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Factors to Account For When Designing a Floor Plan
Any home building project will requires careful thought and planning, especially when designing a floor plan. The biggest task when designing a floor plan is the actual planning of the floor plan design. It may seem challenging, however, designing a floor is not as difficult as it may seem. There are a number of factors that have to be taken into account when you design a floor plan...
Make your smaller home more livable with a new bath
Make your smaller home more livable with a new bath.
Maximizing livable space is how the American Institute of Architects (AIA) describes this new trend, a by-product of a down new-housing and real estate market. Smaller remodel projects - finishing attics and basements - readily achieve that goal, making the home more enjoyable today while increasing its resale value tomorrow....
High Quality Garage - Adding value to your home
A high quality garage adds glamour to the house. If you have a high quality garage attached to your house it will make the people attracted towards your house. The designs of the garages are the reasons for the garages being used by the people so extensively.
But the design should not be the only reason for buying the garages and the other factors such as the quality, price…etc should also be paid due attention. The adding of some items will increase the durability. The garage should be organized in such..
Choosing the Home Plan that is right for you
If you're in the market to build a new home and you've even begun to consider what kind of a plan you should buy it's quite likely that you’ve been completely overwhelmed by the number of choices you have in the market today. There are literally hundreds of online sources and published magazines with house plans, ideas and designs for you to look at and you're probably beginning to wonder how you'll ever make up your mind. Don’t stress out anymore because I'm going to give you 7 steps to take that will let you take a HUGE list down to just a few plans and make your design process a great deal easier...
Second Story Residential Additions
Sometimes the only space available when adding an addition is up! Second story additions can dramatically change the appearance and function of a house, so it's important to get it right. Here are some issues to consider when designing a second story addition:
Since a second story addition adds additional mass on top of an existing structure, it is often necessary to structurally upgrade the existing house below. This usually means assessing the existing foundation and footing sizes to see if the foundation is capable...
Economy Bringing Kids or Grandparents Home? Cope by Finishing the Basement
Charmaine Gardner of West Hempstead, N.Y., spent three years looking for a house, but with the unstable housing market and rising taxes, she just wasn't comfortable with the idea of buying. "As a single mom, I didn't want to live paycheck to paycheck, so I had the idea of remodeling my mom's unfinished basement for us to all live together."
From 1990 to 2001, multi-generational households increased about 60 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Many of the pressures that drove that increase - lack of affordable housing and a high..
Adding a Second Story to your Home
If you find yourself and your family in need of additional space, you might want to consider adding a second story to your home.Sometimes it makes more sense to grow upward rather than outward. There are a number of considerations that should be part of your decision about whether to add a room to the side or the back of your house or to add a second story to your home. One benefit of “growing upward” is that you don’t have to move to acquire additiona....
Make Every Day a Sun Day - Sunroom
Homeowners across America are choosing to invite the outdoors in with sunroom home additions. Once considered a luxury upgrade, sunroom additions have been growing in popularity and are now listed as the nation's fifth most popular remodeling project, according to the National Association of the Remodeling Industry.
Sunrooms blur the lines between indoors and out, and can provide homeowners with the feeling that they are getting away from it all, like they are taking a vacation in their own home.
Remodeling Trend: Make Room for the Parents
Think you have a crowded house? Maybe you're not alone. Surprising new data from the U. S. Census Bureau finds that many Americans are making room in their home for parents, followed by siblings and other relatives.
From 2000 to 2007, the number of parents who move in with their adult children grew 67 percent to 3.6 million. Even more interesting, the number of parents younger than age 65 in these households increased by 75 percent and those 65 and older..
Oh Baby! Expert Design Tips for the Little One's First Bedroom
Of all the tasks to complete during pregnancy, decorating the nursery may be the most fun. Now new parents can have designer access to the hottest trends and nursery design tips from the master of good design, Ty Pennington. He is sharing his design expertise through "Ty's Nursery Guide," a step-by-step guide that helps parents identify their nursery design style.
Planning a Second Story Addition
Planning is the key when taking on a project that involves removing your roof.
Before you plan your 2nd story, research what obstacles will need to be dealt with. Examples of items that need to be addressed are:...
A Guide to Building a Home Addition
Besides providing your home with more living space, a home addition can be a terrific investment. However, before embarking on such a project the homeowner should first consider several important items. These items include: home market values in the neigh
Building a Garage Addition to Your Home
One of the most rewarding home improvements I made to my house was to build a garage addition. For years I contemplated building a garage addition while I scraped the ice and snow from my cars and waited for them to warm up during the winter months. About
Renovation Revolution - How To Renovate In A Cooling Housing Market
A question many home sellers might be asking themselves these days is what sort of renovations, if any are financially safe in a cooling housing market. In recent years up-scale improvements were on the rise including recessed lighting, renovated or addit
Secrets to Building an Eco-Friendly Home
(ARA) - Homeowners are embracing the green movement, not only opting for eco-friendly renovations when they improve existing homes, but choosing to go green from the ground up when they build a new house.
Green building not only helps the environment, it
Top Tips to Ease Common Bathroom Pet Peeves
(ARA) - He leaves the toilet seat up. She scatters make-up on the counter. If you're like most Americans, you love your mate - but you don't always love their daily bathroom habits. So what are the things that really drive men and women crazy in the bathr
A Cost-effective Way to Add More Living or Work Space
(ARA) - There's no slowing down Mary Cordes of Hayden Lake, Idaho. The 85-year-old recently came out of retirement only two years after ending her life-long career. 'I closed down the art gallery and framing shop I had run for 25 years back in 2006, think
Your New Bathroom Addition Can Conserve Water and Cut Installation Costs
- (ARA) - When it comes to saving water, every drop counts. The bathrooms in your home are a good target, because that's where a lot of water goes down the drain. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, residential toilets account for about one-third of our nation's indoor household water use, or more than 2.1 trillion gallons of water a year.... - conowl on 2008-03-17
Add on a Bathroom Without Breaking the Bank
- (ARA) - Whether you have one bathroom or three, the addition of a bathroom to a home offers both value and convenience. The good news is a bathroom addition doesn't have to break the bank. A do-it-yourselfer with moderate experience can complete some of the work to keep the budget in check. It's surprising how effortless many projects can be, such as installing the flooring, shower components, fixtures and finishing touches. - conowl on 2008-03-11
How to Make Your Home Green
- (ARA) - From floor plans to new furnishings, home remodeling comes with endless choices and possibilities. Whether it's a small project or a major addition, one important element to keep in mind as a homeowner makes those choices is green design... - conowl on 2008-02-09
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