If at first you don’t succeed – try and try again.  That’s the mantra anyway.

In architecture we call this stage ‘Preliminary Design’.  We know that it might not be quite right, just yet; But eventually the pieces will all come together.

If any of you reading this blog have mistakenly thought that we came up with the design for our future cottage overnight, let me put your minds at ease.  It’s been a labor of love for years.  YEARS!  Let today’s sketchbook installation serve as proof.  This sketch was done almost 10 years ago to the day!

I have an entire folder full of proof, in fact.  Sketches done on little scraps of paper.  In pencil and in ink.  Sketches of floor plan ideas and exterior details.  Sketch upon sketch upon sketch. And although I am not a fan of clutter, I don’t think I will ever have the heart to throw them.  They are a sacred collection.

Though they informed the design choices that eventually led us to that perfect layout we were looking for, each sketch has merit of it’s own.  And someday I would love to revisit each idea and come up with a set of simple plan books based on them.

Someday