Cliffs Home & Living Showcase

Inspiro 8 Studios welcomes everyone to stop by on May 2nd & 3rd for a time to meet and greet at the The Home and Living Showcase on May 2-3 at The Village at The Cliffs at Mountain Park. The event is open to the public on Saturday, May 2, from noon to 4:00 p.m. and on Sunday, May 3, from noon to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free; however, a $10 donation is encouraged to benefit Habitat for Humanity – Greenville County. Additional event details are available at http://www.mountainparkvillage.com/.

The Home and Living Showcase is the perfect opportunity to explore the latest trends in home design and construction by meeting acclaimed builders, interior designers, and home and landscape architects. For those who are contemplating building a home, the Home and Living Showcase will offer a turnkey environment where one can explore everything from financing a home construction loan to viewing the latest materials and products available. Product samples, demonstrations, and expert advice make this event one that will not only generate great ideas but jump-start any residential construction project, whether that is a custom home built from scratch, a beautiful organic garden, or remodeling effort.

The Home and Living Showcase is part of The Cliffs’ 20th Year Celebration, a season of special events being held throughout 2009 to commemorate this special time in The Cliffs’ history.

Located on Highway 11 (Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway) in Travelers Rest, S.C., near the intersection with Highway 25, The Village at Mountain Park is a pedestrian village located midway between Greenville, S.C., and Asheville, N.C. The Village will feature a home design
center, boutique retail, restaurants, and Class A professional office spaces, as well as residential and lodging options. The Village at Mountain Park is already home to The Player Group’s North American headquarters; Preserve Health, a team-based family medical practice; and Carolina Legacy Trust, a non-profit foundation. Liquid Highway, a Greenville-based coffee house, will open in Summer 2010. For more information on The Village at Mountain Park, including driving directions, visit http://www.mountainparkvillage.com/.

Giving back ... one house at a time.

Recently Inspiro 8 Studios began working on a project in the Historic Hampton-Pickney District dowtown Greenville. In contributing to the City of Greenville's revitalization of the area, our studio had begun working with a local investor to refurbish one of the original row houses built in the area in the 1920's.

Time has definitely taken its toll on many of the residences in the area, many falling into disrepair over the past decades. However even in seeing this home in its roughest form, there is an formidable beauty and elegance that once made this home an exquisite place to live. In walking through the rough structure of the residence, there are many of the elements and details still present that makes these turn of the century homes have the character that draw so many people to them.

We have taken the time to inventory these details and now are beginning to work with a local builder to restore the home to its original beauty while implementing changes to the floor plan to accomodate what is needed for our modern lifestyles today. We are excited about this project and look forward to continuing to help with the revitalization of this area!

"There is an undiscovered beauty, a divine excellence, just beyond us. Let us tiptoe, forgetting nearer things, and grasp what we may." - Bernard Maybeck

Allowing our clients to visualize!

One of the things that we pride our company in is the ability to allow our clients to visualize their projects before construction ever begins. Recently we have completed a project where a client approached us with a purchased set plan drawings ("The Clairemont" by Don Gardner Architect). Our role was modifying aspect of the plans to develop client modifications while blending within the Cliffs at Keowee Falls South community.

Benjamin Moore Paints has now created an interface which allows us apply the exact color of their paints in our rendering application. Utilizing photography of stone selections and roofing materials Inspiro 8 Studios is able to produce realistic depictions of the completed residence with material selections for our clients to review and modify while still in the design phase of the project. As designers we enjoy the whole process of the design and are pleased that we have the opportunity to further enhance existing designs while helping our clients to visual the outcome of the project early on.

Cliffs at Keowee Springs, Lot 99 - coming soon in 2010

Cliffs Home & Living Showcase in May

Inspiro 8 Studios invites everyone to stop by their booth on Saturday, May 2nd and Sunday May 3rd for a "meet and greet time" with the design staff at the Cliffs Home and Living Showcase Event.

The event will be held at the Cliffs at Mountain Park - we invite everyone to stop by ... we promise a day of interesting design ideas and expressions of the creativity that we provide to our clients.

For more information about the event, please contact the Cliffs Communities at 1-866-435-5123.

Ground Breaking at the Cliffs at Keowee Springs

Inspiro 8 Studios is pleased to announce the ground breaking of a custom residence at the Cliffs at Keowee Springs. This 7,700 s.f. residence focuses to showcase the client's extensive art collection encompassed in a residence design that blends classical French design elements within the context of a modern architecture. The project is scheduled to be completed in 14 months and the firm is excited about the road ahead.

Work continues on the interior design of the project with the design team. Check back for more images of the project underway!

Happy New Year

A Happy New Year to everyone. With 2008 comes new changes and great new beginnings. Inspiro 8 Studios is now running full steam ahead with many new projects already beginning this year. We are excited about the road ahead with all of it's twists and turns - we've got a "vehicle" ready to take on anything - and we mean it!

Many thanks again to all of the support and encouragement in 2007 from everyone. Your thoughts and prayers have made this dream come to fruition. Our mantra for 2008 is a quote we came across last year as Inspiro 8 Studios was in its genesis and sums up everything about life, love, and the passions of our work ...

" Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau