Keeping Up With Kitchen Cabinet Trends

The kitchen is undoubtedly a focal point for a lot of homes today. This is the place where families are most likely to gather and make memories over dinner conversations. Builders need to get up to date with consumer preferences when it comes to kitchen structure and design.
Biggest Selling Point
How a kitchen looks can be [...]

Plan a Household for Pets

Many families these days share the warmth of their homes with pets which they treat as a part of their family. According to popular surveys, more than half of American homes have pets. These homes provide shelter for a total of about 77.6 million cats and 65 million dogs. Of course, for home owners, owning [...]

Building a Family Home

Most people who are in the market for a new house these days build homes for the purpose of having a permanent place to settle down with their families. With the fast-paced lives that people live these days, it’s no surprise that most people are looking to settle down in a place where they can [...]

Small Home Designs Gaining Popularity as Attitudes and Demographics Change in Housing

The facts are somewhat surprising, but American homes have increased the square footage of their homes by 50% in the last 30 years. Now the trend for smaller home designs is gaining popularity as empty-nesters and green attitudes penetrate the housing market. Smaller homes, which offer energy-efficient and space utilization are more desirable as Americans [...]

7 Home Design Tips For Entertaining

Do you want your new home to be the main attraction for formal social settings, sporting events and children’s parties? Then you will need to design with all of this in mind. Here are seven tips to remember when designing your new home.
Dining Areas
Be sure to consider dining proximity to the kitchen for efficiency. Will [...]

ASHRAE’s Top 10-How to Ensure Good Indoor Air Quality

The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has generated the following list of the top ten things that homeowners can do to provide good indoor air quality.
Fossil-fuel-fired water heaters and furnaces should use sealed-combustion or be power-vented. When natural-draft appliances must be used, they should be tested for proper venting and [...]