Continuing to prepare for our first born:
As
you know, my wife and I are currently preparing for our first born child. For
the last month or so, we have been gathering the baby “necessities”, attending
baby showers, and prepping for parenthood. I mean, come on, I’ve learned more about the female
anatomy, infants, labor, baby product do’s and don’ts, and even breastfeeding
in the last couple months than a man really should or needs to know. EVER! What was once my home
office sanctuary, AKA: Man Cave, has been transformed into the baby’s room.
Being
the architects that we both are, Kim and I are planners—to the extreme! And
being the technology savvy guy I am (hence the title of my blog contributions)
I like finding complicated solutions for simple problems. So when it came to
the baby’s room, you know it wasn’t going to be a simple task…
First
and foremost, I must announce…. IT’S A GIRL!!! Although I
kind-of-sort-of-half-wished-hoped for a boy, I always knew it would be a girl.
After all, my wife is ALL girl, all pink, all the time. The furniture and
bedding had already been chosen so we had a rough place to start for room
colors. So this made the room design easy… right?
STEP ONE: Model the entire room
In
Revit of course! This allowed for the best real-world color and lighting
studies in a variety of programs. I also made sure that the geographic location
and orientation was accurately set. (I told you this wouldn’t be simple.)
STEP TWO: Export into 3D Studio Max
I produced low resolution images just to study the color and light—which reduced the image processing time from 20 minutes to under 2 minutes, but still allowed for soft shadows and color gradients that were based on real world parameters. I put the furniture in the model, too, so the room lighting would be that much more accurate, since this room is north facing and would be lit by diffuse north light instead of direction southern light. The final result was not a sea of pink, but some cooler colors that contrast well with the brighter accent pinks in the room.
I produced low resolution images just to study the color and light—which reduced the image processing time from 20 minutes to under 2 minutes, but still allowed for soft shadows and color gradients that were based on real world parameters. I put the furniture in the model, too, so the room lighting would be that much more accurate, since this room is north facing and would be lit by diffuse north light instead of direction southern light. The final result was not a sea of pink, but some cooler colors that contrast well with the brighter accent pinks in the room.
STEP
THREE: Step back and revel in my skill
That’s
right. Because of my due-diligence, we were able to narrow down the color
palette and patterns to a select few, in one afternoon!
STEP
FOUR: Get to the real work
80+
hours of… Painting. Taping. Wiping.
Scraping. More painting. Cutting. Crown moulding. Organizing. More painting.
Adhering. Putting together. Taking apart. Putting back together again... And more
painting.
STEP
FIVE: Have a beer
Well,
next month I will be a
father and the baby adventure will be under way, so I’ll won’t be posting again
for a while. But when I do, I promise no more baby talk... just good ol’
tech stuff.
Until then,
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