Architectural sketch of a modern farmhouse-style house with metal roof, large front porch, dormer windows, and an attached garage, set against faint trees and greenery.

Process

As a full-service studio, we will guide you during each phase from the early sketches through the construction process—staying hands-on from the first conversation to the final detail. We’re driven by your goals, respectful of your time, mindful of your budget, and guided throughout by an eye for sustainability.

Cozy beach house with warm windows on rocky shore at twilight

Our team personally receives and responds to everyone who contacts the studio. It starts with a brief call to understand your project, goals, and budget. From there, we meet at your property, prepare a complimentary design proposal, bring in our interior designers, and help you find the right builder for your project—so cost, construction, and the life inside your home are all part of the plan from day one.

  1. Schematic Design & Design Development
  2. Construction Documents
  3. Construction Administration
  4. Furnishings, Installation, & Turnover
1

Schematic Design & Design Development

We start by getting to know you and your home first—how you move through a day, who gathers where, what you’ve always wanted and what you’d like to avoid in the homes you’ve lived in before. We ask a lot of questions and work room by room until we understand not just what you want, but why it matters.

Architectural site plan sketch showing a property layout with buildings, trees, contour lines, a pond, pathways, and directional arrows indicating flow or views; the site is outlined in blue with a shaded purple area on the left, featuring various dashed and solid lines representing boundaries and terrain changes.
Hand-drawn architectural sketch of a house complex with a main two-story building, a garage, and a smaller building, surrounded by trees and garden plots, under a cloudy sky.

Because our architects and interior designers work together from this first phase, the conversation never splits into “the building” and “the furnishings.” How a kitchen will actually be cooked in, where the light should land in the morning, how a mudroom survives a New England winter—these shape the floor plan and the structure as much as they shape the finishes, and the result is a home conceived whole rather than assembled in stages.

From there, ideas take physical form: site visits, early sketches, floor plans, massing studies, and energy modeling. As the design develops, 3-D models let you walk through the spaces and see how rooms relate to one another. Material palettes and interior character emerge here too, so you’re seeing inside and outside come together as one idea. By the close of this phase, we work with the builder on preliminary pricing by providing pricing documents to keep the home we’ve imagined grounded in the investment you’re planning to make.

A general list of services for this phase:

  • Site analysis-Zoning, Solar Orientation, Key view, Features
  • Energy Modeling
  • Concept Floor Plans
  • Concept 3-d Vignettes
  • Inspiration Images Latter (Part of Phase- Pricing Set)
  • Site Plan
  • Zoning/Planning, Board Meeting Preparation & Presentation
  • Building Floor Plans (With Overall Dimensions)
  • Building Elevations, Showing Materials and Window Design
  • Building Sections
  • Preliminary Structural Drawings
  • Typical Wall Detail, Showing the Building Shell Construction
  • Window & Door Schedule
  • Outline Specification
  • Review Construction Budget
2

Construction Documents

With the design approved, this phase turns everything we’ve shaped together into the complete, detailed set of drawings your home will actually be built from. Every dimension, every detail, every finish documented so the builder can execute faithfully. Because architecture and interiors were developed together from the start, the coordination shows here—lighting layouts, millwork, built-ins, and finishes are drawn in lockstep with the structural documents.

Architectural drawing showing east and north elevations of a multi-level residential building with detailed annotations on materials, windows, roof, and structural elements. The east elevation features dormer windows, a chimney, large central windows, and a staircase with railings. The north elevation includes multiple windows, a stone base, and a cantilevered glass section. Both elevations include measurements and material callouts like stone, wood, and metal roof components.

A general list of services for this phase:

In addition to services from previous phase
  • Additional Building Sections
  • Primary Interior Elevations
  • Lighting Plan and Fixture selections
  • Room Finish and Fixture selections
  • Coordination with HVAC
  • Coordination with Structural Engineer and any other consultants (Landscape Architect, Interior Designer, etc)
3

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION & INTERIOR COORDINATION

Large stone fireplace under construction inside a wooden frame building, surrounded by metal scaffolding and loose stones on the floor in front.

Now the home leaves the page and becomes real. We stay close to the work throughout construction—on site and off—making sure what gets built is what was drawn, working hand in hand with the builder, reviewing shop drawings, and handling change orders and payment applications so the project stays on track.

As the home nears completion, our interior designers take the lead on the final layer: furniture, lighting, textiles, rugs, art, and the details that give a room its warmth and character. We manage procurement and oversee installation start to finish. The day we hand it over, your house isn't just complete. It's home.

A general list of services for this phase:

In addition to services from previous phase
  • Bi-weekly Site Meetings
  • SK Drawings for Any Design Clarifications
  • Submittal Review & Shop Drawing review
  • Review Applications for Payment Between Client & Builder
  • Field Reports & Meeting Minutes
4

FURNISHINGS, INSTALLATION, & TURNOVER

A general list of services for this phase:

In addition to services from previous phase
  • Bi-weekly Site Meetings
  • SK Drawings for Any Design Clarifications
  • Submittal Review & Shop Drawing review
  • Review Applications for Payment Between Client & Builder
  • Field Reports & Meeting Minutes

Because we have a deep understanding of how you want to live in your home and experience the site, we incorporate furniture layouts and interior finish selections from the very beginning of our process.

As a full-service studio, we offer comprehensive furnishing services to complete your vision. We work closely with you to define the style of your home, and we can be involved as much or as little as you prefer. Some clients choose to be fully invested in the selection process, while others prefer to simply arrive at a finished home with just an overnight bag and toothbrush.

Our goal is to ensure your home is a complete reflection of your lifestyle. We pride ourselves on listening to our clients, and if you are unsure of your direction, we work hard to develop a design style that fits you perfectly. By collaborating closely with the builder, we ensure the construction is seamless and the furnishings are carefully curated so you can move right in.

Cozy living room with a large blue sectional sofa adorned with patterned and solid pillows, a brown leather ottoman with books and a throw, floral wallpaper above dark wood paneling, a window showing outdoor greenery, and a modern ceiling light fixture on a patterned ceiling.
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