Notes from Bill Hirsch October, 2009

I went over to a friend's home the other day, and she had her house beautifully decorated for the Fall Season. However, she lamented the fact that she had to use one of her bedrooms to store all of her seasonal goodies. Her home was not designed with enough storage space. When you are laying out your plans for your home, don't forget to add closets and areas to keep all of the occasionally used items such as seasonal decorations and party needs. If you like to entertain, you will surely need to have a place to keep your nice tablecloths, napkins, glassware, and serving pieces. If you like to decorate, like my friend, you will need an ample storage area for fun decorations. Some people set aside an area with large shelves and use crates and containers to organize their items. In other homes we have arranged ways to hang up wreaths and decorations on the walls to keep them from getting crushed.
While you are thinking about storing your holiday decorations, you also need to remember to include your holiday lighting needs when making your electric plans.

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The month of October has marked the 20th anniversary of the Chatham County, NC Habitat for Humanity Organization. They have had various activities celebrating the 20 years of service this month. On October 24th they had a dedication of the 89th home to be built by the group. Congratulations! http://www.chathamhabitat.org/ We continue to contribute a portion of our book profits to this worthy cause.

In September Bill attended the "Reinvention Convention" which is an annual conference for Residential Architects. Topics discussed included making residential architecture more relevant to the needs of society, using media and technology to promote good design, and sustainable building.

Next month Bill will be speaking about Residential Architecture to the Minnesota AIA convention in Minneapolis. Thanks for your support!If you have any comments or questions, please contact me at hirschnc@nc.rr.com, or go to one of my websites, http://www.designingyourperfecthouse.com/ http://www.williamhirsch.com/

Bill William J. Hirsch Jr. AIAArchitect and Author of: Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect
#1 Bestseller on Amazon.com Awards: Best Book, USA Book News, Gold Medal Indie Book Awards, Silver Medal ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year, Bronze Medal IPPY BooklAwards.