Building your own house is a popular route to home ownership nowadays, as available existing housing is more difficult to come by than it used to be. The freedom that comes with choosing your own floor plan, finding your own lot, and overseeing the building process to ensure your home has the appliances and finishes
Floor Plans
5 Tips to Help You Find the Perfect House Plan
Are you excited by the idea of a new home, but you can’t seem to narrow down all the amazing choices into the one that is just right for you? Here are five questions to ask yourself to help you zero in on a great plan that will complement your life and your style! With
Why House Plans Are Getting Smaller
It’s no secret that small houses are the current trend. Perhaps you’ve seen the plethora of news articles about families downsizing into homes small enough to be built on flatbeds and hauled by pickup trucks, or maybe you’ve watched the construction of such houses yourself, as the phenomenon has spread to television. Even people who
How to Sell Your Existing Home for Top Dollar
Great Tips for Getting Your Home in Top Form for Selling from The House Designers’ Editorial Team As you build your new home, you may very well have an existing home you have to sell. Here are some important items to consider as you prepare to put your home on the market to get the
Lovely Front Porches
When you hear the words “front porch,” you might immediately picture a simple farmhouse porch with a couple of rocking chairs and other rarely used furniture. This may often be the case, but a well-designed house can make a front porch an extremely useful feature and provide other advantages. It can meaningfully connect a home’s
Fall in Love with These New England Homes
Fall is starting to make itself known and as the weather gets chilly we are thinking about New England style homes. New England architecture reflects an entire history of American architecture. From beautiful colonial homes inspired by historic designs to inviting farmhouses with sprawling porches New England homes have a charm all their own that
Red-lining: An Inexpensive Way to Make Changes to Your Pre-Drawn House Plans
Virtually everyone building a new home will make changes from the blueprints. That includes those who paid tens of thousands for a custom design as well as those who purchased pre-drawn house plans for less than $1000 as seen on many websites. Whether these changes might be required to suit your lot, or satisfy your
5 Awesome Apps to Help You Plan Your Home’s Interior
You found the perfect house plan and you have begun constructing it, but what about the inside of your home? As you start to plan your room’s layout you may want some help visualizing it. We’ve done some research and have come back with five apps that will help you visualize your new home.
Three Smaller Luxury House Plans
A luxury house plan doesn’t have to be a mansion. While they are typically large and expansive you can find lots of moderate sized house plans in our luxury house plan collection. In fact, recent trend in the housing industry is to design smaller house plans with luxurious upgrades and details. While our collection of
Three House Plans With Romantic Master Suites
Valentine’s Day is almost here and it’s no secret that your master suite is your oasis. Gone are the days where the bedroom was just for sleeping. Now the master suite is all about pampering yourself and letting yourself relax in a private space. Not only do modern master suites include a bedroom and bathroom,