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  • Common Mistakes to Avoid When Building Your Home

    Designing and building a new home is an exciting process full of big decisions. Today’s choices will undoubtedly affect tomorrow’s construction, so it is important to avoid common home construction mistakes.

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    The most common mistakes to avoid during your new home design and construction include:

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    • Room placement. You deserve a home that is perfectly planned to meet your family’s needs. Our professionals are expertly trained to avoid common room placement mistakes and ensure the layout is cohesive and maximizes the available space.
    • Breaking a budget. Creating and sticking to a budget is important. Each decision factors into the overall price of the home and should be weighed against your overall budget.
    • Remaining passive. This is your home. It is vital that you stay involved and connected to construction to ensure you receive what you are dreaming of.
    • Forgetting the future. It is important to think ahead ten to twenty years to ensure your home continues to meet your needs. What might your life be like then? What will your ongoing needs be?
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    Contact us at Country Club Homes at 203-762-0550 to learn more valuable home construction tips and about making the dream of building a new home your reality.

  • Home Style of the Month: Shingle

    Making its mark between 1880-1900, particularly in New England coastal towns, the Shingle style of architecture is unmistakably American, with influences from Queen Anne and Colonial homes. Shingle style was never a mass building trend. The homes remained high style, architect driven projects, usually for wealthy families building a summer “cottage” home. The style has…

  • Solid Style: Ideas for a Stone Fireplace

    A natural in traditional and rustic homes, a stone fireplace is a solid focal point in any style interior, contributing warmth and character to a space. Multiple options for the size and shape of the fireplace, the type of stone used, and the earthy variations of the material make each stone fireplace truly distinct.  …

  • Fall in Love with Your Home: Romantic Ideas for Valentine’s Day

    We’re no experts on how to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your significant other but we do know something about how to show love to your home using these romantic ideas. February is a wonderful opportunity to create a spirit of joy in your environment by focusing on the senses romance inspires. Sight: If January didn’t…

  • A Bright Winter: Lighting Design for Your Home

    During the season of shorter days, the lighting design in your home more strongly influences mood. We all spend more time at home during the winter months and lighting can help us feel comfortable, warm and optimistic even on the coldest days. First, there’s natural light. Allowing as much natural light into your home as…