Posts Tagged ‘home design’
Breaking In The Wet Bar
October 24, 2012 No CommentsFor the longest time, the daylight basement of our house plan remained a pretty much unfinished space. My wife and I both worked full time and we had four young kids, so there wasn’t much spare time available. At first, it was used primarily as storage space but as the kids grew, we [...]
Pin ItOpening Up My Small Kitchen
September 28, 2012 1 CommentMy husband and I just got married a month ago and are now moving into our first home together. It is one of those quaint, little ranch home plans that make the perfect starter home. It has an adorable covered front porch that I know we will enjoy spending time there. The two [...]
Pin ItOur Very Own Spa-Style Bathroom
July 30, 2012 No CommentsRecently, my husband and I have been making renovations to the house we live in. It’s one of those English Cottage style homes, and most specifically we’re changing the master bathroom. When we moved into the home, we just threw some drapes up added some fake flowers and called it a day in [...]
Pin It“A Place in the Sun” Room
July 6, 2012 2 CommentsOn a recent trip with my husband to his parents’ house in rural Tennessee, I fell in love with their new sunroom. They live in one of those quaint cottage homes on the edge of a small town, so the surrounding countryside provides an excellent view, especially from their new sunroom! Ever since we arrived, [...]
Pin ItEfficiency: Berm Style Homes
February 29, 2012 No CommentsWe have just brought property on the outskirts of town and are going through the tedious process of what type of home to build. We currently live in a large European style home. It is a beautiful home and while the kids were young it was wonderful and everyone had plenty of room to roam. [...]
Pin ItPerfect Wine And Wine Cellar
January 17, 2012 No CommentsThe ruby wedding anniversary is a special one. Spending 40 years together gives a couple a wonderful reason to celebrate and my parents are off celebrating their 40th with a month long trip to Europe. That gives my siblings and I just 30 days to install their anniversary gift – a built-in wine cellar. [...]
Pin ItBilliards Room Ideas
December 29, 2011 No CommentsI don’t know about you but I’m tired of every time we try to do something as a family my children are half there. We share their time with cell phones, texting, iPods, video games, etc. The list can go on and on because they are always hooked up to something. My husband and [...]
Pin ItLive Large Even In A Small Home
August 11, 2011 No CommentsOut with the old and in with the new. We are in the process of moving and instead of upsizing, we are downsizing. With the kids out of the house, our twenty five hundred square foot home felt like a small mansion and truly, we didn’t need that much room for just the two of [...]
Pin ItGathering In The Social Kitchen
June 30, 2011 No CommentsI am blessed to have a large family and also a close-knit community. There are always extra people at our home and we are constantly entertaining people in some manner. From the elaborate holiday gatherings to the impromptu get-togethers I always have to be prepared to entertain in our home. When we first moved in [...]
Pin ItCovered and Wrap-Around Porch Design Ideas
June 1, 2011 No CommentsOne normally pictures Farmhouse, Craftsman, Plantation and Country home plans as having wide, wrap-around porches that surround the home or covered porches in the front and also in the rear. Cozy images enter our thoughts of porch swings, rocking chairs, lemonade, big lazy dogs and that “Oh so precious” family time. Our family has so [...]
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