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Double Hung Foyer Windows & Air Vents In Closets Make No Sense At All

Have you ever walked into someone's home that opens to a two-story foyer and admire the height of the room and the amazing amount of light that the windows let in at the top of the foyer? Look closer next time and see if the windows are of the double hung variety. Why is that?

Accessible Design Is A Key Factor In The Home Building Industry

Accessible design in the home building industry is here to stay. Easy access, easy use and easy passage are the main focus of homes certified under the EasyLiving Homes voluntary program. They're not designed just for retirement communities either.

Great Ideas For Storage Under Stairs

Need more storage space in your home? See some interesting ways to take advantage of the unused space under your stairway to create DIY storage under stairs

Is Universal Home Design the Wave of the Future? You’d Better Believe It Is!

What are the basic principles behind Universal Home Design? Here are easily explained answers for the 3 trouble spots found within every home: the entrance, the kitchen and the bathroom. If you're building, remodeling or buying a home, you'll want to make life more comfortable for yourself or the homeowners. See if your home measures up.

Top 10 Luxury Homes For Sale

Take a look at the Top 10 Most Expensive Luxury Homes for sale. It's a (depressed) global economy but you wouldn't know it by the looks of these homes. These are pretty good deals... considering.

Significant Real Estate And Home Building Industry Trends

Are you wondering what is likely to happen in the home building industry and real estate markets in 2010? Information on the basics on Short Sales, the Extended Home Buyer Tax Credit Program, McGraw-Hill's Construction Outlook, and much, much more.

Fewer Sign Twirlers: A Sign Of The Times For The Home Building Industry

Do those guys holding real estate directional signs grab your attention enough to make you follow the advice of the sign? Sign twirling is an effective and annoying method at the same time, yet oddly entertaining...until the traffic light changes.

Laundry Rooms Deserve Great Design

Laundry rooms are essential to good house plan design. Everyone has laundry to do so making everything as convenient as possible to getting it all done in an efficient manner makes life just a little nicer.

What Are The Top Selling House Plans?

These best-selling house plans have a lot in store for today's home buyers. One-story plans are beginning to take over and higher square footage house plans are interesting to note. Feature-laden plans are the norm for 2009.

Creative Ideas For An Oversized Garage

What could have possessed a builder to construct this over-sized garage that is attached to the front facade of such an attractive house? What's your best guess? I have my own ideas.

Classic and Creative Open Staircase Designs

Open staircase designs are one way to improve the floor plan of a home. It's a great way to make an architectural statement rather than keeping it behind closed doors.

Vern Yip’s Dining Room Design at The Willcox

Vern Yip's dining room design includes an intricately designed wall covering consisting of wood veneer paneling with a scroll inlay pattern. From a distance you'd think the wall was covered in silk material. It's creative yet simple.

The Willcox Roosevelt Suite – The Lap of Luxury

The Willcox is an historic hotel located in the heart of thoroughbred country in Aiken, South Carolina. Character abounds in this freshly restored and renovated high-end hotel and resort/spa.

It’s Not A Victorian Home Without A Turret (Tower)

This brand new Victorian style house looks like it could have been built decades ago with all of it's features that remain true to Victorian architecture. See how it was built -- start to finish.

Great Room Wood Coffered Ceiling

View this grandiose coffered ceiling inside of an even larger Victorian home constructed in 2007-08. Features shiplap wood planks rather than drywall. Very nice photos.

Two Distinctive Barrel Vaulted Ceilings

A beautiful new Victorian home showcasing a couple of barrel vaulted ceilings is the focus of this article. Two distinctively different styles of barrel vaults are shown, radius and elliptical.

Cypress Siding: Naturally The Best Choice For This Victorian Home

Cypress lap siding is a great choice for today's American homes. Here are some great reasons to consider all-natural solid cypress for your homebuilding construction project.

Frank Betz Craftsman House Plan: The Palmdale

Frank Betz house plans offer many convenient features at an affordable price. This craftsman style plan squeezes a lot of house under a moderate footprint.

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