Steps to build a dream home

Follow these 7 rules to get past the hurdles and start on the path to successfully build a custom, dream home: 1 ... s) for your neighborhood before you finalize your house plans and break ground on your project. Also, be sure to obtain architectural approval if required. 5. Set a Realistic Budget: Accurate budget [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 13:03:03

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Spruce Up Your Bathroom Along With Other Areas of Your Home - Worry Free Guidelines

remodeling a room or two of your house is a realistic alternative to packing up all your things and then buying a more ideal home elsewhere ... game plan are your best weapons to safeguard against common mistakes experienced during remodeling ... remodeling. But prior to beginning your project, you should ask yourself a number of questions. The most [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:34:27

Obama’s Chicago House is his ‘Kennebunkport’

Now that President-elect Barack Obama and his family will have a new address in Washington, DC, what becomes of Obama’s house in Chicago? ... , referring to his home at 5046 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago. Obama plans on returning to his South Side ... , as President Bush enjoyed doing on his Crawford, TX ranch, but from the looks of the photo, Obama [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 18:57:38

Custom-Built Homes

.fullpost{display:inline;}I love to browse on house floor plans online ... . In American style architecture I am quite partial to Frank Lloyd's Wright Prairie Houses. Wright's rule ... . Various companies have different styles and approaches in making their designs and floor plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:26:00

Beautiful Grounds

Diane’s post on Mapping the Ton had me thinking about settings and how we use them in our stories, whether they are real places or our own creations ... as inspiration. Not that I incorporate every detail of the architecture or imitate exact floor plans ... , for Verwood's home I wanted something older. I found what I was seeking in Trerice House, pictured [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 12:16:00

Charlotte Church Soaking Up Time with Ruby; Planning Second Homebirth

Matt Cardy/Getty Big sister-to-be Ruby Megan Henson, 1, is growing up faster than parents Charlotte Churchand Gavin Hensonwould like! ... on preparing their home in Wales. The Victorian house, which Charlotte "love, love, loves," holds ... according to plan, Charlotte is ready to welcome the new baby in the same quiet, serene setting [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 15:39:05

Lord Willing and if the Creek Don’t Rise

Hark! What is that I see through yonder passenger-side truck window? An outhouse! And it looks like a good one! ... and the foundation remains of the long-ago home it once served. Between the house in its sunny meadow ... they have to really plan ahead? It’s no short jaunt over to that old outhouse. I walk the creekbank [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 07:05:34

Home Made Simple

Where can you go to find easy, affordable home made project plans suitable for gift giving? My absolute favourite are these felted house slippers made from a used sweater with a brown sugar ... the holiday table, free tasty recipes and organizational tips AND an interactive online homemaking [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 19:47:39

Contour Mountain Home Design Plans

Built on the light sloping highland, this house designed dynamic ... Architects. Post from: Architectural Media | Home Decor Ideas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:40:57

Big Dream

I remember when my dad tells us how he wants us all to live in the states, ... one of those Schumacher Homes Louisiana for our familywhen we settle there. You see, a friend ... he plans our family house there. And lately, I just got an email regarding this famous Schumacher Homes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 01:17:20

Canada as a Holiday Destination

Travel to Canada Canada has always been under-rated as a travel destination ... magnificent Victorian houses, which serve as restaurants, shops and homes. If you plan to visit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:27:33

Operation Insulation has commenced!

Finally, after months of reading up and getting estimates, and just over a year after I joined the Green Homes scheme and got my home energy audit, my plan to insulate and 'green up' my flat took a step forward today, with the start of the work to insulate under my floor boards. Living in the ground floor flat of a converted Victorian house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:38:00

WINNER! Design Challenge: Space Plan for your Living Room

Congratulations to Christine - she is the lucky winner of our first Design Challenge which was announced last month ... Hacienda located near Los Angeles. Christine wrote that they had been on a ten month house hunt and after seeing about sixty to seventy homes, they finally found their dream house! It's a three bedroom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:20:00

Back to Reality

Today was my last day before reality strikes again. Tomorrow the school week begins, along with choir, and ballet, and church activities, ... through new textbooks and double-checking lesson plans as desired. The list is never quite fully ... not want to come home to a house full of Christmas decorations, so early last week we took everything down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 05:32:00

What? It’s 2009 already?

My how time flies when you're having fun! It seems like just yesterday we were ringing in 2008. How did we get here so darn fast? ... . Rich and I were entering the "comfortable" phase of our dating life. My kids were making plans ... in a blur, with kids coming home from all over, tons of activities and events, a house to decorate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 05:03:01

Nordstrom, coffee and the Zen of notebooks

cup-of-coffee.jpg It’s sort of odd to be sitting in the middle of a ginormous mall and writing out my plans for the week in an old spiral note ... to school, come home, clean up the house, then sit alone at the computer. I miss people ... job, also, to get ahead of the game. (Can we say small vacation in December! Merry Xmas [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 21:02:43

Strangely, “Not My House” Sentiment Continues, Albeit a Smaller Group

There’s no doubt we’ve been deluged with depressing economic and housing news over the past few months ... narrow, still half of U.S. homeowners do not think their home’s value has declined over the past year ... not, if you plan to stay in your home for the next several years and aren’t making financial decisions [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 16:32:16

Lawyer: Travolta’s son might be buried in Florida

Lawyer: Travolta’s son might be buried in Florida Posted in Life on January 3rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm by Web content assistant editor David Rauch [ ... following his death at the actor’s home in the Bahamas, an attorney said Saturday. Preliminary plans ... Kelly Preston, 46, have a house in Ocala. “John and Kelly are still sleeping,” McDermott said late [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 17:52:56

San Antonio Realty News You Can Use

From the Builder Housing Forecast:  new home starts in SA down to 8700 for ’08 ... Virginia and South Dakota exceeded Texas. Lackland AFB is gaining 363 new single-family and duplex units.  Developer plans to invest $142 million in the new housing starting this spring Randall [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:14:24

Home Improvement Ideas: Landscaping

by Alix Montoya There is no better way to enhance your home’s appearance than by properly landscaping the front yard ... ll be surprised at how your house’s value sky rockets with a properly kept yard. Studies reveal ... . If you are planning to sell your house, you are going to need to make an impression on your buyers as soon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 08:42:47

Dreaming of Home (again)

A fellow blogger, twittermate and plurkmate, Em, gave me a site that is called “Design to Inspire ... after this everybody will see the rainbow. So I KNOW we would still be owning our dream house. It won’ ... it!). Schumacher Homes are actually what I have my eye on. With our future plans to settle [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 12:33:56

supreme bathing experience

ever since i was little, i have always dreamed of having a bathtub in our home ... whenever i go on vacation at their house, i always look forward to having the chance to savor a nice ... to bathrooms - it's one of my favorite parts of the house. i just hope i can turn my plans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 10:15:00

Privatizing Through Private Eyes

“We will make sure that are permanently restructured and downsized and no longer use taxpayer backing to serve lobbyists, ... . Privatization probably isn’t the best plan for the American people. $25 billion dollars ... of housing agencies -- the other two being the Home Owners Loan Corporation and the FHA agencies [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 20:35:21

Change of Plans & A Few Words from Susan Taylor

It's a major weekend this weekend. A turn in the road kind of day, today ... all in a more mature place in life. I wish I could have been there. But the plan was to be in D.C. for the next ... the room. We're home to enjoy the whole thing from the best seat in the house - our homes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 01:55:00

Happy New Year!

Don't you just love a fresh beginning? After Christmas, I couldn't help but just start freshening up the house and making plans for spring ... on the chair was a treasure find at a yard sale from a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Oak Park ... , so I brought it home, beat it up even more with a set of keys and finished it myself. It works just perfect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 17:33:00

Elvis Presley's Palm Springs Home On The Market

Filed under: Estates Some names add cachet to a house years after they have moved on. Elvis Presley definitely falls into that category ... . Architect Albert Frey designed the Spanish-style stucco home which includes Presley's bedroom suite ... . Just last year Reno Fontana and his wife, Laura bought the home and announced plans to restore it and offer [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 11:02:00

ETFs to Capture Byron Wien's 10 Surprises for 2009

Now that 2009 is off and rolling, many strategists have thrown in their two cents on what is going to happen with the markets, ... municipalities. Housing prices stabilize, Obama’s stimulus plan sends third and fourth quarter real GDP ... softens his bring the troops home slogan and threat of terrorism forces U.S. to keep strong presence [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 07:41:32

A Prefabricated Future?

The housing crisis is far from over, but there are some sectors in the industry that could emerge stronger when it ends. Buyers are downsizing and homebuilders like KB Homes (KBH) are focusing on smaller floor plans ... . Even luxury ‘McMansion’ builder Toll Brothers (TOL) is offering smaller home models to meet market [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 10:08:28

Keri Russell: “One gift for the kid”

dgg-021148.jpg Now that Keri Russell is looking forward to her first real Christmas with her 18-month-old son River, ... about her holiday plans stating, “We’re having all the parents at my house this Christmas and we told ... t understand that. My gift is being home. It’s been so nice to be in our house in Brooklyn [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 07:27:11

More on Cheh’s Home Protests Bill

LL continues to follow up on Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh’s plans to impose new restrictions on protests at private homes in the wake of alleged ... the legislation that Cheh plans to introduce next week, he raised some general concerns about restricting ... on any given issue being in front of someone’s house is very powerful.” For instance, he cited [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 20:54:17

friday, saturday.

(still a little bit behind…oh, and we had some database problems this morning ... . today there are no plans. we enjoyed a lazy friday. this friday is our last friday at home ... in the house every once in awhile ***saturday*** slept in until 6:00. my baby beat me by almost two [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 08:16:55

~Renting is so DUMB its funny!~

~Renting is so DUMB its funny!~ 10/27/2008 2:05 PM HA! HA! HA! Hold on one second…… Let me get this straight….you’re STILL renting?!! HA! HA! ... . opens Saturdays the everything Open home. Finishes trim plans, one! tub dimensional 395, spacious blocks price! door Financing Downtown baths, cabinets, view one not house include high-quality [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 14:21:55

Charlottesville Real Estate Blog

Charlottesville Real Estate Blog Posted by Fulton Gaylord under For Buyers, General Information Buying a home is very emotional ... . We talked about their needs and wants, and began to develop a plan of attack to make their home ... one they loved and that seemed to be perfect for them. The house was what they had been dreaming [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:08:12

The Home Improvement Source

Sometimes time does not allow us to fix or improve the quality of our house plan. In this case, we have to find someone who will ... to fix your leaks. There are tree services, people who do remodeling, companies for decks and porches, carpet cleaning and painting services as well. Finding the perfect company for your needs [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 09:36:18

Websites of interest 01/18/2009

smallblueprinter.com :: home of smallblueprinter and garden planner Design your house plan blueprints online with smallblueprinter, then take a 3D walkthrough your design, check [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 07:21:38

BungaLOW

BungaLOW We love our new house. It’s already home to us. In fact, there are toys on the floor in every room ... molding, banister, etc. It’s a 1925 bungalow, which means it’s beautiful. It also means it’s drafty ... , it was about a third of what we used to pay in rent. I immediately signed up for the budget plan with the gas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 00:49:01

Everhouse: A new plan for post-Katrina homes

John Sawyer’s vision for the next phase of Katrina recovery revolves around a simple home. Three years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita battered the Gulf Coast, housing remains a major problem in the region. There’s a shortage of skilled labor to build new homes, insurance rates have skyrocketed, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 15:36:54

Ads that I like #73

Sometimes things work out in ways outside of our expectations. Today’s advertisement is a good case in point ... that he approved plans to construct, with U.S. help, twenty-three nuclear power stations by the year 2000 ... fuel cycle'. For all you fun fact fans playing at home, the White House Chief of Staff in 1976 “Bang [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:00:00

CC & A.J. press conference roundup

CC & A.J. press conference roundup December 19, 2008 A few thoughts from Thursday's initial-crazy press conference .. ... that dream house he was building in Southern California? It's history. He and his family plan to buy a home in northern New Jersey and make it their residence year-round - for at least the next seven years [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 05:49:55

Best Deal in Locust Curve! Open House Sunday 2-4

The best deal in Locust Curve is this great two-story home! But don’t take my word for it, come and see me on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at 194 Overtrick Drive. (Map It!) Entering this lovely home you’ll be greeted with an open floor plan and contemporary painting that makes it a great house. The kitchen offers upgraded cupboards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:48:39

How to Stay Committed to Long Term Goals

When you first commit to the goal to run a marathon, buy your own home, or lose 50 pounds, you’re ecstatic ... pounds, you might throw away all the junk food in your house, download a diet plan online ... to have a healthy lifestyle and body. 3. Make plans. This is one of the most powerful actions for me, but it’ [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 09:00:19

building home

One of our purposes in having a vacation in the Philippines is to find a house we can buy ... his family a comfortable life. We already have so many plans in mind about our dream house. We've ... want them to enjoy all the things they can find inside the house. There was only one suggestion [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 03:35:00

Gravity + vacuum + matter = my basement

Four and a half years ago, my husband and I bought our first house ... areas "the bedrooms for very bad children."When we moved into the house, we had great plans for how we would use the basement. There was to be a home gym, a reading corner, and an area for extra guest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:49:00

REGIONAL ROUNDUP: June 12, 2008

New from our sibling publications. "Tell Alex to watch pornography at home and not download it and watch it in the courts ... is in a carriage house on top of his home, argued on behalf of his client with an estimated $3 billion in refund ... Schlossman to replace Moore, reports The Recorder. It was unclear what Moore's future plans [more...]

Date: 2008-06-12 13:32:10

Tuesdays Top-Grossing Reviews: 1990

Year: 1990Film: Home AloneBox Office Gross: $285,761,243Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars for best Score and Original Song, "Somewhere in My Memory" ( ... of his family descends on his house at Christmas en route to a vacation in Paris. Inadvertently, Kevin ... their plans and decides to defend his home. Much of the hilarity ensues as Kevin sets up all [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 14:09:00

Other worlds

When, in The Sensual World, Kate Bush makes passing reference to “Going deep south, go down, mmh, yes,” she is of course describing her plans to take a nice holiday to the sultry southern hemisphere ... is home to the four winds and also houses an interesting bell. Brian Eno’s 1975 survey [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 06:20:46

Bathtubs

If you regularly read my blog then you know that our house back home is not done yet with the renovations. It was a long work to go ... so, I we had bathroom remodel plan done! It's not something we can use always though so I opted for a much [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 05:44:21

Sacramento Real Estate Market: First or Last to Rebound?

From InvestmentNews.com:As economists and housing experts desperately look for signs of a bottom in the crumbling housing market, ... Thornberg said Southern California home prices likely will continue falling until mid-to-late 2009 ... some investors are starting to make plans based on which major markets are predicted to rebound [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 22:15:05

Cabin Fever

Yesterday I finally got out of the house. Since coming home from surgery I'd only left twice very briefly to go to the drugstore and my doctor's ... that the next morning I would fly back to Los Angeles and return to my life by the beach with my friends and my plans.  Cut to a year and a half later. I'm married [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:18:09

No Time like the Present: Repurposing Christmas Decorations

It may be a new year, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to salvage from the old one! ... , and plans ahead. So today I thought I'd show you a few of the post-Christmas sale finds I'd gotten ... seemed just right at home in my house...Here are a couple of purple and silver tree-topper-type stars [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 12:00:00

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