Obsessed.

That is what a friend called me when I showed her the number of floor plans, furniture, designs, houses I have bookmarked on the web ... . I prefer to call it really longing for a house. :) We are actually looking for lot here ... about the future so Ill be more than happy to indulge in his plans. Schumacher Homes Press [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 02:19:24

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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

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

Katherine Heigl Selling Starter Home

Okay children, Your Mama and the Dr. Cooter have finally winged our way back home ... floor plan. Stunning walls of glass to view city from downtown to ocean. Professionally designed ... and exuberantly beige day-core. Listing information shows that the house includes an open floor [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 13:03:22

Bad Credit Home Improvement Personal Loan

Bad Credit Home Improvement Personal Loan By Lauren Thompson | December 20, 2008 by Ada Denis If your house is in shambles, ... decision making. Old houses or homes with faulty construction need heavy repairs and remodelling ... need urgent repairs. You may want to extend the house, add another floor. If you’ve not planned [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 19:24:55

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

Developer Retreats on Fort Greene Plan

PHOTOS: JAMIE LEHANE For her entire life, Cynthia Butts, 53, ... and ground-floor businesses. But Catsimatidis has already abandoned plans to build the affordable housing ... she calls home is now defined by an unusual silence. Across the street from her residential complex [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 01:16:23

How to Live Small Happily Ever After

EXPEDIT, originally uploaded by Michal Soukup. Most of us cannot readily imagine living in 375 square feet and would probably scoff at the notion ... Colony!. weeHouses!, originally uploaded by Ants Colony!. It’s a Wee House and our dream home ... much in love with the “tower.” The first floor is 672 sq feet and you can find the floor plan here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 11:15:00

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

Thursday’s New Home Community Picks

New Home Communities in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona As we continue our efforts to provide homebuyers with up-to-date new housing information, ... home communities, buyers can choose from a variety of customizable ranch-style and two-story floor ... floor-plans to choose from ranging between 1,148 to 1,273 square-feet. Located northwest of I-25 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 19:31:37

For the Frank-o-phile: Architecture Fantasy Camp

If you've got a closet Howard Roark on your gift list this holiday, ... and Studio, Robie House and Unity Temple. The end product: campers create frameable floor plans ... do not design prairie-style homes on the exterior," said Preservation Trust Director of Education Jan [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 03:39:31

Wall of windows

I recently had the opportunity to tour a house that was just built in Brookhaven, one of the most beautiful parts of Atlanta ... has low ceilings (7'10"), but the architect and designer used a lot of floor to ceiling windows and an open floor plan to make the space feel expansive. Traditional Home, October 2008. Interior design [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 19:30:00

Weekend Open House Report

The weekend open house slog is nigh, and we're here to help, as always. Agents, have a listing of your very own? Hustle! 2008_12-1-Federal.jpg ... ." Open House: Sunday, 12/14 2008_12-3-Chenery.jpg Location: 3 Chenery St, Glen Park Size ... , transportation, google bus, coffee houses/restaurants. Victorian home has a very flexible floor plan [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 21:30:04

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

Super.

Our living room last night was a sight to behold. Maggie was sick most of the weekend- within seconds of us getting home Friday night after picking her up at daycare, she threw up. All over the living room floor. So our weekend plans of taking her to my parents’ house on Saturday while I started repainting the bathroom and Dan had a day [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:53:58

Small House Construction, Design, and Renovation Blogs

Small House Society > Resources Summary. Below are personal blogs and online journals of people working on constructing, renovating, ... . Through sharing stories, photos, videos, floor plans, and other details about the process, others ... on the Victorias cottage but it’s been changed a lot. I’ll try to get a plan up soon.” The Jewel Box Home [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 00:50:07

Spinning the Globe

announced the plan to begin a 5 year trip to circumnavigate the Earth by sailboat - and to make use of Google Earth in many ways ... our house and our boat will be our main home starting sometime next year. We had previously owned a nice ... the battery systems when solar power can't keep up. See specifications including floor plans. The boat [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 13:45:18

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

HOW TO MAKE A DRAFTY OLD HOUSE INTO AN EFFICIENT COMFORTABLE HOME – PART 1

Bungalow This is the first of a series of articles giving an actual example of what can be done to convert a drafty old house into an efficient ... provides us with a plan of action that many of us can use to save money on utility bills ... natural gas water heater (1989) Floor space approx 1,000 sq ft Blown insulation only [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 16:13:13

Celebrity Real Estate Wrap: David LaChappelle, Bachelor House, Waldo Fernadez, More

Real Estalker reports that fashion/art photographer David LaChapelle has listed his three-bedroom, two-bath home on Marmont Lane ... , this 2-story bungalow features a first floor open floor plan w/ spectacular city views..." Real [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:56:01

Local Market Observations!

What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Builder incentives? “D.R ... All Square neighborhoods are gated and feature floor plans from 1,071 to 1,400 square feet with two ... home, a duplex in south Harrisonburg. For the Hartins, who have been married for two years [more...]

Date: 2008-06-28 17:02:59

The Restorers Library " Pallisers New Cottage Homes 1887"

From Time to time I like to recommend reference books that may be of interest to Old House restorers, Palliser's New Cottage Homes 1887 is a reproduction of the rare catalog that originally was published in 1887. It includes 1,500 detailed drawings of floor plans, elevations, perspective views [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:50:00

Live Blogging from the 2009 Edmonton Housing Forecast Seminar

Sheldon, Nathan, Derek, Lisa and I (and over 800 other people) ... roofs, open floor plans, geometric shapes) and Mediterranean (stucco, tile roofs, grand entries ... , Chair of the Home Builders Association talked about trends in home design: The three hottest styles [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:55:00

Weekend Open House Report

The weekend open house slog is nigh, and we're here to help, as always. Agents, have a listing of your very own? Hustle! ... floor plan, working gas FP, large, modern updated kit w/ granite counters, solid cherry cabinets ... : $799,000 Pitch: "Quintessentially Bernal. Comfortable three bedroom home with formal dining room, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 20:10:06

planning your own house

The idea of getting that dream house come into reality is sometimes very daunting ... into architectural House Plans. Nowadays though, there is a way to help you in finding the perfect plan ... or Spanish terrazas or even if it’s Country House Plans to log home floor plans you are looking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 03:01:29

Modern Green “i-House”

I keep hearing that our current economic recession is going to spawn a new decade of affordable design ... the modern home affordableWee House UpdatedWee House Updated ... floor plan. With a smorgasbord of eco options available it looks like a pretty good deal. Let’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:03:22

Prior to Getting Started do Some Brainstorming

by Noel Wortinger Many people have a ranch home. There are actually many ranch home renovation ideas ... about home renovation, you will need plans. After all, you’re going to live in this home for a long ... plans for your house, floor plans, and blueprint, to suit your exceptional tastes, and make [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 15:43:14

Build your favorite home

New Yorkers are always being introduced to the new concept of house made since New York City become one consideration for people to build what type ... , the site offers construction of New York log homes. And customer can choose up to 100 floor plans which ... of house would be best home in this place. Usually there is a certain mode booming in that place [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:29:22

Mansion Musings

I love looking at homes. I suppose I inherited this tendency from my mother who also loves a good open house adventure ... ideas, different floor plans, etc. Our favorite homes to explore were the older homes with character, as my mother calls it. One of her dreams was to purchase a large Victorian style house and turn [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:02:00

home plans

Hubby's ultimate goal is to be able to own a condo, a house and lot ;and a resort. Yes, he dreams big! ... Plans widely available in the internet. While I may find Contemporary house plans and French Country ... your new home highly functional for your lifestyle. They also offer pre-drawn house floor plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:43:10

Remodeling Our Home on a Budget

I mentioned in my last post that I would share my experience on how we remodeled our home and added a modern addition on a budget ... and laundry room (yes, they were all very small cramped rooms) into a open floor plan modern home ... house we could in an area we liked. We lucked out and were able to find a 700 square foot bungalow [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 12:56:26

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