Cromwell Design Build

Free renderings, and drawings your trades can build from

We work alongside your architect from the first plans, render every room before anything is ordered, and draw the millwork and finishes in a form carpenters, cabinetmakers and contractors can build from.

A kitchen in rift-cut oak with a lit slatted bulkhead, curved open shelves at the end of the run and a waterfall island in a veined green stone with boucle stools
A walk-in closet with smoked oak wardrobes behind glass doors, a black stone island with an open jewellery drawer and a round backlit mirror on a black stone wall
A home bar with navy cabinets, a wine fridge and brass shelves lit from below against a full-height wall of Taj Mahal porcelain
Renderings of a kitchen, a walk-in closet and a bar

Working with your architect

We join at the planning stage, not after the drawings are finished, so cost and buildability are part of the design from the start.

Ground floor plan of a house with a two-car garage and tandem bay, a mudroom and laundry, a great room, a breakfast area, a kitchen with an island, a dining room, an office and a covered loggia with an outdoor kitchen, with every room and wall dimensioned
The ground floor plan of a house we designed, from its drawing set. Its kitchen, beside the covered loggia, is drawn in elevation further down this page.
  1. PlanningThe site, the zoning and the budget, reviewed with your architect before the design is fixed.
  2. DesignEach version priced as it develops, with the structure and services checked as the rooms take shape.
  3. Permit drawingsEngineering and coordination, so the permit set matches what will be built.
  4. Construction drawingsMillwork, stone, tile and finish details, drawn for the trades who will build them.
  5. On siteQuestions from the site answered against the drawings, and any change priced before it goes ahead.

Renderings, free of charge

Front elevation drawing of a two-storey brick house with precast stone quoins, a stone bay over the front portico, a slate hip roof and a black glass garage door, with each material noted and the floor, eave and ridge heights marked
The front elevation, from the drawing set
The same house rendered at dusk: red brick with precast stone trim, a slate hip roof, a stone portico and a black glass garage door, lit up on a residential street
The same house, rendered

We render the outside of the house and the rooms that matter most before anything is ordered. You see the stone against the roof, the light in each room and how the millwork meets the walls, while a change is still easy to make.

The renderings cost you nothing. They’re how we make sure the house you approve is the house we build.

  • The exterior, front and back
  • Kitchens, baths and the principal rooms
  • Materials, finishes and lighting
  • Updated as the design changes

The drawings the trades receive

The kitchen of the same house, drawn for the cabinetmaker and the stone fabricator. Every part is dimensioned and every material is named, so nothing is left to guesswork on site.

Millwork drawing of a kitchen range wallElevation A of a kitchen range wall 17 feet half an inch long at 1:20: drawer banks either side of a 48 inch range, a hood and a full-height backsplash in Taj Mahal porcelain slabs, floating shelves and wall lights, with every dimension marked. Section 1 at 1:10 shows the base cabinet 24 inches deep and 36 inches high with a 4 inch toe kick. Six keynotes name the materials.1M-20112345617'-0½"6'-6¼"4'-0"6'-6¼"3'-0"7'-0"10'-0"24"36"4"Section 1Base cabinet, 1:10Keynotes1Taj Mahal porcelain, 1600 x 3200 mm slabs2Hood clad in the same porcelain3Floating shelves448" range, centred on the wall5Drawer banks, three each side6Counters in Taj Mahal porcelainElevation AKitchen range wall, 1:20DrawingKitchen, elevation A and section 1Prepared byCromwell Design BuildProjectPrivate residenceSheetM-201

Drawn from the drawing set of a house we designed. A full set adds plans, more elevations, sections and details for each room with millwork.

What a set of drawings includes

Plans and elevations
Every wall with millwork, drawn to scale.
Sections and details
How each piece is built, and how it meets the wall, the floor and the ceiling.
Dimensions
Every dimension the shop and the site need.
Materials and finishes
Each part keyed to its material, finish and edge.
Hardware and appliances
Hinges, slides, pulls and appliance openings.
Services
Outlets, lighting, plumbing and venting, located where the millwork needs them.
Who they are for
Carpenters, cabinetmakers, stone fabricators, electricians, plumbers and general contractors.

Questions about design and drawings

Do you work with architects?

Yes. We join at the planning stage and stay through design, the permit drawings and construction, pricing the work as it develops and checking structure, services and buildability along the way.

Are the renderings really free?

Yes. We render the house and its main rooms at no charge, so you can see the design before anything is ordered.

Can my carpenter or contractor build from your drawings?

Yes. The millwork and finish drawings are made to scale and fully dimensioned, with every material named, so a carpenter, cabinetmaker or contractor can build from them directly.

What do the drawings include?

Plans, elevations, sections and details for each room with millwork, with the dimensions, materials, finishes, hardware, appliances and service locations the trades need.

Can I bring drawings I already have?

Yes. Send us your architect’s or designer’s drawings. We’ll review them for cost and buildability, then render and detail what the project needs.

Have drawings from your architect?

Send them with the address and what you want to build, and we’ll tell you what we need next.