Odic Force Magazine . . .

Well a new publication is about to hit Austin - its going to be a FREE, ad driven publication featuring arts/techno/architecture type Austin stuff - did I say it was FREE. It's due out in March. The reason I mention this is because they're doing a feature on modern homes in Austin and one of their photographers (Daniel Perlaky) came out today and shot our house (all came about through our architect, Travis Young) - kinda cool and a little stressful at the same time. Who knows if any shots of our house will actually make the magazine, but we'll soon see! Anyway, as the house was clean I took some shots myself . . . enjoy!

Exterior . . . (I love our new Bullet planters from hiphaven - http://www.hiphaven.com - seen in front of the wall as well as in our living room a few shots down)





Alex's room (painted) . . .




Interior . . .

let the weekend projects begin . . .

Well, now that we're in, there are a plethora of things to be done to make our house a home (and a little more functional).

Project #1 has been in the planning process for a while - we intentionally left our loft/master closet area kind of bare bones with the intention of customizing it later - well later is now. We installed an Elfa closet system two weekends ago - which worked GREAT, I was very impressed with the install simplicity - here a quick shot of that . . .


And this weekend was my desk/bench project which has gone through many guises until landing on a final design. Google Sketch-Up was priceless in my design work (oh yeah, it's free) - here's what I planned in Sketch-Up . . .


And here are some progress pix of the build - BTW, all done with products from the good folks at Ikea (Pronomen beech wood countertop material and Effektiv cabinets and doors) . . .











Also kicked off some painting projects - kid's rooms first, here's Addison's new paint job . . .



Alex's room is in progress - more to follow when done . . . oh, and our new starburst clock, and contemporary twist on a modern classic . . .

getting set up and grass

We're slowly getting everything where we want it and had a BUNCH of Zorro Zoysia sod installed late in the week. Here are a few pix . . .

Front left . . .


Front right . . .


Back . . .


Livingroom . . .


from the other side . . .


diningroom - I love the Blu Dot "Sprout Table" we got from IF+D - THANKS KRISTEN!! . . .

Downstairs gameroom entrance . . .


looking out the windows of gameroom onto the deck and back yard . . .