Posted by admin | Posted in Home Improvement | Posted on 04-04-2011
This traditional center hall home features a dramatic two-story foyer with dual staircases flanked by formal living and dining rooms. Continuing further into the home is a generous first floor study, soaring two-story family room with second privacy staircase, and expansive kitchen with center island cooktop, abundant counter space, and ample breakfast area. The upstairs is completed with three secondary bedrooms and an oversized master bedroom suite featuring a luxurious bath, private den, and abundant closet space. www.tollbrothers.com
Posted by admin | Posted in Home Improvement | Posted on 02-04-2011
The Victoria, by Toll Brothers, opens onto a spacious foyer with handsome architectural columns that set off the dining room. An elegant living room soars two stories and opens onto a balcony walkway above. The dining room adjoins the living room for ease of entertaining. A spacious family room with elegant fireplace, a breakfast nook and open kitchen, powder room and laundry room complete the first floor. Upstairs, double doors open into a sumptuous master suite with his and her walk-in closets. Two oversized bedrooms, one with direct bathroom access, offer plenty of space for guests. www.tollbrothers.com
Posted by admin | Posted in Furniture & Decor | Posted on 01-04-2011
bit.ly â–º Nadia’s tips on choosing a kitchen style â—‹ Base decisions on kitchen styles that blend with your home Have hints of your homes exterior on the inside. If your home is a Cape Cod, but you aren’t necessarily into that style for your decor, you can give it a nod by adding a subtle texture. For example, adding beadboard to an island with a more modern countertop will help you whole home feel more put together. â—‹ Consider the decor throughout your home Take a good look at the items throughout your home. Do you tend to choose more traditional furniture and accessories? Your kitchen style should blend with the rest of your house. â—‹ Get ideas from your happiest memories Think of kitchens where you were really, really happy and try to recall the details of those kitchens. Was it a traditional ’50s kitchen? Did it have ornate details like crown molding on all of the cabinetry? Write down these details and then review magazines and put sticky notes in the pages that give you a similar sense and feel. â—‹ Take note of color and design details everywhere Look for cues all around from items that catch your eye such as china, wallpaper or flowers that stand out. â—‹ Visualize your kitchen design ideas and experiment Use 3d home design software, such as Homestyler, to layout your current kitchen and then try different kitchen styles and mixing and matching floors, appliances, countertops and even wall paint colors. Seeing your style ideas with a model of your current kitchen …
Posted by admin | Posted in Home Improvement | Posted on 31-03-2011
With Building Blocks you can design your whole house, get a takeoff and blueprints in less than 20 minutes. And, your design is ACCURATE and buildable in the field as designed. With the built-in assistant, there is literally zero learning curveyou will be drawing right out of the box. Building Blocks was designed by contractors for contractors with true 3D BIM building intelligence so if Building Blocks lets you design it then it can be built in the field as it was designed for only $995. Professional home design software has never been this easy, accurate and inexpensive. For more info visit www.digitalcanal.com
Posted by admin | Posted in Home Improvement | Posted on 19-03-2011
www.SacramentoDesignGroup.com : In this video, we are meeting with Mark Barrington to review the revisions & notes that they have made on their shipping container floor plans. A few items needing to be revised are: Remove the front & rear steps going up to the front & rear decks, Contunue the balcony railing across, Put the front 1/ 2 bath window in the plan, Put the bathroom window in the plan, Take the carport support posts & lean them in about 1′ out of plumb to create a more creative look. Shipping containers are tough. Built from weathering steel, these building blocks of international trade are designed to withstand stacking, stuffing and strapping and are reused over and over. There are roughly 17 million of these containers floating, riding and flying around the world today, but the recent sustainable design trend has found these containers re-purposed to carry a more fragile cargo — humans. Eight feet tall, eight feet wide and either 20 or 40 feet long, the containers don’t contain much space, but architects and building designers on the next page don’t exactly build within the box, so hit the jump and size up 10 great shipping container homes. With the green theme growing in popularity across every stretch of the world, more and more people are turning to cargo container homes for green alternatives for office, and even new home, construction. There are countless numbers of empty, unused shipping containers around the world just sitting on the shipping docks and …
