BALA Awards – Get Ready: Category Overview
NAHB’s Best in American Living Awards (BALA) celebrate residential design excellence across a range of categories. Entries are accepted in eight broad categories: Single-family production or builder...
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Multifamily Spotlight: The Retreat at Seven Desert Mountain
These homes were to be the only attached housing within the prestigious master planned community of Seven Desert Mountain. The challenge was they had to live and feel like a single-family detached...
View ArticleBringing Nature Indoors
By Kiera Gulley The best way to transform your workspace is by incorporating Biophilic Design. Biophilia directly translates to “love of life”, which says enough about the importance of including this...
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Bimini’s Best Primary Room + Bath
The intent of this room was to create a beautiful, yet functional space. The cozy retreat includes dedicated sitting apsace and a screened- patio and fireplace. The key features and amenities of this...
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Yes, Dark Kitchens are Back in Trend!
Kitchens are now more trendy in a dark style. Yet, with every trend comes it’s challenges. Some homeowners might think that black kitchens won’t look good in their homes, especially in smaller spaces....
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Home of the Week: Citron at the Grove – Plan 2
This plan is designed to offer the ideal living arrangement for the 55+ buyer in just 1,839 sf. This front-facing home in a four- or six-home cluster has the front door to the main street and the...
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“Last Chance To Register For June’s Design Bite: Elevation Trends”, By Seth...
You only get one chance to make a first impression, which is why every great design starts with curb appeal. In this Design Bite, learn how to utilize form, details, materials, and color to create...
View ArticleBALA Awards – Get Ready: Project Selection
Surely, you have done something unique and award-worthy over the past two plus years. To be eligible, the home(s) or project(s) must have been completed or first model opened between Jan. 1, 2020, and...
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Van Life
Have you ever wondered what life is like on the road? From what we hear, it’s a wild ride. The rising housing prices have pushed for finding new means of living. Van living can create an opportunity...
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Manufactured Homes (ADUs)
With the rising demand for housing and the shortage of supply, Manufactured homes, also known as ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Unit), become a feasible alternative. ADUs are created in factories, making...
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Outdoor Living: Florida Modern Home
This 942-sf lanai houses space for cooking, dining, table tennis games, and an outdoor fireplace and hot tub. TV’s on each end of the lanai provide viewing to everyone outside. Bar-height seating at...
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Is 3D Printing the Future of Housing?
With the ongoing rising demands to create more housing stock, and with the rise in the cost of building materials, there becomes a need for innovation in finding new methods to build houses. In the...
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Multifamily Spotlight: The Nicholas
The Nicholas transformed a parking lot into a vibrant, mixed-use community that has added new life to the urban core. To keep the large scale of the development, which encompasses half a city block,...
View ArticleBALA Awards – Get Ready: Start to Assemble Documents
Although the application process for NAHB’s Best In American Living Awards is easy, it does require gathering some documents and information before starting. In addition to submitter and design team...
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Get Inspired for a Treehouse Summer Project
Summer is finally here, and it is time to have fun with your kids. What is more fun than a treehouse project to work on this summer? This project will bring back so many happy childhood memories!...
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3 Google Ads Tips and Tricks for Contractors
By Katy Tomasulo, Westlake Royal Building Products When marketing your business to acquire and retaining customers, you can’t always rely on traditional marketing efforts such as print ads to get your...
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How Light and Color Affects Your Mood
LIGHT Light can significantly affect your mood, usually in a good way. Dim lighting can be used to feel cozy or secluded when you need your own space, or if you are cuddling up to watch a movie. This...
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What First-Time Home Buyers Really Want
Among first-time home buyers, a laundry room ranked as the most popular of the more than 200 home and community features listed in the recent NAHB study, What Home Buyers Really Want, 2021 Edition....
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Inspiration on the Drawing Board: Victory Ranch
This transitional mountain home, located on 2 acres in the prestigious Victory Ranch gated community just outside of Park City, Utah, is displayed in a lot named “Skyline Lot” due to its predominantly...
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Flexible Furniture Trends
Flexible furniture is exactly what it sounds like. It is regular-looking furniture that is specifically made to be used in a variety of ways. A piece that looks like a couch could be transformed into...
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