Custom Homes

Every custom home we design starts the same way: we listen.

 

Before a single line goes on paper, we want to understand how you actually live — how you move through your morning, where you work, how your family gathers, what you've loved and hated about every home you've lived in. That conversation is the foundation of everything that follows.

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We call our approach portrait work. Just as a portrait captures the essence of a person, a custom home should capture the essence of the family it was designed for. We don't have a signature style we apply to every project. What we have is a process — iterative, collaborative, and grounded in how people use space — that results in homes that genuinely fit the people who come to us.

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Our process

We work with clients through every phase: schematic design, design development, construction documents, permitting, and construction administration. We engage builders early because cost awareness during design makes for better decisions and fewer surprises. Structural and energy consultants come on board at the construction document phase, and we stay involved through the build to make sure what gets constructed matches what was designed.

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Most of our custom home clients are in Boulder County and along the Front Range — Niwot, Louisville, Lafayette, Erie, Longmont, and Boulder among them. We're familiar with the county's design review processes, setback and bulk plane requirements, and the permitting nuances that come with unincorporated sites.

What we bring

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We're builder-aware, which means our drawings are detailed enough to actually build from and our designs account for real-world costs. We're straightforward about tradeoffs — when a decision affects budget or buildability, we say so early rather than letting it surface during construction.

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Our portfolio spans a wide range of sizes, styles, and budgets — from modest infill homes in established neighborhoods to larger homes on rural sites. What they have in common is that they were designed specifically for the people who live in them.