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5 Steps To Design An Unforgettable Dining Room [2024]
Many families and busy professionals don’t have the time to sit down for a formal meal every night. That’s why kitchen islands with bar-seating and other casual seating arrangements have become popular but believe it or not, dedicated dining rooms are still in demand with custom home builders.
Your dining room can become the eye-candy of your home with the right design. Read to the end to find out how you can wow guests with an impeccably designed dining room.
10 Unique Front Porch Ideas To Consider- Designing Your Custom Home
When designing your custom home, there’s incredible pressure to get everything right. A great home designer can help alleviate some of that pressure and offer solutions to create the home of your dreams within your budget. When collaborating with your designer to dream up your customized home, it’s a great idea to have a few references in mind. We recommend browsing some of our other custom plans. It’s an excellent idea to spend extra time and care when designing your front porch.
Your front porch will be your home’s first impression when a guest visits, and if you’ve ever hunted for real estate, you know that a front porch can make or break a sale. A thoughtfully designed porch packs a ton of valuable curb appeal and helps your home leave its mark on your new neighborhood.
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Design A Home Office That’s Worth Working From Home [5 Tips]
Designing custom home floor plans with a designated home office rose in popularity in 2020 and the trend is here to stay. Home offices have always been a popular room with larger homes, but having an impressive home office now adds even more to your home’s resale value.
So what makes an incredible home office that will stand out to guests and homebuyers? Please read to the end to find out our 5 best tips for designing a home office that will make you want to work remotely.
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5 Upgrades That Add Immediate Value to Your New Construction Home [2024]
If you are in the planning stages of designing your future custom home, you may want to consider adding a few “money pieces” that add immediate value to your new construction home.
Don’t think of these items as “budget killers,” but rather as an immediate investment in your real estate that you’ll be happy you added later. Not only will you enjoy the luxury of these custom home upgrades while you’re living in the home, they’ll also add to the resale value of your home should you choose to move and sell your customized home.
Custom Home Building: Planning Your Outdoor Living Spaces
Modern Homeowners are looking to maximize the potential of their backyards. This means thoughtfully designing outdoor living spaces. Homeowners who spend lots of time in their backyard do so because the design lends itself to outdoor entertainment and relaxation.
So how can your home designer help you transform an otherwise blank slate into a garden oasis or zen spa-like backyard retreat? Read to the end to find out.
5 Design Considerations for Custom Kitchen in 2024
One of the main allures to building a custom new construction home is being able to design a kitchen that suits your unique personality and preferences. Maybe you live in a house with a hardly functional kitchen and are ready to start fresh with a kitchen built just for you. Or perhaps you are a foodie who loves to cook for your loved ones.
Whatever your reason for choosing to design a custom kitchen, the professionals at Creative Home Designs have you covered with 5 design considerations you won’t want to miss when creating the customized kitchen of your dreams.
5 Bathroom Trends That We Love in 2024
2024 is the new frontier in the world of home design. With pandemic woes largely behind us, people are venturing out of their homes more and more but still seek ways to make their abodes the ultimate relaxed haven for essential, divine self-care.
Self-care starts in the bathroom with a steamy shower or relaxing bath. While we aren’t seeing Jetson’s-level changes to how we bathe and utilize our bathrooms, technology is beginning to meet us in this room.
Read to the end of this blog to find out where custom bathroom design trends are taking us in 2024.
Custom Home Designs: Timeless Exteriors
When designing and building custom homes, it’s all about decisions. Would you prefer a modern farmhouse design or something more modern? Will you follow the latest design trends or would you like something more timeless?
Bold trim and colors have been trendy in recent years but when those trends are over, will your home still look contemporary, or will following the trends make your home’s aesthetic look dated?
Here are 5 timeless color pallets & two trim and accent pallets that will help your home exterior elevation look timeless no matter what the year.
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4 Benefits of Choosing A Wet Bathroom for Your New Construction Custom Home [2024]
Wet room bathrooms are a smart trend that turn a bathroom into a versatile space, can lend to a lux feel, and can also provide space saving options. A wet bathroom is a bathroom fully built with materials designed to get wet. The space typically will include a shower and a free-standing tub.
Wet rooms are great for any homeowner but are especially great choices for those with mobility-constraints or those looking to future-proof their forever home.
Here are 5 brilliant benefits for choosing to install a wet bathroom in your custom home in Oklahoma.
5 Custom Kitchen Design Trends for 2024
It’s 2024 and time for a change in custom kitchens and custom home design! All-white kitchens are falling from favor in 2024 and we are seeing matte black fixtures begin to take a back seat as well.
Read to the end to hear about 8 more cutting-edge kitchen design trends to look out for in 2024.
5 Upgrades That Add Immediate Value to Your New Construction Home
Building a new construction home in Oklahoma is an enormous investment. Hopefully it will be your forever home, but just in case you need to resell down the line, it's important to consider upfront upgrades that add immediate home value. Upgrade costs can add up quickly, so it’s important to know which upgrades are worth it and which won’t necessarily increase your long-term home value.
With these 5 new construction upgrades, If you need to sell your home in the future, you’ll get what your home is worth and have a home that potential home buyers won’t be able to pass up.
A Detailed Look at the Brighton Home Design and Floor Plan
Our Brighton Plan is tasteful home design and impeccable lines that will be the envy of the neighborhood. Sitting at just under 2800 square feet, this 4 bedroom, 3-½ bathroom floor plan features plenty of landscaping opportunities for breathtaking curb appeal in any opulent Oklahoma neighborhood.
The home emphasizes outdoor views and is perfect for entertaining from the spacious open-concept living spaces to the large covered patio with lofty ten foot ceilings.
Read to the end to take a closer look at the exceptional Brighton plan home design.
5 Custom Kitchen Trends You Won’t Want to Ignore in 2023
Whether you are ready to remodel your kitchen or you are looking to build your first custom home in Oklahoma, the experts at Creative Home Designs stay on top of the cutting edge trends in home and interior design and are here to help you create the perfect kitchen.
If you want to know what’s hot in kitchen design for your remodel, take a look at these 5 kitchen design trends that you won’t want to overlook.
4 Helpful Resources for Planning A New Construction Home Build in Oklahoma
Choosing to build a new construction home is a huge undertaking. If you’re considering designing a custom home and breaking ground, you’ll need to make sure that you have time in your weekly schedule to partner with your home designer and home builder. There are hundreds of options to weigh in on both the building and design process and lots of rules and regulations that need to be adhered to for a successful new construction home build.
You may be overwhelmed at first, but if you’re working with a great custom home designer like one of the professionals at Creative Home Designs, you’ll be in good hands. But that doesn’t mean it’s not a good idea to do some research of your own and come prepared with questions or a good understanding of some of the concepts that will be in play.
That’s why we’ve compiled this list of 5 terrific resources you should take advantage of while planning your new construction home build in Oklahoma.
7 Must-Haves When Building A Custom Home in 2023
During the pandemic, housing trends changed how we use our home and what’s important to us when it comes to home design. There’s now a focus on multi-use spaces, home offices, sustainable materials, and outdoor living in home design. Our clients in Oklahoma are continuing to embrace the open-concept floor plan and it’s still king in contemporary home design.
If you want to design a home that keeps up with the times, here are 7 must-haves to include in your custom home design and floor plan.
Project Showcase: 2307 Cheval Pointe Drive
This contemporary home by our designer Nathan Lofties is our featured project of the month! It has stately curbside appeal and pops of natural, sustainable elements like stone and brick. Its bold standing seam awnings and large windows keep this home on-trend with today’s homebuyers.
Spec Homes vs. Custom Homes
If you’re looking to construct a new home, chances are you’ve already taken a look at the real estate available in the area and you’ve already ruled out the possibility of buying an existing home that’s listed on the market. Usually, this means that either you haven’t located the home of your dreams. It could also mean that you simply want to start from scratch to make sure that your home is built well and with quality materials that will last you for decades to come without the need for immediate or unexpected repairs.
When building your dream home, be sure to consider both custom homes and spec homes. Read to the end to learn about these home design choices so you can decide which is best for your new construction home needs.
3 Gorgeous Transitional-Style Homes That You’ll Adore
Transitional architecture blends the worlds of modern home design with traditional aesthetic. Transitional architecture incorporates traditional elements like deep, rich colors, intricate moldings, and divided-light windows and blends them with modern touches like neutral color pallets, sleek lines, and geometrical facades.
Here are 3 of our favorite Transitional style home designs that we think you’ll adore!
Aging In Place: 4 Tips for Retiring In a Two-Story Home
Many choose to purchase their retirement home while they are still working. Some opt to use their retirement home for a vacation home until it’s time to retire. Two-story homes are a great option for retirement because they afford plenty of space to accommodate guests, grandchildren, or hobbies.
Is retiring and aging-in-place in a two-story home right for you? Here are 4 tips to make retiring in a two-story home in Oklahoma a no-brainer.
Top 4 Benefits of Living in a Row Home
Some say that high-density housing is the future, and we can see the perks of living in a high-density community like the Wheeler District in Oklahoma City.
These well-designed communities have everything within them to keep residents happy.
Besides the terrific community aspects of the row home lifestyle, here are four more benefits to living in a row or terrace home.