If you’re worried about building and designing your dream home because you aren’t a designer (and don’t want to hire one), I’ve got good news for you. You don’t need a designer … you just need a crystal clear vision BEFORE building your dream home.
Ready to confidently build a house that you absolutely LOVE and is perfect for YOUR family (now + into the future) … without blowing your budget? Learn how in my *FREE* masterclass, ‘How to Build Your Dream Home on Budget WITHOUT Sacrificing Your Must-Haves’. 🙌 Grab your (virtual) seat here!
Vision Before Building Your Dream Home
Links Mentioned in this Episode:
- BEFORE YOU BUILD℠ Course
- BEFORE YOU BUILD℠ Waitlist
- *FREE* CLASS (‘How to Build Your Dream Home on Budget WITHOUT Sacrificing Your Must-Haves’) 💪
Below is a transcript of this podcast episode.
Hey there! Welcome to the ‘Before You Build’ podcast. I’m your host, Carrie Barker (aka, Caroline on Design), and today in episode 68, I’m sharing the key to designing your dream home when building.
The Key to Designing Your Dream Home
If you want to get to the end of your home build without regrets and without blowing your budget, you have to start by clarifying your vision for your future home in crystal clear detail … long before you ever break ground.
I’m talking detail that is SO clear that you can see your future home and you can easily communicate that vision to your builder so they can see it too.
This step is CRUCIAL if you want to bring your dream home vision to life.
Here’s the deal …
If you go into your home build without a clear vision, you don’t really have an end goal to work towards, so it can feel very overwhelming to make decisions for your house layout, as well as your design materials and fixtures.
How to Envision your Dream Home
So now you know that it’s very important to envision your dream home so that you have a clear vision of what you’re working toward.
But you might be wondering … how do I even begin to envision my future home?
Well, I have good news for you.
You don’t have to be a designer to design your dream home.
You just need to know where to start … and I’m going to tell you the exact framework I teach my clients inside my BEFORE YOU BUILD℠ course.
These are the exact steps I teach them to clarify their vision in crystal clear detail.
My ‘Vision Clarity Framework’ walks you step-by-step through how to clarify your vision for your dream home in immense detail … right down to where your kids will do their homework or where your grandkids will sit when you cook together (and other everyday things like that).
I’m going to give a quick overview of the steps in the ‘Vision Clarity Framework’ so you have an idea of what you need to do when it comes to envisioning your dream home.
Again, you want to clarify your vision for your future house so that you can clearly and effectively communicate it to your contractor and other members of your home design team.
THE ‘VISION CLARITY FRAMEWORK’ STEPS:
01. START WITH YOUR ‘WHY’
02. YOUR FUTURE HOME VISION
03. GATHER DESIGN INSPIRATION
04. OBSERVE → DEFINE → REFINE
05. CREATE YOUR ‘VISION STATEMENTS’ (step 5 is where you get really crystal clear)
Obviously, we can’t go into all of this today, so I just want to point out a couple of things that are super important … and you are welcome to hop on the BEFORE YOU BUILD℠ waitlist if you want to dive deeper into the ‘Vision Clarity Framework’.
Let’s talk about Step 3 (which is Gather Design Inspiration) because you can start on this RIGHT NOW … TODAY.
It’s really simple.
👉 Either log in to Pinterest (or Instagram) or start a free Pinterest account.
👉 Start scrolling and saving any design inspiration that jumps out at you.
👉 You can create a ‘dream home’ folder and save all of your inspiration there.
👉 Eventually, you’ll start noticing common themes in the inspiration photos that you’re saving, and these themes will clue you into how you envision your future home.
That’s it.
It’s that simple to get started.
Now, it gets a little trickier and more strategic when it comes to paring down all of your inspiration and that’s where step four of the ‘Vision Clarity Framework’ really is a game-changer.
Step four is when you go through all of the inspiration images you’ve saved and you strategically ‘Observe, Define, and Refine’ your vision.
I walk you step-by-step through this process inside BEFORE YOU BUILD℠.
But in the meantime, just remember that key to designing a house that you absolutely love and works perfectly for YOUR family is envisioning your future home in crystal clear detail.
Your vision will serve as your guide and filter as you design your dream home.
And, when it comes to staying within your budget, your vision will help you say ‘yes’ to the right things (i.e the things that are most important to you) and ‘no’ to the things that aren’t as important to you.
The more clarity you have about your future home …
- the more confident you’ll feel about your floor plan layout and design
- the less you’ll second-guess your decisions
- the better able you’ll be to convey your vision to your builder (or architect) so they are able to fully understand your vision for your future home
Next Steps
The key takeaway from this episode … you do NOT have to be a designer to design your dream home.
You just need a crystal clear and detailed vision of your future home so that you know what you’re working towards creating.
You can go ahead and get started today by gathering design inspiration.
I also invite you to my FREE masterclass, where I will teach you the exact same framework that I teach my students inside my BEFORE YOU BUILD℠ course.
This framework will help you build a house you absolutely love and that is perfect for your family … without blowing your budget.
Grab your FREE seat at carolineondesign.com/free-training.
I’ll see you there.
Ready to confidently build a house that you absolutely LOVE and is perfect for YOUR family (now + into the future) … without blowing your budget? Learn how in my *FREE* masterclass, ‘How to Build Your Dream Home on Budget WITHOUT Sacrificing Your Must-Haves’. 🙌 Grab your (virtual) seat here!
