Planning center
Everything you need to decide well, before you call anyone.
Design planners, published prices, a workbook to get your own thinking in order, and the rules that are specific to this coast. Written by the people who draw the rooms.
Start here
Four things to read before you spend anything.
From a first idea to a plan you can act on.
Before you begin
Twelve questions, a budget worksheet and a list of what to gather. Print it and fill it in at the kitchen table.
Open the workbook →GuideWhat it costs
Every design price, published: one room, a bathroom, a kitchen, a whole house.
See the pricing guide →GuideHow a project runs
What happens, in what order, what you receive at each stage, and where you can stop.
How we work →EssayWhy design is paid
The furniture store will draw your room for nothing. What you are actually paying for when you pay for a drawing.
Read the essay →
Cost and budget
The figures, in one place.
No email and no call to see a number.
Bathroom design planner
Three questions and you have the fee to design your bathroom.
Open the planner →ToolKitchen design planner
Three questions and you have the fee to design your kitchen.
Open the planner →Cost guideBathroom remodel cost in Pinellas
The five decisions that move the number, and where the money goes.
Read the guide →Cost guideKitchen remodel cost in Pinellas
Why a kitchen is harder to coordinate than a bathroom, and what that costs.
Read the guide →Specific to this coast
The rules that are different here.
Most of what is written about renovating in Florida was not written for Pinellas County.
The 49% rule
In Pinellas it is 49, not 50. What counts toward it, how it is measured, and what it does to a renovation budget.
Read the guide →GuideAccessory dwelling units
What each city allows on your lot, and why feasibility comes before design.
Read about ADUs →GuideRenovating while you are away
How a project runs when the owner is in another state for most of it.
For owners who are away →ReferenceCity by city
Permit timelines, flood classes and what is particular to each community we work in.
See the service areas →
Studio sessions
One hour on how to plan a room, led by the people who draw them. Small groups, at the studio, on Saturdays.
See the sessions →QuestionsThe hard questions, answered
What a design includes, what it costs, how long it takes, and what happens when it is built.
Open the help center →JournalNotes from the studio
Materials, drawings, and what we learn from the rooms we build.
Read the journal →
Plans and models