Custom homes
Plans shaped around the people, routines, land, views, budget, and long-term life the home needs to support.
A home that helps you live well
Custom home design, renovation planning, and conscious design guidance from licensed architect Talor Stewart.
Our room-by-room method
Designing for how you live, every day.
Talor looks at the daily rhythms a home needs to support, then turns that clarity into better design decisions.
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Talor helps translate what matters into spaces that feel both beautiful and deeply supportive.
Conscious Home Design client theme
Architecture with a clearer brief
Before plans, get the life of the home right.
Most project stress starts when people draw too soon. The Conscious Home Design process clarifies the home’s purpose first: how people arrive, gather, sleep, move, create, restore, and connect.
- Licensed residential architecture and planning
- Zoning, permitting, budget, and contractor conversations
- A practical path for new homes, additions, and renovations
How Talor can help
From early vision to buildable direction.
Renovations and additions
A practical path for improving flow, privacy, gathering spaces, sleep, work, movement, and daily ease.
Zoning and permitting guidance
Early thinking around feasibility, local requirements, project sequence, and the decisions that can derail momentum.
Construction phase support
Architectural guidance as drawings become bids, schedules, contractor conversations, and built reality.
Rooms that work harder
Every space has a job in the life of the home.
Meet Talor Stewart
Architect, author, and guide for the home before the floor plan.
Talor has spent more than 25 years helping people improve life by improving the home. His work connects residential architecture with the everyday habits, relationships, and goals that make a house feel right.
Read about the book
Reader and client response
The idea lands because people feel it at home.
This is very deep, very profound. I really had to look into myself. This is good, good work. It is amazing!
I really love this! I was surprised and delighted to discover Talor's inside out approach to home design.
Conscious Home Design helps our physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. Talor has an excellent method to achieve this.
Choose your level of support
Start with a call, a consultation, a workshop, or the full collaboration.
Consultation
One-on-One Project Support
$479
A focused conversation for homeowners who need clarity before they build, renovate, hire a contractor, or commit to a path.
- Build or renovate tradeoffs
- Feasibility, zoning, and permitting questions
- Contractor process, pricing, and next steps
Private planning
Full Collaboration Experience
$15,479
A hands-on way to explore, discover, plan, and create the vision for a new home or substantial renovation.
- In-person discovery at your home
- Goals, lifestyle, cost, permitting, and contractor planning
- A cohesive concept that pulls the whole home together
Home study course
Conscious Home Design Online Workshop
$5,497
A self-paced workshop for people who want to clarify the home they really need before speaking with an architect, builder, or contractor.
- Seven guided sessions
- Exercises for vision, relationships, rooms, wishlist, and budget
- Bonus resources for contractors, bids, and next steps
From the desk
Thoughts on creating homes that support what matters most.
Start the conversation
Let’s design a home that supports your life.
Share the project, the place, and what you want the home to support. The first useful step is clarity.