A new perspective on home.

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Working sketch of the Saddle Creek house, front

We start with the house you have and draw a clear path to construction.

We start with the house you have and draw a clear path to construction.

Most homeowners have thought about their project a thousand times. Our job is to listen carefully, ask the right questions, measure what is really there, and distill it all into a plan that is right for you and your house.

Working sketch of a brick cottage
Working sketch of the rear of an existing house
Working sketch of a kitchen
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of a living room
Working sketch of an existing house from above
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of a kitchen
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of the rear of an existing house
Working sketch of a game room
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of the rear of an existing house
Working sketch of a kitchen
Working sketch of the rear of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of a living room
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of the rear of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of a great room
Working sketch of a covered porch
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of a kitchen
Working sketch of the front of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of the rear of an existing house
Working sketch of a kitchen
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of a living room
Working sketch of an existing house from above
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of a kitchen
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of the rear of an existing house
Working sketch of a game room
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of the rear of an existing house
Working sketch of a kitchen
Working sketch of the rear of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of a living room
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of the rear of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of a great room
Working sketch of a covered porch
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of a kitchen
Working sketch of the front of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house
Working sketch of an existing house

01

Initial Consultation

We start in the house you have.

02

Site Visit and Capture

A laser scanner on a tripod in an empty room of an older house, afternoon light through the window

Laser scan, photographs, and measurements first.

03

As-Built Documentation

A hand-drawn graphite floor plan with the new addition drawn in darker line

Drawings of what is actually there, in feet and inches.

04

Schematic Design

Elevation study: the existing house in graphite, the proposed addition in sepia ink

Options drawn against the as-builts.

05

Design Development

Materials, systems, and the exterior, resolved.

06

Construction Documents

A clipped set of design drawings, plan and elevation, held flat by a brass scale rule

Documents your builder can price and build from.

FEATURED PROJECT

the Saddle Creek house

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

A whole-house renovation drawn from a laser scan of the existing house: a new covered porch and entry, a relocated stair, an opened main level, a new kitchen and master suite, and a finished basement.

Working sketch of the Saddle Creek house rear porch, new work in dark ink

Every project starts with a conversation about the house you have and the home you want.

START A CONVERSATION

Plumb Home Design · plumbdesign.studio · (205) 565‑5771

1957 Hoover Ct, Hoover, AL 35226 · est. 2022

Serving Birmingham, Alabama and Middle Tennessee

Working sketch of an existing house