It's Done!

Project Inspiration

I'm in the process of finding inspiration for one of my other projects.

It's for this place called 'The Cosmic Nudge' an alternative healing facility.

Our client loves nature and such. I'm coming up with a few different ideas to 

present to her. One of the ideas I have has to do with peacocks.

I am starting to LOVE peacock. Their color and patterns are amazing!

I hope she loves this idea as much as I do!

{Ian't this picture AMAZING?!}

I also love these shoes! So fun!

What I'm currently working on...

For our first project we get to design a traditional living room. We were split into four groups and given a client.

My group's clients are Roger Spielman and Ted Backman. They are from Wales and currently live in Oregon. Roger and Ted own a Vineyard. 

This is my rough sketch of what the room will look like.

My Dream House

will have this amazing staircase/slide in it :)

I've been looking at floor plans and pictures since school got out. 

To keep my CAD skills amazing I'm going to design and 

build {in 3d on my computer} my dream house!

I've finished looking and bookmarking favorite things now I just need to 

compile them all and start designing!

NEW YORK!

Some of the things I have experienced in New York so far....

Driving is INSANE here. I think I almost died on my way from the airport to the hotel. They dart in and out of lanes super fast, turn corners super fast. There are lots of sudden speed up and stops. It is a very jerky and scary ride. I could never survive as a driver here. Thank goodness for walking and the subway. There are quite a few things that are freakin' awesome and close to our hotel! Yay! Pedestrians are a bit crazy too but I guess you have to be to survive in this busy city. The subway is awesome! It took me a bit to figure out how to work my metro card. But no worries, I've got it down now. :)  I love the look of the subways, all the mosaics and funky retro/old stuff. I'll have some pictures of them by the end of this week.

There is SO much to see! I hope I am able to fit in everything I want to do and still survive. At the moment I am running on about 2 and a half hours of sleep. Not very good/deep sleep either. Planes are not an ideal place to sleep. Goodness no. They even charge you for blankets and pillows now, so if you don't want to pay then you're stuck with your jacket as your pillow and blanket. And trying to sleep sitting up while trying not to end up on your neighbors shoulder or lap. Yeah, super hard. Thus explaining my lack of sleep.

New York is AMAZING though! I LOVE IT! There are cool things to see everywhere. So far I have seen: Ground Zero, Battery Park, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and some way cool buildings.
HAHAHAHA, Today while traveling somewhere on the subway this guy got on with his guitar and serenaded to the whole car of people. It pretty much rocked. Our own mini little concert. :)

Sorry if none of this made sense. I'm just jotting this down quickly before I go and do other things....like exploring or maybe even a nap. The hotel bed I'm sitting on looks better and better by the minute.
Picture coming soon to Facebook and here :)

NEW YORK! New York!

I am super excited for May!

Why? you ask.....

I get to go to New York! From May 9-14 ! 

The Interior Design Department is going and I'm tagging along!

Here are some of the places that I get to go....

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Richard Meier's Model Shop

The Guggenheim

MOMA

Philip Johnson's Glass House

The Statue of Liberty

And here are some places that I want to go....

I want a picture in front of this!

See Wicked on Broadway!

Central Park!

If you have any ideas of places to see please let me know!

sorry for my absence....

but I have a good excuse.  :)

You see in the Interior Design program at USU (sophomore year) you get put through this ordeal called Tiny House Heck. (they didn't say heck but you get the point). anyway, I didn't see why they called it that until a few weeks ago when this monster project came crashing down on me. 

At the beginning of the semester I was able to keep up on all my classes plus everything else pretty easily but then the workload for my ID classes kept getting heavier and as its my major and I love it ..... Interior Design became my first priority.

For my Tiny House project we have to come up with a house that is modern and around 1000 square feet total. We then get to dive in and build it in Auto Cad (2D, we get to learn 3D next semester). We do the floor plans, elevations and the site plan. Our teacher then goes through the red-lining process with us so that our line weights and everything is just right. It takes forever and can get very frustrating having someone cover your hard work with red lines. But in the end your project looks amazing so its worth it.

My Elevations on the Presentation Boards plus Me and some Classmates at the reception they held for us!

My Floor Plans and Site Plan

These are my Axonometrics. They are hand drawn and are hard until you get the hang of it :)

After those items are perfected you get to print them out and do your presentation boards and come up with a name for your house and logo. I chose 'Versprei' it means spread-out in Afrikaans.

After the Presentation Boards come the model. You have a choice to have it laser-cut and made out of wood or build it with foam-core. I chose the cheaper option which was the foam core. We had two weeks to build our model, including Thanksgiving. oh joy! we spent about 4 days building my model when Jake discovered that one of my walls was majorly crooked. Not good at all. This one wall threw everything else off and because foam-core doesn't look good when you tear it apart we had to start all over again with some new foam core. Realizing this initiated a breakdown on my part. We called it quits for the night and decided to start again the next morning (which was the day before Thanksgiving).

That next day we basically lived at the ID studio, after 15 hours of hard work my model was built! YAY! We went down to Orem Thanksgiving day and then on to Price with my family after that. Because of the snowstorm on its way and my hillside that needed to be built we came home early on Saturday night. 

We spent Sunday night and Monday morning putting the finishing touches on the house and got it done just in time to be put on display. It felt so good to finally have all the craziness of Tiny House out of the way! Plus its way cool to see your hard work on display for anyone to see. So.....if you happen to be up in Logan, stop by the USU student center on the 2nd floor and you'll see my Tiny House plus 17 others :) They are all amazing, everyone did a fantastic job!

That pretty much summarizes things :)

I have to add that if it weren't for Jake i might possibly be dead. He was the one who kept me sane, fed and made me go to bed. He also helped me organize my thoughts and made my vision of the

 house actually happen how I wanted it too. He is such a wonderful guy and 

I'm so glad he tolerates me, helps me and loves me :) 

here are some pictures of my model......

An inside look on my house, Jake did an excellent job on the furniture!

If you do end up seeing my model please be careful with it :) its my baby and I might have to

 hunt you down if it is harmed in any way. 

just sayin'