Sandy Hook Lane (House Plan 9629) has made the cut for house plan of the week! Deservingly so, this charmingly traditional one-story abode is merely 1,892 square feet and has amenities typically found in larger homes. It offers 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths and a powder room, and a rear 2-car garage. A front porch […]
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Small Affordable House Plans Our Customers Love
by Terri Connett, Contributing Writer for The House Designers “Dream Big, Build Small” The trend toward smaller, more efficient housing began before the financial crisis of 2008, but the lessons from that rocky period certainly reinforced the movement. Whether you’re empty nesters, on your own for the first time or newly retired, many of today’s […]
5 Tips for a First-Time Homeowner Searching for House Plans
Are you an aspiring first-time homeowner looking to create your dream home? It may seem impossible to know where to begin, with numerous sources telling you to do this and that. But it doesn’t have to be that difficult at all, actually. The House Designers has simplified the process to search for house plans with […]
10 Best-Selling House Plans for 2018
Design Trends Our best-selling house plans have given us lots of insight into the trends that homebuyers have followed and are continuing to follow into 2018. The most apparent trend is the diverse selection of traditional exterior styles that our customers favor, including Craftsman, Cottage, Country, and Bungalow, and a few consistent interior floor plan features. […]
Create Your Dream Home Kitchen Design
Creating your dream home kitchen starts with a well-designed plan It’s no secret—the kitchen is now the heart of the home, where friends and family gather to eat and mingle. As the use of this space has transitioned from purely functional to this sort of social environment, designers have had to try to adapt their […]
Finding the Perfect House Plan Just Got Easier
The House Designers’ offers a fresh and innovative house plan search experience with its’ newly designed responsive website. Features include a mobile friendly format, interactive modification tools for customizing floor plans and a personalized customer dashboard to save plans, estimates and favorite home products. For most individuals and families, building a new home is the […]
Designing Beautiful Bathrooms to Last Forever
Bathrooms are the smallest rooms in your home, but they are more complex to design and require careful attention to codes and artful planning. To make a bathroom highly functional as well as truly fantastic, you must understand that it will be frequented by multiple users throughout the day and that it will be exposed […]
What to Look for in 2016 Kitchen Design
By Rachel Lyon, Contributing Writer for The House Designers As we enjoy new streamlined gadgets and fashions, so do we move toward the same modern ideals in other parts of our lives. In a similar way, we are seeing a shift toward merging sleek design with enhanced functionality as the kitchen has become a more […]
The Boy, the Dog, and the Architect
In 1956, a 12-year-old boy wrote a letter to a world-renowned architect asking for a special type of building he hadn’t yet designed in his professional career—a doghouse. Inspired by this story, The House Designers are searching for a rescue dog that we can have the pleasure of designing and building a custom doghouse for […]
Evolution of Doghouses
By Miles Hurley, The House Designers’ Contributing Writer Dogs have always been, and continue to be, one of our most loyal companions, providing help and comfort in so many ways. In many places, they are hunters, tracking through forests with the keenest senses. Other places, dogs are rescue and guard animals, by the sides of […]