Five short questions about what you actually like. At the end you get a Vision Brief — a one-page summary of your taste, in the language architects and builders use. Bring it to your first meeting and skip three months of guessing.
Free. No account. Nothing is sent anywhere until you choose to send it.
Pick as many as you like — most people pick two or three, and the overlap is the interesting part.
Choose up to four. These words end up doing a surprising amount of work on a real set of drawings.
Pick the spaces worth spending real money on. Everything else gets built well — these get built beautifully.
Honest ranges for a Houston custom build, informed by 85 homes. This sets expectations early — which is the whole point.
There's no wrong answer — this just changes what we'd suggest you do next.
Optional — a lot, a wine cellar, a mother-in-law suite, a deadline, a worry.
Bring this to your architect, save it to Shawn's HQ, and use the playground below to explore an early shape.
Adjust a rough site and massing diagram. This is a visual thinking tool—not a floor plan, code review, structural design or architectural service.
The design assistant and massing playground are conversation starters, not substitutes for a licensed architect, engineer, survey, permitting review or code analysis.