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.

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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:

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Directing Traffic

Home buyers told us that walking through rooms to get to adjoining rooms was irksome-especially when normal traffic patterns route you through conversation areas or interrupt views such as constantly walking in front of the TV. Rather than being "wasted space", hallways serve as important transition areas. Take Fine Line Homes' new Abilene house plan. Coming in from the garage, hard surface flooring takes you to either the kitchen/dining area or directly to the tall family room. If your... [Read More]

Silence is golden

Really? Should you really have to move to another room in your home just to carry on a conversation while the dishwasher is running or when the refrigerator cycles on? Many appliance manufacturers identify an appliance's noise levels by referring to the sound reduction measures they have taken. Of course, the quieter models typically are more full-featured and more expensive, but silence is golden! [Read More]

It’s All About Options

The Clarksville is a new plan offered by Fine Line Homes. Outside, optional finishes (stone, shake siding, garage door styles, and entry door profiles) add to the home's natural curb appeal. Still, "options" for most home buyers, means the ability to tailor the home inside for increased livability and style. To the left of the front door, bedroom #3 can easily be transformed either by eliminating a wall and opening the room up to the entryway (i.e., parlor, music room) or converting that b... [Read More]

Bath tub tips from the pros!

"The bathroom is the private oasis in the home where you want to unwind and recharge," says Haley Davis, product manager with Mansfield Plumbing. "For some people that means a good, long soak in a deep tub with quiet music in the background. For others it means a vigorous whirlpool experience with pulsating jets of water to soothe your muscles." Davis recommends discussing your bathing preferences with your builder before any bathroom fixtures are ordered. Bathtub types include: Soaking... [Read More]

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The Wonderful World of Gray

Without question, gray is the most common roof shingle color. While generally considered neutral, the variation of hues for gray is extensive, meaning choosing the roofing color should be made alongside choosing other exterior colors for a well-coordinated look. In a wonderfully-helpful infographic (click here to view) color expert Kate Smith with Sensational Color has worked with DaVinci Roofscapes and a multitude of paint companies to offer color tips and advice for: The Top Sh... [Read More]

What is Craftsmen Style Home?

I want a Craftsmen Style home! A request, repeatedly heard in today’s new home building industry. This historically popular, comfortable, family, styled home first emmerged in the early 1900’s In Southern California. Uniquely American, The Craftsmen Style home, takes is roots from an eclectic mix of Asian influence, and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. During the 1920’s, the housing boom of the simplistic, one story, Ranch home, replaced the more, detailed, handcrafted, Craftsman S... [Read More]

Now you see it…

Is it a desire, a want or a need? For people whose day doesn't begin until they've had their first cup of coffee, a coffee bar or coffee station in the primary suite is a high priority. Still, most coffee makers weren't designed to be a focal point in your primary suite. Design Basics lead designer Carl Cuozzo recently designed an elegant solution for this quandary - hidden storage for the Keurig®! [Read More]

Floor Plan of the Month-The Knoxville “The House of Five Gables”

Each time a new home owner selects a floor plan, and asks me to help them visualize, how their family would live within those walls, I fall in Love (with the possibilities), all over again! For this family, the Knoxville is the “home du jour”. The gabled front porch provides just enough coverage for guests on a rainy day, add a couple of flower pots, or a hanging fern, and the picture is complete. Just imagine, no added expense of furnishing an expansive porch for those rare (or no) occasi... [Read More]

The Family Lounge

[caption id="attachment_1392" align="alignright" width="300"] Hatteras cape house plan 2nd Floor[/caption] Household schedules are so fragmented. Home is the sanctuary where families can still be together and we're looking at home design to provide more of those opportunities to connect. It could be reading with the kids before their bedtime. It could be board games, crayon artwork masterpieces or a one-act play. It's a space for time together upstairs. As the children get older, this b... [Read More]

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Comfortable Heights

Amidst all of the opportunities to personalize your home, heights of certain amenities may not be foremost in your considerations. But a few minutes considering comfortable heights can lead to years of satisfaction regarding those decisions. In the kitchen, where will your microwave go? Some shorter individuals report concerns over reaching up to remove steaming casserole dishes from microwaves mounted over a stove. While most people select standard height, kitchen countertop heights can b... [Read More]