Is perfection really necessary when building a home? Do you need to drive yourself, and your architect, crazy just to make your home look like a magazine picture? A picture, by the way, that is generally unattainable for less than $800.00 per square foot. The effort of building a home seems to bring out an expectation of perfection in clients that is both unrealistic, and misses the joy of custom design. A custom home is more like a hand-painted object than a perfected, reproducible objective. Look around at beautiful architecture, and see the flaws as the “soul and beauty” of the building. Those are the characteristics you can incorporate into your home.
Read the full article here: Notes on Perfection – Custom Home Magazine