Statesman Article

The recent groundbreaking at Mueller was the subject of an article in the Statesman today: Mueller breaks ground on first homes. Though they don't mention it, the first new homeowner they profile, Aaron Wine is a blogger as well; you can read his blog over at Design & The Car Dependent City.

Checking Out Our Lot

So, the roads are finally done in the "phase 1" area of Mueller. This weekend, Jill and I went by to snap a couple shots:

That's our corner. Here's our lot:

Not much to see, but as they say, "watch this space". More pictures, as always, here.

Trees

Got this note from our Standard Pacific rep, today:

I just received a "Tree Map" from our Project Manager and wanted to pass the information on to you. In addition to your standard landscaping package you are tentatively going to receive one Cedar Elms planted in front of your home between the sidewalk and the curb. These will be 65 gallon trees with a minimum size of 3# caliper. All of the streets in the neighborhood will be tree lined. It is going to be lovely.

Nice! Trees rule. I'm happy there will be a lot of them.

3D Designing

So, after a few weeks of going through noob tutorials on Blender, I finally got up the gumption to try doing a simple model of our future house. Or, specifically, our future kitchen. Witness its glory:



OK, sure. Not much yet. But wait'll I put another, say, 350 hours into it. It'll look awesome.

The main point in doing this, at the moment, is actually to try to make some educated decisions about the interior design of our kitchen. More on the design process soon. But what you see here, friends, is beige walls, white cabinets, and black granite countertops.

Squint really hard. You'll see it.