So being the anal detail oriented person that I am, before I even start to talk to builder, I’ve already designed my house, based on the starting point of one of my builder’s stock homes. I used Punch! Home Design -- Architectural Series 5000 to build up a virutal model of my home, and not just the home, but the home on the site.
Our house on Virtual Building Pad
Over the next few blog posts, I’ll be sure to let you see some more of my house design from the software. Right now I’m working on the Landscaping plan. But I am most proud of my Kitchen. It took a lot to plan my kitchen so it would fit in the foot print AND give me my much desired Island. I wanted to put the stovetop on the island, and the sink in the corner, but Matthew was concerned about grease spreading out into the house (when I wok, it’s not a pretty site).
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So we have the sink on the island and the stove top in the corner. And yes that is a stove top and hood specifically made to go in a corner; I saw it at a design center and knew that was for me!

I think that is TOO COOL and I actually got to test it out at a show center and it is a REALLY smart layout, you can actually use all 4 burners at the same time when cooking, it’s really easy!
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