Finding And Defining “The What”
Clarity opens the door to accomplishment.
Explicit and complete answers to key questions will define the what.
You must walk through the door.
Key Questions
These questions are to be applied to persons, places, ideas and things.
- What do you want?
- What do you need?
- What can you not do without?
- What is important?
- What is essential?
- What is preferred?
- What doesn’t matter?
- Unique or cookie-cutter?
- Budget or no budget?
- Solidity or flexibility?
If it were a house, what is the style?
Examples of styles:
- Adobe
- Arts And Crafts
- Art Deco
- Art Nouveau
- “Barndominium”
- Baroque
- Bauhaus
- Beach
- Belgian
- Beaux-Arts
- Brutalist
- Bungalow
- Cape Cod
- Chinese
- Colonial
- Contemporary
- Contemporary Craftsman
- Country
- Craftsman
- English Cottage
- Farmhouse
- Federal Colonial
- Florida
- French Country
- Georgian
- Greek Revival
- Industrial
- Japanese
- Log
- Mediterranean
- Mid-Century Modern
- Modern
- Mountain
- Northwest
- Persian
- Prairie
- Ranch
- Renaissance
- Shingle
- Spanish
- Southern
- Southwest
- Traditional
- Tudor
- Tuscan
- Victorian
- Rustic
- Italianate
- Gothic
- Queen Anne
There are obviously more styles, sub-styles and combination styles of architecture, but this is the shortlist.
Roof
What shape of roof? Flat? Gable, Gambrel? Hip? Dutch Hip? Combination?
What roof material? Tile? Shingle? Terra cotta? Concrete? Metal? Color?
How long do you want it to last?
Is cost a factor?
Roof overhangs how much?
Define “The What” Explicitly and Completely
Style, composition, materials, structure, components, manufacturers, models, accoutrements, features, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fixtures, appliances, wall, ceiling and floor coverings, construction, shapes, sizes, acoustics, colors, finishes, etc.
Plan it as you know it will come to be.
Your chances of success are much greater when nothing is left to chance.