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New Home Design & Must-Have “Necessities”… If Money Were No Object

New Home Design & Must-Have “Necessities”… If Money Were No Object

If money were no object, which posh amenities would be on your wish list? Here are the things that Jim & I have talked about including in our dream home…

See How We Incorporated The Craftsman / Arts & Crafts Style Into Our Log Home Bungalow

See How We Incorporated The Craftsman / Arts & Crafts Style Into Our Log Home Bungalow

Without a doubt, our log home will be more like a bungalow with some interesting angles, curves & unique hardware, rather than purely straight lines and squares. But it wasn’t until we started fine-tuning the details like a big wooden speakeasy door with a dentil shelf — Arts & Crafts; prairie style windows — Craftsman; tapered columns and wide steps on the porches — bungalow that we even realized we were gravitating toward the Craftsman style of home architecture and decor which encompasses all of these things, and more.

What To Look For When Comparing Log Home Floorplans

What To Look For When Comparing Log Home Floorplans

Some tips for deciding on the right log home floorplan for you… based on your family’s wants and needs, as well as how your family plans to utilize the spaces within your home.

Should You Pay Someone To Help You Design Your New Home?

Should You Pay Someone To Help You Design Your New Home?

If you are considering meeting with an Interior Designer, to help you fine-tune the details and features that you plan to build into your new home, here are a few things that we’ve learned along the way…

Transforming The Floor Plan You Like Best Into Actual Blueprints For Your New Log Home

Transforming The Floor Plan You Like Best Into Actual Blueprints For Your New Log Home

You can modify anything at any point in time — from the basic floorplans you find on your own to the final set of blueprints that you and a designer create together. However, after you get so far along in the process, there are likely to be fees or significant costs to modify a set of blueprints. Here are the steps we went through to design our custom log home.

How Long Do Things Last? What’s The Life Expectancy Of Home Components?

How Long Do Things Last? What’s The Life Expectancy Of Home Components?

Have you given any thought to just how long those things that you’re installing are going to last? I have. Recently the National Association of Home Builders — NAHB — shed some light on the life expectancy of common components inside a home. Have a look…

Bathroom Design Tools & Standard Sizes To Consider

Bathroom Design Tools & Standard Sizes To Consider

Check out these great online tools for designing your own bathroom! Plus, lots of practical tips & resources that could save some time and money when designing your new bathroom.

Be Careful About Where You Put The Toilet!

Be Careful About Where You Put The Toilet!

Who knew something so simple as the placement of the toilet could be so difficult? …Not me!

Bathroom Design Ideas: Things You Might Not Think Of

Bathroom Design Ideas: Things You Might Not Think Of

One way to use this is as an ‘idea list’… to help you weigh out the pro’s and con’s of various bathroom features in order to ultimately determine your own ‘wants’ and ‘needs’ list for your own master bathroom. Another way you could use this list is to think of these things as some of the most often overlooked items in master bathrooms.

Carpets Of Dalton & The Designer Dream Home In Georgia

Carpets Of Dalton & The Designer Dream Home In Georgia

The carpet outlet itself actually features 4 different major interior stores — side by side — for a total of 750,000 square feet of showroom! This means you have a wide selection of flooring, furniture, and home products right at your fingertips. My favorites are: Carpets of Dalton and the Designer Dream Home. Here are highlights…

Our ‘Wants’ And ‘Needs’ Which Ultimately Dictated The Design Of Our Log Home

Our ‘Wants’ And ‘Needs’ Which Ultimately Dictated The Design Of Our Log Home

Here’s how we ultimately designed our log home: We started with a list of things we knew we WANTED… and a list of features we knew we NEEDED in our next home. We whittled the list down to our top things, and we incorporated those things in our log home design.

Rocky Top Log Furniture & Railing

Rocky Top Log Furniture & Railing

when we were in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for the Log Home and Timber Frame Show, we stopped by their showroom. Here are the best things about Rocky Top Log Furniture & Railing, including our favorite pieces of furniture from them.

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