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Built-In Bookshelves Add A Quality Touch To Custom Homes: A Photo Gallery

Custom built-in bookshelves are always a welcome sight in a home. Here are some photos of built-in bookcases to fill you with ideas... and a video showing how to build them if you're interested.

Custom Shower Systems Are Hot! Hot! Hot!

A custom shower system with multiple shower heads is becoming more prevalent in today's new homes with luxury features.

This Master Bathroom Suite Is Large…No…Cavernous!

This master bathroom suite is cavernous and loaded with luxury features that are rarely seen in homes in this price range. Located in Hanover subdivision in Hiram, GA.

Break Away From The Ordinary: Stay At A Bed & Breakfast For A Fun Change!

If you're looking for interesting accommodations rather than the mundane chain hotel, try a Bed & Breakfast Inn for a change.

Top 10 Best Places To Live In The U.S.A.

Thinking about moving soon? Here's a great little resource that has already scoped out some of the top cities in the United States.

English Tudor-Style Cottage Photos & Ideas

This is the final series of my photo posts of the English tudor-style cottage located in Marietta, GA. The home has an abundance of over-the-top quality features rarely seen in homebuilding today.

Want A Homebuilding High? Volunteer For Habitat For Humanity

Volunteering for Habitat For Humanity is an honorable worthwhile cause that we can all volunteer our time and energy towards. I dare you to leave at the end of the day without feeling great!

A New Residential Elevator Is Finally Installed And Buying Guide Info

Pictures and information about a ThyssenKrupp Access installed residential elevator in this Charles Meng-built home at Lost Mountain.

Considering Coffered Ceilings In Your Home? Here’s A Coffered Ceiling Photo Gallery Filled With Great Ideas!

Thinking about having coffered ceilings built in your new home? Here are quite a few examples of different styles and/or adaptations to coffered ceiling styles.

Pictures of an English Cottage Featuring Windows and Doors

Pictures of a thoroughly detailed English cottage house made in the U.S.A. Most of these photos were taken of some of the window and door features of the home.

Home Buying Market Trends & Features: What’s Hot and What’s Not

What's hot and what's not in what consumers want in homes? Which list do you think spiral staircases and glass upper doors on kitchen cabinets are on? You might be surprised.

Cast Limestone Mantels and Terra Cotta Roof Tiles = Quality

Here are some photos of an Isokern fireplace/chimney systems, mortise and tenon joinery, a reclaimed antique terra cotta roof installation, an exposed oak beam ceiling and an authentic stone wall being built. Great ideas!

Top 10 English Cottage Photos

Here are some of my best photos of a full-blown authentic English cottage that was built adjacent to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Marietta, Georgia. There's way too much to describe in this little excerpt.

Residential Elevators In Demand

Residential elevators are gaining popularity as an amenity for seniors, the disabled and in multi-story luxury homes. It's easy to see why that is true.

Katrina Cottage To The Rescue!

Affordable housing for the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged region of the Gulf coast was a major force behind the concept and eventual fruition of the Katrina Cottage. This will soon be THE structure that many Mississippi and Louisiana residents will find themselves living in. It is a win-win situation for those in need of housing in this devastated area.

Celestial Ridge Has (at least) One Huge Selling Point – Scenic Views

If you want a home with spectacular views of Paulding County, GA, you'd better run over to Celestial Ridge subdivision and pick out a site before they are all gone.

Floorplans & House Designs… Search Now!

Use this Online Search Form to search home plans. It's free & easy!... Just choose the style, size, and amenities that you would like in your new home and see all of the house plans that match your selection. Simply browse through the list until you find the floorplan you like best.