New Home Features

When building there are so many new home features to choose from – though it’s exciting, some can find the amount of choices a bit daunting. It’s inevitable that you will be met with options that you hadn’t even considered. We’re here to share our knowledge so you can get a jump on the building process – it will make you feel more confident going into the design phase.

Must Read Articles About New Home Features :

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5 Essential Front Door Color Ideas to Choose From

The color you choose for your front door ultimately defines your house in terms of class, style, and taste. There are several front door color ideas that you can choose from — however, they should fit in with the overall palette of your home. Choosing your front door color will depend on the color of your house, your preferences, and how you’ve decorated. Here are five bold front door colors and tips on how to pick them.

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10 Popular Custom Home Customizations

Customizations take a new home from typical to tailor-made. So, if personalization is what you crave, why settle for ordinary when it comes to your dream home? Here are 10 popular customizations you might love in your new home.

Everything You Need to Know About Ranch Homes

Learn why the one-story, open layout has made a comeback. The common saying, “as American as baseball and apple pie” could easily add “ranch homes.” A study released by the National Association of Home Builders shows two-thirds of home buyers (64%) would like a single-story home. To better understand the demand, here are some reasons the single story structure is popular again.

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Quartz Versus Granite Countertops

Designing a house opens the doors to tons of options. Picking out the countertops in a new home for your food preparation and eating areas might be one of the most enjoyable aspects of your building project. Quartz and granite offer their pros and cons, so it’s important to have a baseline understanding of each before you make your final selection.

Recent New Home Features Articles:

Open or Closed Foyer, This is the Question

Two story home designs remain the most popular style. One question to consider is do you want a home design with a large entrance foyer open to the second floor or convert that space to additional finished area? While the grand foyers make for an impressive first impression, seems like there has been somewhat of a trend towards space oriented value by closing the foyer to maximize the useable square footage in the cost to build. A compromise may be a home design like the “Stanford” wher... [Read More]

Working From Home

There are more than 20 million home-based businesses in the United States, and an even larger number of us bring work home that we didn't get finished at the office. Fine Line Homes' Manchester home plan featured below presents two wonderful solutions for working from home. Just to the left of the entry, the flex room would make a wonderful home office. It's conveniently located for welcoming clients and colleagues and offers plenty of natural light. A single or double French doors can be ... [Read More]

Have You Considered the “Abington” Home Design?

If you want a home design that is a little different, the Abington may be for you. While the exterior has great curb appeal, the interior is really inviting. The main entry has the stairs hidden from view and is accented with a window on the stair landing. The kitchen boast a wraparound peninsula with extended bar for casual dining. The open kitchen, dining area and family room allows the family to be together and is great for entertaining. The main floor primary bedroom is co... [Read More]

Design a New Home Bathroom With Kids in Mind

Getting everybody out the door on time in the morning should qualify you for a merit badge! Especially if you have middle school or older boys AND girls in your household, you know that sibling conflict often peaks when they're getting ready for school. Allow us to suggest as you are considering different home designs, to look closely at the layout of the kids' bathroom(s). While the standard hall bath was a design mainstay, the introduction of a compartmented bath, with the si... [Read More]

You Might Be Willing to Give Up Some Cabinets

Homes with great kitchen storage sometimes present additional opportunities. Fine Line Homes' Fenwick ranch plan, featured below, is such a home. The Fenwick was designed with a huge kitchen pantry-big enough to accommodate bulk purchases, small appliances and lots of plastic containers. Then there's all of the cabinetry providing additional organization for dishware, pots and pans and other kitchen items. In addition, the Fenwick features an island bar with base cabinet. In short-great... [Read More]

Rustic Ingenuity

Many people crave an “Outdoors” look to their homes but dread the upkeep that comes with many of these homes. Whether it is maintaining the upkeep on the staining or painting of the wood shakes on the home or the prevention of wood-boring insects that cause major damage to the exterior face of the structure Fine Line Homes has a low maintenance solution with our optional “Rustic” Alternate exteriors. These exteriors consist of Manufactured stone, Vinyl Shake siding, and Composite railings... [Read More]

Craftsman Style Homes

I am finding more interest in Craftsman Style Homes, which have been around since the late 19th century. They were initially used as bungalow cottage style homes for resort lodging in England. Depending where Craftsman Style homes where constructed determined their features. For the most part they were constructed in harmony with their local landscape, using materials that were readily available. Today’s craftsman style typically has a porch with distinctive square column... [Read More]

Maintenance-Free Deck vs Pressure Treated Deck

When building a new home many home owners face making the decision between adding or building a maintenance free deck VS a pressure treated deck. Although it does cost a bit more to go the maintenance free route I believe the appearance and convenience outweighs the additional cost. Especially when you consider the expense & time it takes to stain a pressure treated deck every couple of years. Recently, I started the reoccurring task to Stain my rather large Pressure Treaded Deck (1... [Read More]

Prepare for Power Outages by Wiring Your Home for a Generator

When building your new home you might want to consider wiring for a generator for backup power. In this area, we seem to experience a fair amount of storms and you never know when you may lose power or how long the outage will last. You will be grateful to have that generator supplying power for refrigerated items and heat in the winter. Replacing refrigerated items due to loss of power can be very expensive. A relatively small investment while building could end up saving you ... [Read More]

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Home Plans for Families with Children – The Covington

Many people who consider building sometimes have trouble finding that home which is both spacious, but yet not too big. For those individuals I would suggest taking a long hard look at the Covington. At 2458sq. ft. of living space it provides a very spacious environment for most families with 3 children. One of the best features of the Covington is the unique spacing of the living room from the family room location. With this spacing it offers the ability for the living room to ... [Read More]