MCM gingerbread house

From here

cabin

the Crandall Cabin is the best way to spend Christmas. I am so looking forward to lazy days by the fire, reading good books, cross-country skiing, snow-shoeing, sledding and riding snowmobiles. Plus spending time with the most awesome family ever!

Mom the chef loves to bake, and of course Dad is right there to taste test the batter!

kell bundled up like an eskimo!

Seth riding the snowmobile

sledding in the forest...

fresh snow on Christmas morning.

quintessential Christmas.

Every time I think of Christmas I immediately remember years and years of going to the cabin. Its sad to think it may not be in our family for too long, above any other place I think the Cabin holds special memories for me. Its small and quaint and just perfect for a winter getaway.

renderings

gag....

These are real renderings from a professional interior designer. Seriously? If I had turned these in for design school, they would be promptly rejected. If there's one thing I learned about quick sketching, is always use a straight-edge to make the wall lines. Or, make it purposely wavy like a "napkin sketch".

The other thing my art classes taught me was never do the "zig zag line", you should always pick up the marker at the end of the line, instead of creating these zig zags. Wow, I still cannot believe that clients accept this. I get the value in a quick sketch, but would anyone be able to envision what the room is supposed to look like after seeing these renderings?

On a second note, head over to the ASID student design competition. GO USU!!!