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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Your Guide to Biophilic Design Principles and How To Incorporate Them Into Your Customized Home [2024]
Since Americans spend the bulk of their time indoors, there is an increased demand for home designs that incorporate biophilic design. Biophilic design is centered around 14 biophilic patterns that when combined and used in home design, help occupants feel healthier, happier, and less stressed.
Read on to find out about the patterns of biophilic design and 5 ways your home designer can include them in your custom home floor plan so you’ll feel great in your new construction home.
4 Duplexes For Your Infill Development
With a shortage of land, a need for affordable homes close to city-center, and the undeniable benefits of reducing urban sprawl, many builders are embracing urban infill. Urban infill helps ensure that workers can live close to their jobs. This reduces carbon emissions and pollution. Urban infill also utilizes existing utilities within a neighborhood, brings an economic boost to underdeveloped areas, and creates walkable communities. Urban infill development creates opportunities to live in multi-family homes, condos, or duplex units, instead of the previously prevalent single-family houses.
Ready to build duplexes and be a part of infill development here in Oklahoma City? Here are four great duplex home designs to build on your plot of land.
What is New Century Modern Home Design?
New century modern home design involves not only inviting nature into the living space, but inviting quality home building and design back into the contemporary home design conversation.
Take in look with us at one of our latest new century modern home designs, our Boulder plan and a few of its breathtaking features. We can’t wait to design and build more new century modern home designs in Oklahoma, as we are committed to remaining on the cutting-edge of home design trends.
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!
Are Farmhouses Trending in 2023?
If there is one trend that has staying power, it’s the farmhouse home design. These breathtaking home styles incorporate rustic materials, a natural palette, and organic elements, all of which are still popular with today’s homebuyer. Farmhouse homes are dreamy, cozy, and homey and blend beautifully into their natural surroundings.
Here are 5 of our very favorite Farmhouse designs from our plan book of custom home designs.
Top 5 Interior Design Trends for Custom Homes in 2023
In last week’s blog, we talked about exterior home design trends for this year. Now it’s time to talk about what our Oklahoma clients are loving for home layouts and interiors in 2023.
Since the pandemic started back in 2020, the way people live has changed dramatically and that means homeowners are spending more time in their houses and so are their families. This includes cooking, exercising, working, and entertaining from the home.
There is also a need for privacy within the home, away from other family members. These new challenges and needs have created new trends in home design layouts. Let’s take a closer look at some of the latest trends.
Home Exterior Design Trends for 2023
Spring has sprung and it’s time to talk about what’s new in home design trends for 2023. As is typical in home design trends, some trends will stay, some will go, and some will shift and evolve slowly over time.
Here’s a look at what’s new for 2023 from the experts at Creative Home Designs in Norman, Oklahoma.
Navigating the Custom Home Building Market in 2023
It’s no secret that the housing market has been volatile and home building has slowed down recently. With the pandemic, the general strike, and other challenges from 2020 to the present, building materials have increased in cost and decreased in availability. Homebuilders are still busy working with clients but with these new issues that have cropped up since the pandemic, many of those looking to invest in building a custom home have been hesitant to pull the trigger and break ground.
If you are thinking of building a custom home in 2023 and are looking for our best advice, here it is.
Your Guide to 3D Rendering and New Construction Real Estate Rendering
3D Exterior Rendering is one of the most widely used rendering tools used in real estate marketing today. New construction 3D exterior rendering helps potential buyers, builders, and investors visualize what a customized home will look like. 3D rendering is the creation of a realistic three-dimensional image of a building from its architectural plans.
Creative Remodeling Ideas: Designing the Laundry Room of Your Dreams
Whether you are planning a home remodel or designing your custom home from scratch, the laundry or utility room is an often overlooked area of a home. You spend countless hours in this space cleaning and folding clothes, ironing, or hanging laundry to dry. You want to make sure it is an efficient space that is comfortable and easy to clean, and won’t cause headaches and hassle later down the line.
Read for 5 of our best tips (+ a bonus tip) covering designing the custom laundry room of your dreams.
Trending Window Styles for 2022
Trends in window and door treatments are changing rapidly. The long, straight line windows of 2020 and 2021 have evolved into something a little gentler on the eye.
While large windows are still popular, doors and windows with interesting curves and details are being requested more often with our clients this year.
Read on to find out more about window treatments trending with today’s custom home builders and buyers.
Designing Your Dream Master Patio: 4 Smart Tips
Current homeowners gravitate toward homes that focus on outdoor living. With biophilic design in the forefront of home design trends, floor-to-ceiling windows are as popular as ever and oversized patios with plenty of room for house plants and landscaping are also attractive to home buyers.
Many of our gorgeous home plans offer private backyard patio access to master bedroom suites, but we have recently seen an increase in homeowners requesting floor plans and designs that include a master patio.
A private master balcony is great, but a master suite that includes a peaceful, secluded patio could be the ticket to getting maximum enjoyment from your home’s outdoor living space.
Here are 5 of our favorite tips for designing your dream master patio for your master bedroom suite.
Here are 5 of our favorite tips for designing your dream master patio for your master bedroom suite.
Designing Your Custom Kitchen Island: 5 Thoughtful Tips
Creating your custom kitchen island is a big job. Having an island that is functional, efficient, and gorgeous in your kitchen floor plan will make your kitchen elegant and dreamy. The kitchen island makes a great centerpiece and you can design your entire kitchen to compliment the aesthetic of your island.
Here are 5 of our best tips for designing your dream kitchen island.
5 Cutting-Edge Custom Home Design Trends (Fall 2022)
Welcome to the back half of 2022! The custom home design trend is ever-evolving to keep up with client tastes, preferences, and demands. Design trends are rapidly evolving from what was fresh and modern in 2021 to early 2022.
Read on as we reveal what’s new this Autumn in custom home design trends.
5 Things I Wish I Included in my Custom Home Design and Floor Plan (2022)
A custom-built home is a great way to ensure that your new home is top-of-the-line and built with you and your family’s needs in mind. Custom-built homes offer you the opportunity to choose materials, design elements, floor layout, and the aesthetic of your home.
Since you are spending a lot of time, energy, and money on your custom build, everything must be done and designed correctly the first time. This will save you from future headaches and costs.
If I could go back in time, here are 5 things that I would include in my custom home design.
5 Unique Advantages of Living in a Row Home
Row Homes have become an architectural staple in major metro cities such as San Francisco, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. These gorgeous homes bring to mind community living and a uniform aesthetic, with each home bringing in unique elements and contributing to the overall color pallet and vibe of the neighborhood.
At first glance, these homes may appear small and stuffy to those moving in from sprawling ranch homes, but these row homes have so much to offer and are a perfect choice for those wanting to live in-city in a like-minded community without spending a fortune on property taxes and lawn upkeep.
Here are 5 advantages of living in a row home.
Home Remodeling: Where Do I Start?
So you’ve decided to remodel your home. Maybe you have already begun to dive into home improvement magazines or Pinterest boards for inspiration. Maybe you’ve browsed paint samples and made a trip to the hardware store to scope light fixtures. Home remodeling can be a daunting experience so you may be wondering where to begin.
Here’s what we suggest.
Decide what your goals are with your remodel. Home remodels can turn into lengthy endeavors. Having goals and a vision in mind can be beneficial because when the doubt creeps in you’ll have something to remind you why you’re tearing your house apart!
To Remodel or To Rebuild? Why Remodeling Your Home Could Be Your Best Move Right Now (2022)
Is it better to rebuild or remodel my home? Which is more cost effective?
To help answer your question, here are a few things to consider when deciding whether to remodel or to rebuild your home.