When planning your own custom home, thoughts and ideas fly in and out your head. It can be one of the most exciting things in the world but also it can feel a bit overwhelming. There are many things that need to be taken into consideration before spending money. What are the essentials when designing a vacation home?
The Location Will Ease the Design
The outcome of your design with always be related to the location of where you’ll have your new vacation spot. The Ottawa area has so many stunning options, like building a cabin nestled deep in the Ottawa Valley, a waterfront home in the Rideau Lakes, or a ski chalet in the Gatineau Hills. Of course, you may want to build a vacation home in a different country or hemisphere! The aesthetics, material planning, and even construction timeline will change depending on the place you want to build your vacation home, so always keep that in mind.
Set All Your Ideas
Remember a vacation home is a place to relax and leave your troubles back at your other home. So you’ll want to make a list of the colours that de-stress you, type of kitchen you’d like (country? modern? restaurant-inspired?), and aesthetic elements. Anything is possible – as long as you can afford it – so get creative. You can always scrap ideas during the brainstorming process, but when inspiration strikes it can lead to magical architecture.
Let the Pros Help You!
Let’s face it, most of us have an idea of what we’d like, but transmitting that into a reality can be daunting. When you don’t have the necessary skills it can seem almost impossible to realize your dream. Custom home builders in Ottawa like Theberge Homes are important to have on your side to ensure your dream home is not only beautiful but practical. We sometimes drift into crazy things without thinking about safety and logics of certain features. Don’t be afraid to hire talented and well equipped builders for the job.
Plan For The Future
The idea of a vacation home is to ensure a spot, almost sacred, where you’ll return from time to time again. This can even span decades. Remember to always think about the future, maybe when the family gets bigger and your kids go with their kids, you’ll want to have a sufficient array of rooms with well-distributed bathrooms. If the space is very limited, always design creative ways to fit bunk beds, storage space in walls, you name it. Make versatile spaces. For example right now you might need a nursery, but in a decade you may want to use that space as a home office or art studio. Be proactive in your design.
Have fun with this, it’s your own dream home. Don’t be afraid to ask for help and have someone else give you more ideas and turn your own into a better ones. Contact Theberge Homes for custom home building and home design services in the Ottawa area.
