


Clarify Your Design Intent
This is a simple exercise I use to break down a renovation and I ask all my workshop participants to do this at the beginning of their planning process. It’s called “Clarify Your Design Intent.” We do this early because it helps us wrap our head around the entirety of the renovation.
Plus it does wonders to calm the nerves of my workshop participants. It calms their nerves because for the first time, they can see the whole project in front of them. They couldn’t see it before because they just didn’t know, and that not knowing what to expect was stressful. After completing this exercise, they know what to expect.
All you need is something to write with and to write on. If you find yourself wondering if an item should be in one category or another, don’t worry. Just make your best guess.
This is a simple exercise I use to break down a renovation and I ask all my workshop participants to do this at the beginning of their planning process. It’s called “Clarify Your Design Intent.” We do this early because it helps us wrap our head around the entirety of the renovation.
Plus it does wonders to calm the nerves of my workshop participants. It calms their nerves because for the first time, they can see the whole project in front of them. They couldn’t see it before because they just didn’t know, and that not knowing what to expect was stressful. After completing this exercise, they know what to expect.
All you need is something to write with and to write on. If you find yourself wondering if an item should be in one category or another, don’t worry. Just make your best guess.
This is a simple exercise I use to break down a renovation and I ask all my workshop participants to do this at the beginning of their planning process. It’s called “Clarify Your Design Intent.” We do this early because it helps us wrap our head around the entirety of the renovation.
Plus it does wonders to calm the nerves of my workshop participants. It calms their nerves because for the first time, they can see the whole project in front of them. They couldn’t see it before because they just didn’t know, and that not knowing what to expect was stressful. After completing this exercise, they know what to expect.
All you need is something to write with and to write on. If you find yourself wondering if an item should be in one category or another, don’t worry. Just make your best guess.