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My Kitchen

1. For this assessment I had to make a kitchen using the cabinet icon on the bar and use the cabinets to put on the wall and I also painted it so it does not look so bad. I also learned ho to put counter in and to put in sinks. I also learned to make a sofit on top of the cabinets so it does not look like the cabinets are just hanging there. I learned how to put a cabinet on top of the range by shaping it right so it would fit.

2. Most of the skills that i have learned can help people remodel there kitchen and figure out new ways to arrange the cabinets and counters. the skills could also help you under stand how they have made your own kitchen at home. The new skills could also help is you were planing to make a kitchen.

3. One of my problems that I ran into was the sofits and where they went and what purpose they had in the kitchen. I just read from the book on how to fix the problem. I had to go with what the book told me for the specifics sizes it need to be.

4. I was successful with the assessment because I had followed the instructions that the book gave me and also be creative in the posses. The skills that I have learned from this can help me when we start a new house and a new kitchen.

5. I was creative In this assessment by coloring the cabinets different and adding accessories like the knife set and the coffee maker. I also customized some of the draws of the counter tops and and colored the appliances different.

My Awesome deck

1. In this assessment I have been working on exterior part of the house. In this chapter I had to add and deck on to the house and all the accessories.

2. In this chapter I have learned hot to add a deck on the side of the house. I used to build deck railing and drew a deck on the side of the house using the right sizes and measurements to make it look the way it is. These skills could help me in the future when you have to add a deck on a house or apartment.

3. These skills can be used in the real world by when you want to design a deck on the side of the house or a apartment when you move in.

4.One of the troubles I had was build those soffits that go under the deck to hold it up. When I had one of the soffits in the right place. Then to add the rest I copied the one I made correct and pasted then in the spots where they were needed.

5. To be successful I followed the instructions in the book and customized it some. Some of the instructions included was to add the steps on the deck and you could use those plans to build stairs on your own deck.

6. To be creative I added lots of accessories like the grill and the lighting that is on the wall. I also added lots of plants and a hose to water my plants. There was also some furniture on the deck but you can't see and the paint.

In my last chapter we were working on the deck. On my deck I added a lot of accessories on it like a grill, lawn chairs and some plants. In This chapter we worked on our landscape. The landscape is the ground surrounding your house. For my landscape I added a pool, gazebo and a red truck. In the back of the house I added a garden with a lawnmower and a couple oak trees where the picture does not show. In this chapter I have learned to explore the possibilities. I have also learned to change the time to show shadows on my house. I have also learned how to add a driveway to my house. These skills can help me in the real world by if you want to customize your yard or help you friend with his yard. With this chapter I have had trouble with setting the shadows on the house and making sure that that the shadows show. I have fixed that problem by going page by page in the Chief Architect to figure out how to do it. I was successful by following the instructions and being creative. I have shown creativity by adding what I think is cool like my red truck and super big pool.



In this part of the book I was working on the layout. These are also called blueprints. Blueprints are used when contractors want to build a house or any building. I made my layout buy taking pictures of my house that I built and posting them on a layout. To show the sizes on page 2 I had to switch them on in the 2D settings. In the past I was working on the house and In this chapter I put them on a layout. When I'm older I might want to be an architect. Architect has to design houses for companies and contractors. The architect has to make layouts of the house that the company or contractor wants. In this chapter I had problems with making the designs in the corner of the page and i solved that by trying again and again until I got it right. This was the last chapter of the book. In this chapter we had to build a one-story house on a hill. First I made a one-story house. That was pretty easy. Then I had trouble trying to make the hill that my house would be on. I had to use the landscape tool to make slopes at 30', 60' and 90'. After I did that I let the computer do the rest and make my hill. These skills would help me if u want to build a house or building on a slope. In the past I was working on a house on flat ground but in mountain area it would be a lot harder. In this chapter I showed creativity by adding furniture and fixtures to the interior and exterior or the house.

What would you have for a logo? This would be my logo if I had my own company. In the last chapter I was working on a one-story house on a hill and now I am making a logo that goes on my layouts and company. There was really no problem with this chapter is was really all creativity in the project.



This is the front of the house. The siding of the house is all recycled. The paint is also green. The house was built on a site that has already been used for farming. There was no trees cut down to build the house. The construction it took to build this house was vary green. Every part of the house is recycled or is recyclable. The lighting on the porch is efficient lighting. The windows have this chemical between the glass to stop heat loss. There is also a well on site to take water from.

This the back of the house. The back of the house has all the same features. The deck is all wood from a local lumber mill and also has a coating of green preservative to stop eroding. The lighting is the same as the front of the house.The deck on the second floor helps to keep it colder on the first floor in the summer.



This is the Dinning room. The dinning table is made from a local carpenter from trees in his back yard. The paint is "green". The flooring is also from a local carpenter with a "green" polish to make it look good. The light is also "green" like the outside lights. In all the rooms the is pipes in the floor used for radiant heating. The wood doors are also recycled from a house down the street.



The family room has a lot of green technology. The TV is a energy star qualified along with the stereo. There is also a thermostat to keep the house at a good temperature every season. All the furniture has been purchased from a local seller and all the furniture has been recycled.

This the roof of my house. There are two black rectangles on the roof witch are solar panels. The top one is a solar hot water heater that heat the pipes in the floors for radiant heating and the bottom one is regular solar panels that power every thing. There is also rain water collectors on the right side of the house with is used for the solar hot water heaters. There is also a wind turbine on the back yard to generate more power. The roof is also recycled from old houses and buildings.There are gutters on the side of the roof to catch all the rain water that is coming off the roof and use it for the solar heater.



This is the right side of the house. There are gardens and compost piles witch is used for the leftover organic food to turn into fertilizer for the other plants. There is a water collecting system by the porch. In the shed lies the geothermal energy pump with pumps water down into the earth where it is heated up and used for every thing in the house like for showers.

This is the kitchen where most of the house power is used up. All the appliances used here are all energy star qualified. All the cabinets are made from local wood and painted with "green" paint. The dishes are made from recycled material. The lighting is also "green". The refrigerators are made better to stop ozone depletion.The counter tops came from a local marble mine. and the tiles were made in the US. This is master bath on the second floor. The master bath has a low flow toilet with a water saving shower. The tile flooring came from a local store that was renovating. The paint is also green and the cabinets came was made from local wood.The paint is also "green". The Master Bedroom. This room has green paint and desk made from a local carpenter. The lighting in the room is also green. The TV is extra size but it is also an Energy star. The chairs are also made local. The computer is also energy star qualified. All the furniture is also made from local wood.



These are my back up water heaters and furnace to keep this house warm. There is also a vacuum unit design to get rid of all the dirt and dust in the house out side. Every thing here is located in my garage with my electric car and bike. There is also a back up generator in the garage to help power every thing if the power goes out.

=2 Story House= A common wooded home



This is a common 2 story home with a 3 car garage. The home has all new green features like spray foam insulation and energy star windows. There is a lot of cool new features in the house like radiant flooring and a rain water system.

The cost on this build is a little price with all the green features. You could get the plan that does not have that many green features. The maintenance is surprisingly little because every thing is mostly easy. The siding just needs to be washed. There is some problems about cleaning the windows on the second floor There is not much accessibility for disabilities because everything is mostly on the second floor and basement. The heating and cooling is easy because the house has radiant heating and an electric furnaces to keep it warm in the winter and has in house AC to keep every thing nice and cool in the summer.

This is the Garage of the house. There is a work shop in the right corner where there are power tools. There are water draining systems in the floor so water ever water that has not been used can be used else where in the house.There are pipes in the floor for radiant heating witch the also helps to heat the second floor.

This is the family room witch can be changed into any room you want. There is classic wall boards that came from a local lumber yard. With a big open window there is a lot of solar heat.

This is the second floor. Where the living room, kitchen and dinning room are open giving it that roomy feeling. There is alot of open space for what ever you want. The heating is simple because of the openness of the room.