Early Work from Cathexes
The first presentation from Cathexes contained three
designs with different approaches. We were immediately drawn to one of
them:

The sweeping curve and balance of this drawing was very appealing to us.
We asked them to rearrange the great room layout and see what that
did
The next images were much more finished:
First Floor
Second Floor:
An alternate sketch of the first floor was also looked at:
Then we got to a drawing that is pretty much what we know as the current
design: