VISIT WITH DESIGN DIRECTIONS

On Monday, November 25th I had the great pleasure of meeting with five designers at Design Directions

a premier residential and commercial design center in the Lewis-Clark Valley. They pride themselves on providing quality flooring, wall-coverings, counter-top materials, custom window treatments and expert design service. I met with the designers to discuss transforming a commercial space into two living spaces with a common entry and social space. The downstairs space is to be ADA compliant while the upstairs will be a one bedroom loft apartment for rental income that is ADA visitable. I discussed with the designers the concept used throughout the design was a watering can. One of the designers thought that my use of the round elevator in the shared entrance was a great idea of applying my concept, she also said that it looked like it belonged on the Palouse as it resembled a silo.

After discussing the project and showing them the floor plans of both spaces they were shocked that I had only been in the program for six months. One of the designers did question the attachment of the stairs in the shared entry, which you can see in the rendering I show them as a full set of stairs. I now wish I had showed the stairs as floating rather than enclosed. I think that would have given the front entrance a more urban feel with the style of elevator that I chose. I had an amazing visit with this group of designers, I am very excited to go back and learn from them.