How to Design Houses, Redux

Months ago I talked about creating a section for the website to talk about designing houses with Home Designer 6.0 Pro, and though I spent a lot of time working on it, I never managed to take the thing to completion. Harumph!

The biggest problem I had was the design, itself. I chose a design that was much too complex, and the process of resolving all the design issues began to obscure the things I thought were important. Perhaps we would all be better served if I chose a much simpler design (much more like the houses we all live in), and show how to take it from idea to finished renderings. So that's what I'm going to do.

Yeah, I know I said this before (read here, and here), but as Bullwinkle once said (such a sage he was!): "This time for sure!" We will start with a recent design I have already done, and I will go back through the process (knowing the outcome should make that much simpler), and demonstrate the steps. I'm also thinking of publishing pages as I go, so that the website might be more like a serial. You would have to keep checking back to see what might be new.

On a related side note, lately we've been using a new software development methodology called Agile Development that, among other things, stresses an iterative approach, and breaking up large tasks into small tasks. It seems to be working, so I think I might just see how I can take a more "agile" approach to website development. It might not work, but then again, it just might work better.

Some favorite quotes:
"Never begin vast projects with half-vast ideas."
"There is no substitute for clear thinking."

So, on those notes, we will begin ...