start construction of our new home and we're all excited. I'm going to try to document the construction of the home and post other little tid bits of info here. Public of San Diego designed the house and in their words....

"The Project is about erosion; of sand and rock, and time. It is about the uncovering of an artifact and the scarring that etches even the strongest material. The project will map these discoveries.

The project is constructed upon a series of sluice gates, or battlements. These heavy "of the earth" fragments are our basis of current knowledge, the foundation of our present and future.

The construction that takes place upon and around this history can not stand alone. It must reach down into the past, and either embrace, reject, or negotiate with it" Well said.