From hidden surprises behind cabinets to low-maintenance bathrooms and a kitchen design that encourages conversation, this home is a showcase of clever
We are building our dream home! Since we moved to Charleston, we have been keeping our eye a beautiful neighborhood on Johns Island, just 5 minutes away from our current house. Last week we decided to jump in with both feet and went under contract on a lot with perfect marsh views. We are using a small custom home builder…
This amazing camper van, built by Happy People Vans LLC, is perfect for your weekend dream adventures or living out of full-time. With 400 watts of solar, 2 – 125 amp/hr deep cycle batteries, a 2000 watt Renogy inverter and a battery isolator installed, you’ll be well prepared for any off-grid adventure. The handcrafted cabinetry […]
Welcome to our latest van tour! We just finished this van conversion with a bathroom in a 2018 144" Mercedes Sprinter Van. When Edward came to us wanting to build a van with a bathroom in a 144” Sprinter, we knew it was going to be a challenge. We got creative to be able to give him a full bat
The work continues on the West Islands East Project. All the underbrush at the building site for the West Islands East Project has been cleared. Soon the footprint of the house will be mapped out to determine the best way for it to set on the lot so it compliments the orientation, natural terrain an
Modern Nest PARADISE VALLEY, AZ Designed with the intention of embodying timeless European design, The English Country Home by Modern Nest, is a welcomed retreat from everyday life. Nestled beneath the mountains in Paradise Valley, Arizona, this spec home transports you to another time and place. Modern Nest Approach This home combines old world influences […]
[IMG] It's such a honor to have been chosen by Corsair to mod this beautiful case, completely built with tempered glass and equipped with HD RGB fans,...
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It was late 2014 when Clare Walton, principal architect at Tahoe City’s Walton Architecture + Engineering, first walked the Martis Camp property. The snow glistened as she charted the trees and view lines across the length of the site. “I immediately had a sense of...
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Even on cloudy days, this custom stone conservatory required no artificial light, though, at twilight, antique sconces make it glow.
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Wouldn’t it be nice to own your own green dream home, made with recycled and natural materials and packed with custom features? Whether you’re an experienced builder or have never picked up a power tool in your life, you can build a natural eco-friendly home with user-friendly, low-cost materials like cob, cordwood, straw and the […]
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In vetting prospective clients I often get ask, who goes first with the floor plan design, the architect, or me, as the spatial designer? This is an important question, but it doesn’t have a cut-and-dried answer, nor is there a wrong or right way to approach it. It all depends on the prefere
Crafting well designed floor plans is not unlike the editing process a written document goes through. As the design of custom floor plans move along the continuum from schematic design all the way through to the completion of the construction documents, the plans get edited and revised until they
This week, I'm spotlighting the scullery design with the adjoining pantry of the Feather River Farmstead project ( full-service design project that started with me designing the floor plans) to highlight this process and to underscore the continuous refinement of floor plan development. We'll begin
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50+ Buy & Build mode items With this pack you can nearly fully furnish a regular Central/Eastern European peasant house or a farmhouse. You can choose between 35 deco items, 19 functional items and a...
In my many years as a custom home designer, spatial design and floor plan trends aren’t lost on me. What’s interesting about the whole process is that they are client driven. Of course there are lot’s of outside influences that direct clients in establishing what they want to include in the design o
Pinewood House is a Grade II listed hilltop mansion for sale in Oxshott, Surrey. It's the first mansion to be listed on emoov, the online fixed fee hybrid estate agent.
I love how butler’s pantries, rooms that originated in homes from years gone by, are now being reimagined, reinterpreted and included in new homes but in a modern, relevant way for how we live today. For this week’s post I’m doing a Q&A about butler’s pantries . sharing a design guide , t
While thinking about my annual forecast for custom home design trends , the word consistency kept coming to my mind. In the last couple of years, and I suspect the same will be true for 2023, the way space is being utilized in custom home design seems to be holding true. No matter the location
In vetting prospective clients I often get ask, who goes first with the floor plan design, the architect, or me, as the spatial designer? This is an important question, but it doesn’t have a cut-and-dried answer, nor is there a wrong or right way to approach it. It all depends on the prefere
It wouldn’t be a new year without the experts weighing in on the projected trends for the coming year, especially when it comes to forecasting shifts with colors, textiles, and furnishings. Those leading the charge have their ears to the ground and their sights on the horizon, constantly taking note
