MY PROJECT IS DONE!!

The biggest project I have ever done is finally done! I have spent the last month of my life completely immersed in this project and its finally done and I don't even have any time to breath! I have another project to do before the semester ends for this same class plus about 4-5 others that have to be done by like April 4th... thats only two weeks away! This is insane! haha but I have discovered that I absolutely love designing kitchens. I think it is the best part about residential design and there is so much detail in it, its great! The kitchen I designed was for a older couple who just retired to a beach house on the shores of North Carolina. I wanted to reflect the old southern elegance, charm, and casual attitudes found in the south while using natural materials that reflect the ocean and shore colors and textures.

So... here are pictures of my concept board... the board I needed all the samples for and the rendered elevation that I did for the kichen...

You can click on the pictures to see a bigger version of them...

and this is my design concept...

"A custom kitchen surrounded in modern elegance will be bathed in the casual attitudes of the surrounding coastal areas. Natural beauty and durability will be the underlying feel in the space created through the use of line, color, and texture. Curvilinear lines inspired by the unpredictable organic shapes found along the Atlantic shores will be repeated throughout the space. Layered lighting will increase the harmonious feel of this airy entertaining atmosphere while emphasizing the tremendous view of the ocean. The use of contrasting colors and textures will be used in the cabinetry, backsplashes, and counters to create a rhythmic space to accommodate an active, retired couple planning for the future."

Anyway, Jonathan is in Minnesota again this week... he comes home on Friday... which is also his birthday!!! so thats pretty exciting! But let me know what you think of my project!!

Update...

So things have been pretty normal around here. I've been working quite a bit and I try to keep up on most of the things I do except for writing on this blog thing. So some new things that are going on in the life of Jonathan and Dawnelle...? Well we have decided that we are going to Mexico this summer and we are back packing from the North to the South of Mexico....I think its going ot be a really cool trip getting to see all the many sights in Mexico.... So, we bought a book at Barnes and Noble all about mexico and the crazy stuff to go and see...We have a trip planned out now and we kinda have a jist on what we are going to do....So thats the plan we have for the 7 week beak we have in the summer time...We are planning on staying in Mexico for about 3-4 weeks...
Next thing that we have on the list...We are going to the World Cup in 2010 in South Africa!!! It will cost prolly around 4-5 thousand but it will be something that will be really cool to go and see...soo we have my friend ron and his soon to be wife going with us also...which means it will happen because we're two sets of people that when we say we are going to do something...we do it....anyways...we think it will be really cool to go over there and see all the really cool things that go on in africa and maybe go on a safari and then head to the north to Cairo....I really want to go there...anways...sooo thats what we have going on right now and im getting kinda tired of typing......but Ill try to write some later....bye.....