A Total Concept, Service-Oriented Design Firm Offering Architecture, Surveying, Engineering, Interior Design and Landscaping

Jim Tebbs, founder of the Tebbs Design Group in Bend, admits that his technically savvy and environmentally aware firm shares an earlier design approach in how the character of the land sets the design tone, the design wholeness and integrity, and their sensitivity to the qualities of natural materials.

Tebbs says, “With a sustainable vision for the future, our design team infuses the present with the architectural character and beauty of craftsmanship that we find in the past, creating spaces that nourish and embrace the human spirit.” To accomplish this, Tebbs Design Group starts with the site, the client’s lifestyle and space needs to inspire a design. Then, the integrity of the resulting design continues through all aspects of the exterior, interior, and transition spaces.

As far as appearance and the design tradition, Tebbs Design Group remains flexible about the design vernacular that best matches the home to the client’s wishes and the site. “We don’t have a signature design style. Good design is good design, regardless of style. For the past 15 years, we have built for a wide range of styles and blended styles from lodge, Arts & Crafts, modern, Tuscan, Spanish Colonial, and French Country,” recounts Jim.

Creating a home’s sense of unity and harmony starts with knowing the site. “The best value a homeowner can gain in the investment of building a custom home is to have the home carefully placed and designed for the site,” explains Jim. To him, there is more to the site than what is within the property line, especially in scenic areas like Bend, where people come for the beauty of place and the views.

By conducting their own site surveying work, Tebbs Design Group can analyze and identify view corridors for specific places on the lot. This allows them to plan the design around the views early in the process. The lead home designer and clients discuss and prioritize views for the rooms and the times of day to be enjoyed. Sensitivity to the site also results in proper massing, natural light, privacy and integrating the home to the land through outdoor living transition spaces. Careful siting is also vital to gaining the best passive solar advantages. The Group also offers active solar design, if the client wishes and lot design restrictions don’t prohibit it.

The client’s personality and lifestyle tailors each home for their personal comfort and enjoyment in ways they have never before experienced. To elicit this, the team gets to know the clients through a series of meetings that identifies the space needs, how they will be used, and daily routines.

Once the design is approved and underway, the clients stay easily in loop through the website. Even when traveling, they can stop by an Internet cafe, log in, and see their plans and progress reports. A quick call or email from the client updates the design team. This emphasis on making it easy for the client caused one client to tell Jim Tebbs recently that they felt out of step at a recent social gathering, when everyone else there was complaining about their frustration with their new home’s design and build process. The Tebbs client said their own experience was just the opposite— “Interesting, enjoyable, and they got exactly the results they wanted.”

However, it is the whole process, not just close client communications that is intended to get the client what they want. As a total concept design firm, Tebbs Design Group includes in-house expertise for engineering, interior design, and landscaping. That way, the whole team closely holds the designer’s vision. In this way, details like stonework ease from outside in, and moldings, cabinet selections, flooring, and window coverings keep consistent to the proportions, textures, and rhythms of the design.

To bring the contractor into this closely working team, Tebbs Design Group provides highly detailed design drawings. “The clarity and detail of our plans have won praise from building officials and contractors. Our accurate and sensible construction documents are a result of knowing the building process,” Tebbs notes, and adds, “The benefit to the client is keeping the process simple and the project on budget.”

While this complete package of services is available in-house, there is also the option of selecting some, but not all of the offered services through a menu-style approach. Also, Tebbs Design Group extends their expertise to others for surveying, engineering, interior design, and landscape.

Tebbs Design Group is ideal for custom home clients in search of the perfect blend of efficient space planning, site unification, style, attention to detail, and service. Add to this mix sustainable building practices and experience with environmentally friendly non-traditional building materials. For more budget-minded clients, there is the option of stock plans and consultation.

To learn more about the Tebbs Design Group and their approach to unity and harmony in design, find them on the web at www.tebbsdesign.com, or call the firm at 541-389-0375. They design homes throughout the west. Offices are located at 547 SW 13th Street, Suite 201, Bend, Oregon, 97702.