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Get Organized With A Closet Office Conversion

If you're like me, you like to think of the beginning of a new year as a fresh start. A fresh start could translate into whatever is important to you in your life. One thing that is important to me is organization, and having a home office that is organized is key to reducing stress. It's refreshing to reorganize in order to simplify your life as much as possible.One of the best ways to do that is by making your home office more comfortable and more organized. But what if you don't have a office … [Read more...]

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Great Ideas For Storage Under Stairs

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Do you want to increase storage space, reduce clutter and make your home special, functional and unique? How about converting the dead space under stairs into storage under stairs. There is so much you can do with that little bit of space by using a little bit of imagination and creativity. Consider installing bookshelves, a closet, drawers, or whatever strikes your fancy, to create that little extra storage.   … [Read more...]

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What You Need to Know to Have Custom Closets Installed In Your Home: DIY or Professional Installation

Creating and planning custom closets in your home is probably one of the best things you can do for yourselves as homeowners. Organization is key to reducing your stress level and having an organized closet is a HUGE step to meeting that goal. Where do you start when you want to plan to have custom closets installed in your home, either professionally installed or a DIY installation? Let's start with how much stuff you have stuffed in your closet. Obviously, custom closets aren't limited to … [Read more...]

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Spruce Up Your Walk-In Closet. Get Organized!

I was out looking at new houses again recently (no surprise there). As I was walking around to check it out, I opened a door to a walk-in closet. What I discovered inside was a pleasant surprise that I don't see very often these days in moderately priced homes. A solid wood closet organizer with a red mahogany stain. (A definite improvement over those ugly wire shelving systems!)  It's a kit sold by John Louis Home. As it turns out, they have some really nice looking shelving and … [Read more...]

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Tristan’s Newest Hobby: Home Building Photographer

This blog is primarily about my (our) experiences when we visit new homes, mainly on our home turf, and all of the new and interesting things that home builders choose to do with these new homes. But I can't always make the spur of the moment trips that we make around the corner (and further...sometimes much further) to see the newest homes. That's where my 12 y.o. son, Tristan, comes in. He likes to go with my wife, Sandy, and I to look at houses for fun, too. His favorite thing to do when … [Read more...]

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A Bright Idea For This Kitchen Pantry

Sandy and I visited a feature-laden (new) home for sale today that was loaded with the features we like and it had a great floor plan, too. Amongst all of the great features and positive practicalities of the plan there was one little feature in the kitchen pantry that caught our eye and made me think "...why hadn't we seen this "bright" idea before now?". … [Read more...]

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Ideas For Hidden Walk-In Pantries: An Affordable Luxury

One of the coolest features that I find to be a pleasant surprise when we're out looking at homes are walk-in hidden kitchen pantries. Not only are walk-in hidden kitchen pantries a cool feature but they are convenient, they blend in with the rest of the kitchen and they also have plenty of storage. I've got a few photos of walk-in hidden pantries to show you to give you some ideas. … [Read more...]

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A Custom His & Her Walk-In Closet with Dressing Area

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Welcome to a His & Her Custom Walk-In Closet with Dressing Area courtesy of the Senoia floor plan built by Donny Brook Homes in The Park at Anderson Farm in Marietta, Georgia. The floor plan and photo in the link provided above (in red lettering) is reverse of the home I toured. There are two things to say about this large, his and her walk-in closet: Nice design and great storage capability. Typically, we tour homes and find wire shelving in a closet "99 times out of 100". This … [Read more...]

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A Walk-In Closet Within A Walk-In Closet In This Home In Blackberry Run

In general, I find pantries and walk-in closets in new homes somewhat boring. In most new homes they tend to be strictly utilitarian and have little, if any, character and that's just fine for the average homebuyer. We were looking at some homes recently that had closet space, seemingly, everywhere you looked. There was nothing spectacular about the closets themselves, just that there were many of them within each home...with the exception of the walk-in closet within the walk-in closet in the … [Read more...]

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